Figure 7
From: HP1β-dependent recruitment of UBF1 to irradiated chromatin occurs simultaneously with CPDs
Interaction of UBF1 with UVA-damaged chromatin. (A) Cells expressing full-length GFP-HP1β and GFP-HP1β-ΔCSD were immunoprecipitated with antibody against UBF1/2, and subsequent Western blot analysis of HP1β was performed. Quantification of immunoprecipitation fragments and original Western blots are shown. (B) FRET analysis of potential interactions between UBF1/2 (Alexa 594, red) and DNA (stained by TO-PRO-3, far-red, 642/661 nm). (Ba) Regions of interest (yellow) inspected by FRET; (Bb) quantification of UBF1/2 interaction with DNA in the nucleolus and nucleoplasm of irradiated and non-irradiated cells. FRET efficiency is shown in percentage ± standard error. For each event, 10 nuclei were analyzed in three independent experiments. (C) Immunoprecipitation verified the interaction between HP1β and UBF1/2; HP1β and H3K9me3 were used as reference interacting partners. Immunoprecipitation was performed in the presence or absence of EtBr; 20 μg of protein lysate was used as input. IF, immunofluorescence; irrad., irradiated; Nu, nucleolus; Nupl, nucleoplasm.