Figure 1.
PQE Atx7 and Htt reduce the soluble fraction of intracellular Atx3 but increase the insoluble. (A) Effects of cytoplasm-localized Atx793Q-N172 on the supernatant and pellet fractions of Atx3. (B) As in (A), cytoplasm-localized Htt100Q-N90. (C) As in (A), nucleus-localized NLS-Atx793Q-N172. HEK 293T cells were transfected with each indicated plasmid and the cell lysates were subjected to supernatant/pellet fractionation and Western blotting analysis. Indicated proteins were detected by using anti-FLAG, anti-Atx3 and anti-GAPDH antibodies. The two main bands indicate different isoforms of endogenous Atx3, Atx3-I and Atx3-II. Sup., supernatant; Pel., pellet. The gray values of Atx3 protein bands from three independent experiments were employed for statistical analysis. Data are shown as Means ± SEM (n = 3). **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.