| Assay Method Information | |
| | ULK1 inhibition assay |
| Description: | Gamma-32P assays to measure ULK1 kinase activity were performed as previously described. Briefly, Flag ULK1 was transfected into HEK293T cells and 20 hours later treated as indicated. The immmunoprecipitate was washed in IP buffer 3 times, and washed in kinase buffer (25 mM MOPS, pH 7.5, 1 mM EGTA, 0.1 mM Na3VO4, 15 mM MgCl2,). Hot and cold ATP were added at a 100 μM final concentration. As substrates, GST or the recombinant protein GST-Atg101 purified from E. coli were used at 1 μg for each reaction. Reactions were boiled, run out on SDS page gel. The gel was dried, and imaged using PhosphoImager software. For cold assays to asses ULK1, Flag ULK1 which was transiently overexpressed and immunoprecipited from HEK293T cells. Reactions were then run out on SDS page gel, transferred to PVDF membrane and blotted for total levelsFluorescence MicroscopyVps34flox/flox MEFs were reconstituted with Flag-VPS34 and either p40FX or GFP-DFCP1. 48 hours post infection with adenovirus expressing Cre recombinase (MOI of 100), cells were plated on glass coverslips at a density of 3×105 cells per well in 6-well tissue culture plates. 18 h later, cells were fixed in 4% PFA in PBS for 10 minutes and permeabilized in 0.2% Triton in PBS for 10 minutes. The following primary antibodies were used: mouse anti-Myc epitope and LC3B XP antibody (2276 and 3868 respectively, Cell Signaling Technologies). Secondary antibodies were anti-rabbit Alexa488 and anti-mouse Alexa594 (Molecular Probes, 1:1000. Cells were then fixed and counter stained with DAPI. Coverslips were mounted in FluoromountG (SouthernBiothech). Images were acquired on a Zeiss Axioplan2 epifluorescence microscope coupled to the Openlab software. Confocal images of mitotracker were taken on Zeiss LSM 710 laser scanning confocal microscope. 10 random fields per condition were acquired using the 100× objective and representative images shown. Glass coverslips were mounted directly on plate with FluoromountG and images taken on Zeiss Axioplan2 epifluorescence microscope. |
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