FIGURE 7:
ARs are substrates for DHHC-7 and -21. (A) Transfection of individual DHHC-encoding plasmids into C4-2 prostate cancer cells was followed by [3H]palmitic acid labeling. Immunoblots for AR total protein and HA-tagged DHHC PAT proteins are shown. A representative experiment repeated two more times is shown. (B) Distribution of AR in C4-2 cells. Left, cells were transfected with the siRNAs and Western blots of cell fractions were performed. Knockdown of DHHC-7 or -21 decreased membrane, but not nuclear, localization of the steroid receptor. Bar graphs are combined mean ± SEM membrane AR densities from three experiments. *, p < 0.05 for control siRNA vs. DHHC siRNA. (C) DHHC-7 or -21 siRNA significantly reduced [3H]palmitate incorporation into endogenous AR. Total AR protein is shown. Bar graphs are data from three experiments. *, p < 0.05 for control siRNA vs. DHHC siRNA.