Figure 4. USP7 inhibition affects PTEN delocalization.

A. PTEN-ubiquitination assay in MEC-1 cells treated with 16 μM P5091 for 2 and 4 hours. B. USP7 Western Immunoblot upon cytosol/nuclear fractionation of MEC-1 cells treated with P5091 at a concentration of 16 μM for 2 and 4 hours. C. Immunofluorescence assay showing PTEN cellular compartmentalization in MEC-1 cells treated with 4.2 μM P5091 for 24 hours. Anti-PTEN antibody (green); Propidium iodide (red). D. Proliferation analysis of MEC-1 cells expressing GFP-PTEN-WT and GFP-PTEN-NLS. Cell growth was quantified by counting cells with trypan blue exclusion of dead cells at each time point. ***p < 0.001. E. Percentage of apoptosis in GFP-PTEN transfected MEC-1 cells. *p < 0.05.