Fig. 5. Direct interaction between the NRF2 and OPTN proteins.
a Immunoblot analysis of whole-cell lysates and CoIP assays using HEK293T cells. Flag immunoprecipitates were isolated from HEK293T cells transfected with His-OPTN or Flag-Nrf2 plasmids for 1 d. The IP bands showed that Flag-tagged NRF2 can pull down His-tagged OPTN, indicating that NRF2 and OPTN can bind with each other in vitro. β-Actin expression served as a loading control. b Intracellular localization of OPTN and NRF2 in preosteoclasts. The Optn−/− and Optn+/+ preosteoclasts were treated with M-CSF (10 ng/mL) and RANKL (30 ng/mL) for 6, 12, 24, and 72 h. RANKL + 5 μM curcumin treatment for 72 h was used as a positive control. After fixation, the cells were processed with immunofluorescence using antibodies against OPTN (green), NRF2 (red) and nuclei (blue). In merged images, colocalization of OPTN and NRF2 was observed mostly in perinuclear granular structures (yellow). Scale bar = 10 μm.