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. 2021 May 11;12:2673. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-22882-x

Fig. 1. INPP5A loss impairs CIE of Shiga toxin.

Fig. 1

a Relative Shiga toxin (STX; 5 μg/ml) uptake in HeLa cells treated with siRNAs against the indicated proteins. STX uptake into SCR-siRNA-treated control cells (n = 50 cells, set to 1) or into cells depleted of INPP5A (n = 47 cells), PIP5K1B (n = 86 cells), or PI3KC2γ (PI3K2CG, n = 47 cells). One sample t-test with Benjamini–Hochberg correction: PIP5K1B: p = 0.0343, t = 5.261, df = 2. INPP5A: p = 0.0343, t = 5.279, df = 2. PI3K2CG: p = 0.0138, t = 14.7, df = 2. Data represent mean ± SEM, n = 3 independent experiments. b Representative immunoblot from three independent experiments for INPP5A and β-actin of HeLa cells treated with control (SCR) or INPP5A siRNA (5AKD). Asterisk denotes non-specific background band decorated by INPP5A antibodies. c Representative confocal images of HeLa cells treated with siRNA control (SCR) or INPP5A siRNA (5AKD) and incubated with labeled STX (magenta) for 15 min at 37 °C (uptake) or kept at 4 °C for 45 min (surface binding). Blue, DAPI-stained nuclei. Scale bar, 25 μm. d Quantification of cells similar to those shown in c. Data for SCR-control siRNA-treated cells were set to 1. One sample t-test for each pair. Uptake: p = 0.0026, t = 19.66, df = 2. Surface: p = 0.0019, t = 22.81, df = 2. Data represent mean ± SEM from three independent experiments, [number of cells for uptake: (n1) SCR: 329, INPP5A: 243, (n2) SCR: 341, INPP5A: 261 (n3) SCR: 295, INPP5A: 344, Surface: (n1) SCR: 54, INPP5A: 104, (n2) SCR: 340, INPP5A: 183 (n3) SCR: 243, INPP5A: 205]. e Uptake of EGF or transferrin in HeLa cells treated with control (SCR, set to 1) or INPP5A siRNA (5AKD). One sample t-test, EGF: p = 0.4458, t = 0.8754, df = 3. Trf: p = 0.5912, t = 0.5830, df = 3. Data are mean ± SEM from n = 4 (EGF uptake) or 5 (Tfr uptake) independent experiments. Numerical source data and unprocessed blots are reported in the Source Data file.