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. 2020 Oct 16;11:5258. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18991-8

Fig. 4. In Δgra45 parasites other GRAs mislocalized after secretion into the vacuole.

Fig. 4

a, b PBS or NP-40-treated pellet (P) and supernatant (S) fraction of extracellular parasite were detected with antibodies against GRA2 (a) or GRA7 (b). SAG1 was used as the parasite loading control. The image is representative of 4 independent experiments. cf HFFs infected with indicated parasites for 4 h (e) or 24 h (c, d, f) were stained with antibodies against GRA5 (c), GRA7 (d), or MAF1 (e, f). The images are representative of results from three independent experiments (scale bar = 5 μm). The percentage of vacuoles with only PV-lumen staining was quantified as shown on the right. g HFFs infected with indicated parasites transiently expressing GRA23-HA were stained with antibodies against SAG1 (green) and the HA epitope (red). The images are representative of results from three independent experiments for WT and Δgra45 parasites with two experiments for Δmyr1 parasites (scale bar = 5 μm). The percentage of vacuoles with only PV-lumen GRA23 staining was quantified as shown on the right. h HFFs infected with indicated parasites transiently expressing GRA44-Myc were stained with antibodies against the Myc epitope. The images are representative of results from three independent experiments (scale bar = 2 μm). The percentage of vacuoles with only cytosolic GRA44 staining was quantified as shown on the right. i, j HFFs infected with indicated parasites transiently expressing GRA16-HA-FLAG (i) or GRA24-HA-FLAG (j) were subjected to the immunofluorescent assay. The images are representative of results from three independent experiments (scale bar = 10 μm). The nuclear intensity of GRA16 (i) or GRA24 (j) was quantified as shown on the right. Data are displayed as mean ± SEM with independent experiments indicated by the same color dots. Statistical analysis was done by one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test (cf, hj) and two-tailed paired t-test (g) due to different n between Δmyr1 and Δgra45.