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. 2020 Sep 25;11:4869. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18693-1

Fig. 2. PARG-1 interacts with SC components and requires chromosome axes for proper localization.

Fig. 2

a Western blot analysis of fractionated extracts detects PARG-1 in all subcellular compartments with enrichment in the nuclear chromatin-bound fraction. GAPDH was used as a loading control of the cytosolic fraction and Histone H3 for the chromatin-bound fraction. Analysis was performed in biological duplicates. b Western blot analysis of fractionated extracts showing similar expression of GFP-tagged and untagged PARG-1. Analysis was performed in biological duplicates. c Top: PARG-1::GFP localization in a wild-type gonad. Scale bar 30 μm. Bottom: enlarged insets showing dynamic localization of PARG-1::GFP in different stages of meiotic prophase I. Scale bar 5 μm. Analysis was performed in biological triplicates. d Mid- and late-pachytene nuclei of parg-1::GFP co-stained for lateral (HTP-1 and -3) and central component (SYP-1) of the SC. Scale bar 5 μm. Analysis was performed in biological triplicates. e Late pachytene nuclei showing overlapping localization of PARG-1::GFP with OLLAS::COSA-1. Scale bar 5 μm. Analysis was performed in biological triplicates. f Late pachytene nuclei stained for HTP-1, SYP-1, and GFP showing localization of PARG-1 along chromosomes. In cosa-1 mutants, redistribution of PARG-1::GFP to the short arm of the bivalent is absent. Scale bar 5 μm. Analysis was performed in biological triplicates. g Impaired axes formation in htp-3 mutants prevents PARG-1::GFP localization. Arrow heads indicate regions of DNA devoid of PARG-1::GFP. Scale bar 5 μm. Analysis was performed in biological triplicates. h PARG-1::GFP associates with HTP-3 in late-pachytene nuclei in absence of synapsis. Scale bar 5 μm. Analysis was performed in biological duplicates. i Western blot analysis of endogenous PARG-1 on GFP pull downs performed in htp-3::GFP and GFP::syp-3 strains. Wild-type worms were used as the untagged negative control. Analysis was performed in biological duplicates. j Western blot analysis of endogenous PARG-1 on GFP pull downs performed in htp-1::GFP and rec-8:: GFP strains. Analysis was performed in biological duplicates.