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. 2022 Dec 20;13:7672. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-35286-2

Fig. 3. TetR(W43F) is more suitable than TetR(WT) for DNA labeling.

Fig. 3

a Nanog STREAMING-tag knock-in (NSt) cells transiently expressing TetR(WT)-mNG and MCP-RFP. In cells with high TetR(WT)-mNG expression (right), MCP spots that overlapped with TetR(WT) spots were rarely observed (closed arrowhead). In cells with low TetR(WT)-mNG expression (left), MCP spots tended to overlap with TetR(WT) spots (open arrowhead). Dashed line indicates the cell nucleus. Scale bar, 5 µm. b Percentage of cells in which TetR and MCP spots were simultaneously visible and colocalized. Mean values with SD of three biological replicates (>30 cells) are shown. P-values correspond to unpaired, two-sided Student’s t-test. c 3D structure of TetR (PDB 1QPI) and mutation site location. d Images of NSt cells co-transfected with TetR(W43F)-mNG and MCP-RFP. Open arrowheads indicate TetR(W43F) spots with MCP spots. Dashed line indicates the cell nucleus. Scale bar, 5 µm. e Distribution of Nanog mRNA counts in NSt derived cell lines expressing MCP-RFP and either NLS-mNG (NLS), TetR(W43F)-mNG (TetR(W43F)), or TetR(WT)-mNG (TetR(WT)). Box plots indicate the interquartile range IQR (25–75%) with a line at the median. Whiskers indicate 1.5 times the IQR. n, number of cells analyzed. P-values were determined using two-sided Wilcoxon rank sum test. f Distribution of relative fluorescence intensity at MCP transcription sites in cells expressing NLS, TetR(W43F) and TetR(WT). n, number of cells analyzed. P-values were determined using two-sided Wilcoxon rank sum test. g Bar graph showing the percentage of cells with STREAMING-tag knock-in allele in the ON state in NLS, TetR(W43F) and TetR(WT)-expressing cells. Data are presented as the means of three biological replicates (more than 33 cells per experiment). The error bars indicate SD. P-values were determined using unpaired, two-sided Student’s t-test. h RNAPII ChIP-qPCR analysis of three locations on STREAMING-tag in NLS, TetR(W43F) and TetR(WT)-expressing cells. Data are presented as the means of n = 2 biological replicates.