Plasmids expressing cMyc-tagged mouse SEPN1 (with A1284T/C conversion of the TGA selenocysteine codon into Cys to increase expression) and cMyc-tagged human Desmin were constructed in a CMV promoter-derived mammalian expression vector.
Expression plasmids encoding N-terminally FLAG-tagged human SEPN1 and the mutants SEPN1 SS (C427S, U428S) and SEPN1 CC (U428C) were constructed in pSel-Express vector (a kind gift from Vladimir Gladyshev) [16 ].
The primary antibodies used were:
anti-VDAC2,
anti-Cyt C,
anti-Calnexin,
anti-SERCA2,
anti-RyR,
anti-cMyc, and
anti-PDI from Abcam;
anti-Flag,
anti-β-tubulin, and
anti-Sigma 1-R from Sigma-Aldrich; anti-IP3R3 and Cyt c from BD Biosciences;
anti-Tom40 from Santa Cruz, and homemade rabbit anti-SEPN1 [21 (
link)]. Secondary antibodies
Alexa Fluor 488 and 594 were from Life Technologies.
Filipe A., Chernorudskiy A., Arbogast S., Varone E., Villar-Quiles R.N., Pozzer D., Moulin M., Fumagalli S., Cabet E., Dudhal S., De Simoni M.G., Denis R., Vadrot N., Dill C., Giovarelli M., Szweda L., De Palma C., Pinton P., Giorgi C., Viscomi C., Clementi E., Missiroli S., Boncompagni S., Zito E, & Ferreiro A. (2020). Defective endoplasmic reticulum-mitochondria contacts and bioenergetics in SEPN1-related myopathy. Cell Death and Differentiation, 28(1), 123-138.