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Fig. 1. Subcellular distribution of RII{alpha} in cell lines expressing wild-type or mutant (T54E) RII{alpha}. (A) Analysis of RII{alpha} expression in stably transfected cell lines. Interphase cells (2x106 cells per lane) were subjected to SDS-PAGE and immunoblotting with a polyclonal antibody against human RII{alpha}. Lanes: 1, wild-type Reh (RII{alpha}-deficient); 2, Reh-pMEP4 (vector transfected); 3, Reh-RII{alpha}; 4, Reh-RII{alpha}(T54E). (B) RII{alpha} was immunoprecipitated from interphase lysates (4x107 cells per lane) of Reh-RII{alpha} (lane 2) and Reh-RII{alpha}(T54E) (lane 3) cells. Precipitation from Reh was performed as control (lane 1). Half of the immune precipitates were immunoblotted using a anti-RII{alpha} polyclonal antibody (upper panel). The other half was incubated for 45 minutes at 22°C in EBS phosphorylation buffer with [{gamma}-32P]ATP in the presence of CDK1 (9 pmol minute-1 µl-1), separated by SDS-PAGE, dried and subjected to autoradiography (lower panel). The positions of non-phosphorylated (51 kDa) and phosphorylated (53 kDa) RII{alpha} are indicated. (C-E) Interphase (I) and mitotic (M) Reh cell lines (C), mouse A9 fibroblasts (D) and primary cultures of peritubular cells prepared from rat testes (fibroblast-like) (E) were analyzed by immunofluorescence using anti-RII{alpha} (upper panel; red in C and D, green in E) or anti-RIIß mAbs (lower panel; green in E) and an affinity-purified polyclonal antibody against AKAP450 (green in C and D, red in E). DNA was stained with Hoechst 33342 (blue). Arrows indicate mitotic centrosomes. Bar: 10 µm. (F) CDK1 phosphorylation of purified recombinant human (lane 1) and bovine (lane 2) RII{alpha} (150 ng of each). The positions of phosphorylated RII{alpha} (lanes 1 and 2) and autophosphorylated cyclin B (49 kDa, lane 3) are indicated.