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. 2022 Feb 22;29(8):1611–1624. doi: 10.1038/s41418-022-00951-y

Fig. 1. Cullin 1 and Cullin 3 E3 ubiquitin ligases negatively regulate PrLZ protein stability.

Fig. 1

a Immunoblot (IB) analysis of whole-cell lysates (WCL) derived from C4-2 cells treated with MG132 (5 and 10 μM) or MLN4924 (0.5 and 1 μM) for 12 h. b IB analysis of WCL derived from 22Rv1 cells under similar treatment condition. c PrLZ binds with Cullin 1 and Cullin 3. IB analysis of WCL and anti-Myc immunoprecipitates (IPs) derived from 293 T cells transfected with Flag-PrLZ and indicated Myc-tagged Cullins. EV, empty vector. d IB analysis of WCL and anti-Flag IPs derived from 293 T cells transfected with Flag-PrLZ and Myc-Cullin 3. EV, empty vector. e IB analysis of WCL derived from C4-2 and 22Rv1 cells stably expressing shCullin 3 or shScr. Scr, Scramble. f IB analysis of WCL derived from C4-2 cells transfected with increasing transfection doses (0.5, 1.5 and 3 μg) of Myc-Cullin 3. EV, empty vector. g IB analysis of WCL derived from 293 T cells transfected with Flag-PrLZ and increasing transfection doses (1.5 and 3 μg) of Myc-Cullin 3. EV, empty vector. h IB analysis of WCL and Ni-NTA pull-down products derived from PC-3 cells transfected with Flag-PrLZ, Myc-Cullin 3, and His-Ub. Where indicated, 20 μM MG132 was added for 6 h before harvesting the cells. i Cullin 3 knockdown cells (shCullin 3), as well as parental C4-2 cells (shScr), were treated with 100 μg/ml cycloheximide (CHX) for the indicated time period before harvesting. Equal amounts of WCL were immunoblotted with the indicated antibodies. j The PrLZ protein abundance in (i) was quantified by ImageJ and plotted as indicated. PrLZ bands were normalized to vinculin.