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Figure 2(B 3rd instar larval fat bodies were stained by BODIPY (green) for lipid droplets and DAPI (blue) for nuclei. Scale bars represent 25 µm. (B) RDH/CG2064 RNAi suppresses the enlarged lipid droplet phenotype in CSN2 RNAi under DGAT1 overexpression (ppl>DGAT1) or high-fat diet conditions. (C) Quantification of the lipid droplet size in (B). HFD: high-fat diet. data were analyzed by one-way ANOVA with a post hoc Turkey's multiple-comparison test. Each point represents data from one fat body, and at least 30 cells were examined in each fat body. Error bars represent ± SEM. ***: P < 0.001; **: P < 0.01; NS: non-significant., F 3rd instar larval fat bodies were stained by BODIPY (green) for lipid droplets and DAPI (blue) for nuclei. Scale bars represent 25 µm. (F) RDH/CG2064 overexpression increases lipid droplet size in ppl>DGAT1 larvae. (G) Quantification of the lipid droplet size in (F). data were analyzed by one-way ANOVA with a post hoc Turkey's multiple-comparison test. Each point represents data from one fat body, and at least 30 cells were examined in each fat body. Error bars represent ± SEM. ***: P < 0.001; **: P < 0.01; NS: non-significant.3rd instar larval fat bodies were stained by BODIPY (green) for lipid droplets and DAPI (blue) for nuclei. Scale bars represent 25 µm. (H) Relative TAG levels in different genetic backgrounds were measured by glyceride assay kit. For quantification, TAG levels were normalized to protein. (I) RDH/CG2064 and CG2065 deletion does not affect lipid droplet size under normal or high-fat diet conditions. data were analyzed by one-way ANOVA with a post hoc Turkey's multiple-comparison test. Each point represents data from one fat body, and at least 30 cells were examined in each fat body. Error bars represent ± SEM. ***: P < 0.001; **: P < 0.01; NS: non-significant.
Figure 3(B) 3rd instar larval fat bodies were stained by BODIPY (green) for lipid droplets and DAPI (blue) for nuclei. Overexpressing wild-type or site-mutated RDH/CG2064 increases the lipid droplet size in larvae with DGAT1 overexpression (ppl>DGAT1). Scale bar represents 25 µm.(E) Immunofluorescence imaging of RDH/CG2064-GFP, detected with anti-GFP antibody, and the ER protein marker RFP-KDEL in 3rd instar larval fat body. RDH/CG2064 co-localizes with RFP-KDEL. Scale bar represents 10 µm.
Figure 4Lysates of 3rd instar larval fat body samples of different genetic backgrounds were immunoprecipitated with anti-Flag antibody and then probed by anti-GFP or anti-Flag antibody in a western blot. Plin2, but not Plin1 or Bmm, is specifically coimmunoprecipitated with RDH/CG2064 (A).(E) Lysates of Drosophila S2 cells expressing full-length Plin1 or Plin1 with a C-terminal deletion (Plin1ΔC) were immunoprecipitated with anti-Flag antibody and then probed by anti-GFP or anti-Flag antibody in a western blot. Plin1ΔC coimmunoprecipitated with RDH/CG2064.(F) 3rd instar larval fat bodies were stained by BODIPY (green) for lipid droplets and DAPI (blue) for nuclei. Under high-fat conditions, RDH/CG2064 overexpression increases the lipid droplet size, and Plin2 RNAi suppresses the enlargement induced by RDH/CG2064 overexpression. Scale bar represents 25 µm.
