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. 2021 Mar 1;12:1351. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21590-w

Fig. 3. Assembled ECJs on RNA accumulate around centrosomes.

Fig. 3

Quiescent RPE1 cells were immunolabeled by eIF4A3 and Y14 (a). Quiescent cells transfected with indicated siRNAs (h) and permeabilized quiescent cells incubated with RNAse A or not (k) were stained for eIF4A3. poly-glutamylated tubulin (PolyGlu-Tub) antibody stains primary cilia and centrioles (a, h, k) and FOP antibody labels centrosomes (h, k). Nuclei were stained by Hoechst. Lower (a, h) or right panels (k) show enlarged images of the white dashed square in upper (a, h) or left panel (k). b and c are enlarged images from red and yellow dashed squares in lower panel (a). Scale bars in upper (a, h) or left (k) panels and lower (a, h) or right panels (k) panels are 10 and 3 μm, respectively. Relative fluorescence intensity of eIF4A3 and Y14 along the lines were plotted (b, c). Average fluorescence intensity on the line is set to 1.0. Colocalization of eIF4A3 and Y14 was analyzed in 2 μm circles around centrosomes and nuclear speckles and plotted (d, perfect colocalization is set to 1.0). siRNAs were validated by either Western blotting or RT-qPCR. Relative protein (e) or RNA level (f, g) normalized by GAPDH is depicted (average values of siCtrl is set to 1.0). Relative fluorescence intensities of eIF4A3 in the nucleus (i) and those around centrosome (j, l) were measured as described in Fig. 1 legend [the average fluorescence intensity of eIF4A3 in siCtrl (i, j) or buffer (l) condition is set to 1.0]. Columns and bars depict mean ± SD of three independent experiments (f, g). Boxes represent values between the 25th lower and 75th higher percentile, and the red lines mark the median. Whiskers above and below correspond to 0.35th lower and 99.65th higher percentile, respectively (d, i, j, l). n.s P > 0.05, *P ≤ 0.05, ***P ≤ 0.001, and ****P ≤ 0.0001, two tailed Mann–Whitney test (d, i, j, l) and two-tailed t-test (f, g). The number of cells analyzed in three independent experiments is provided (d, i, j, l). Source data are available in a Source Data file.