Fig. 7: Downregulation of PA28α decreases proteasome workload.

a Western blot analysis of ubiquitinated proteins in total protein lysates extracted from LP1 and RPMI8226 PA28α knockdown stable cells. β-actin as a loading control. b OPP pulse-chase assay of proteasome degradation and protein synthesis in LP1 PA28α knockdown stable cells. Western blot analysis of immunoglobulin lambda light chain (ƛ IgL) (c), eIF2α, p62/SQSTM1, and LC3B (d) in LP1 and RPMI8226 PA28α knockdown stable cells, β-actin as a loading control. **P < 0.01, Student’s t test. e Working model of PA28α knockdown in MM.