Figure 5(A, B Images of Plin2-GFP in 3rd instar larval fat body cells of different genotypes. Scale bar represents 25 µm. (A) CSN2 RNAi or RDH/CG2064 overexpression reduces the peripheral localization of Plin2-GFP and increases the localization of Plin2-GFP on small peri-nuclear lipid droplets (boxed). DAPI (blue) stains nuclei. White arrows indicate peripheral lipid droplet. Red arrows indicate medial lipid droplets. (B) The peripheral localization of Plin2-GFP is greatly reduced in fat body cells from larvae with CSN2 RNAi or RDH/CG2064 overexpression. Images were taken by focusing on the periphery of fat cells.C, Images of Plin2-GFP in 3rd instar larval fat body cells of different genotypes. Scale bar represents 25 µm. (C) In fat body cells from ppl>DGAT1 larvae with CSN2 RNAi or RDH/CG2064 overexpression, the localization of Plin2-GFP is greatly reduced at the periphery and is dramatically increased on large medial lipid droplets. White arrows indicate peripheral lipid droplet. Red arrows indicate medial lipid droplets. (D) Fluorescence intensity line plots of the images in (C). GFP intensity along the line across a lipid droplet was measured by ImageJ. In ppl>DGAT1 larvae with CSN2 RNAi or RDH/CG2064 overexpression, Plin2-GFP localization on large medial lipid droplets is represented by two peaks. More than 30 lipid droplets were measured for each genotype. The plot shown is a typical image curve for the indicated genotype.(G) The peripheral lipid droplets in larval fat body cells from different genetic backgrounds were stained by BODIPY (green). CSN3 RNAi or RDH/CG2064 overexpression reduces the number of peripheral lipid droplets in both wild-type and ppl>DGAT1 larvae.
Figure 6(A, Confocal images of Bmm-GFP (green) in 3rd instar larval fat bodies of different genotypes. DAPI (blue) stains nuclei. Scale bar represents 25 µm. (A) Knocking down CSN2 or overexpressing RDH/CG2064 in animals with DGAT1 overexpression (ppl>DGAT1) decreases the level and lipid droplet localization of Bmm-GFP. (B) The GFP intensity along the line across a lipid droplet in (A) was measured by ImageJ. The lipid droplet localization of Bmm-GFP, represented by two peaks, is clearly visible in fat cells from ppl>DGAT1 larvae, but it is lost in fat cells from ppl>DGAT1 larvae with CSN2 RNAi or overexpression of RDH/CG2064. More than 30 lipid droplets of each genotype were measured. One typical image curve is shown for each genotype.F) Confocal images of Bmm-GFP (green) in 3rd instar larval fat bodies of different genotypes. DAPI (blue) stains nuclei. Scale bar represents 25 µm. (F) Overexpression of Plin2 decreases the level and lipid droplet localization of Bmm-GFP in fat cells from larvae with DGAT1 overexpression. (G) GFP intensity along the line across a lipid droplet from (F) was measured by ImageJ. The lipid droplet localization of Bmm-GFP, represented by two peaks, was evident in fat cells from ppl>DGAT1 larvae, but is lost in ppl>DGAT1 larvae with overexpression of Plin2. More than 30 lipid droplets of each genotype were measured. One typical image curve is shown for each genotype.(H) 3rd instar larval fat bodies were stained by BODIPY (green) for lipid droplets and DAPI (blue) for nuclei. bmm RNAi increases the lipid droplet size in fat cells from larvae with DGAT1 overexpression. Scale bar represents 25 µm.
Figure 7(A) S2 cells expressing RDH/CH2064-GFP were treated with the protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide (CHX) for the indicated time (h: hours). The level of RDH/CH2064-GFP was determined by western blotting using anti-GFP antibody. Tubulin was used as loading control. (B) Quantification of the relative RDH/CH2064-GFP protein levels in (A). Error bars represent ± SEM.(C) S2 cells expressing Bmm-GFP were treated with the protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide (CHX) for the indicated time (h: hours). The level of Bmm-GFP was determined by western blotting using anti-GFP antibody. Tubulin was used as loading control. (D) Quantification of the relative Bmm-GFP protein levels in (C). Error bars represent ± SEM.(F) Oil red staining of 3rd instar larval oenocytes in different genetic backgrounds under fed or starvation conditions.
Figure 1B, C, Representative images of pPLT3::erCFP (cyan) expressing and PI-stained (red) Arabidopsis roots in Col or wox5 background, respectively. D, Mean fluorescence intensities of the pPLT3::erCFP roots summarized in box and scatter plots. The mean fluorescence intensity of the CFP signal in Col roots was to set to 100 %. D, Box = 25-75 % of percentile, whisker = 1.5 interquartile range, − = median, □ = mean value, = minimum/maximum. The data was statistically analyzed by one-way ANOVA and Holm-Sidak post-hoc multiple comparisons test. Asterisks indicate statistically significant differences (α = 0.01). Number of analysed roots (n) (biological replicates) is indicated for each genotype and results from two technical replicates. B, C, Scale bars represent 10 µm. PI = propidium iodide CFP = cyan fluorescent protein.E, F, Representative images of pPLT3::PLT3-YFP (yellow) expressing and FM4-64-stained (red) Arabidopsis roots in Col or wox5 mutant background, respectively. g, Mean fluorescence intensities of the pPLT3::PLT3-YFP expressing roots summarized in box and scatter plots. The mean fluorescence intensity of the YFP signal in Col roots was to set to 100%. G, Box = 25-75 % of percentile, whisker = 1.5 interquartile range, − = median, □ = mean value, = minimum/maximum. The data was statistically analyzed by one-way ANOVA and Holm-Sidak post-hoc multiple comparisons test. Asterisks indicate statistically significant differences (α = 0.01). Number of analysed roots (n) (biological replicates) is indicated for each genotype and results from two technical replicates. , E, F, Scale bars represent 10 µm. YFP = yellow fluorescent protein
Figure 2A-F, Representative FM4-64-stained Arabidopsis roots (grey) expressing pWOX5::mVenus-NLS (green) in Col, plt2, plt3 and plt2, plt3 double mutant background in longitudinal (A-D), or transversal (E-F) optical sections. E', F', Analysis of representative images in (E) and (F) in Imaris to detect and count individual expressing nuclei. E'', F'', Overlay of 10 roots (biological replicates) showing the area of detected fluorescence (high levels in red, low levels in blue) in Col and plt2, plt3 double mutant roots. G, Number of nuclei (biological replicates) expressing pWOX5::mVenus-NLS in Col and plt2, plt3 double mutant roots summarized in box and scatter plots. H, Area of WOX5 expression in µm2 in Col and plt2, plt3 double mutant roots summarized in box and scatter plots. G, H Box = 25-75 % of percentile, whisker = 1.5 interquartile range, − = median, □ = mean value, = minimum/maximum. (G, H) Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA analysis with subsequent Dunns test (G) or one-way ANOVA and post-hoc Holm-Sidak multiple comparisons test was used to test for statistical significance (H). Asterisks indicate statistically significant differences (α = 0.01). Number of analysed roots (n) (biological replicates) is indicated for each genotype and results from three technical replicates per genotype. Scale bars represent 10 µm; NLS = nuclear localisation signal.
Figure 3A, Schematic representation of a longitudinal section of an Arabidopsis RM. QC cells are marked in red, CSCs are marked in dark blue, CCs in light blue. Combined mPSPI (grey) and EdU (red) staining for 24 hours (SCN staining) to analyse the CSC (A-I) and QC division phenotype (J-R) within the same roots are shown. B-H, Representative images of the SCN staining in Col, and the indicated single, double, and triple mutant roots. QC positions are marked by yellow arrowhead. I, Analyses of the SCN staining for CSC phenotypes. Frequencies of roots showing 0, 1, 2, or 3 CSC layers are plotted as bar graphs. J, Schematic representation of a transversal section of an Arabidopsis RM. QC cells are marked in red, CEI initials are marked in turquoise. K-Q, Representative images of transversal sections with QC cells outlined in yellow. R, Analyses of the SCN staining for QC division phenotypes. Frequencies of roots showing 0, 1, 2, 3 or ≥4 dividing QC cells are plotted as bar graphs. Number of analysed roots (n) (biological replicates) is indicated for each genotype and results from 2-5 technical replicates per genotype. QC = quiescent center, CSC = columella stem cell, CEI = cortex endodermis initial, SCN = stem cell niche, mPSPI = modified pseudo-Schiff propidium iodide, EdU = 5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine, scale bars represent 5 µm.
Figure 4The combined results of the SCN staining 3 are shown as 2D plots to visualise the correlation of the CSC layer and QC division phenotypes. Number of CSC layers are shown on the y axis and the QC division phenotype is shown on the x axis. The darker the colour, the more roots show the respective phenotype (see colour gradient top right indicating the frequencies in percent). Col wild-type roots show one layer of CSCs and no EdU stained cells (no QC division) after 24 h EdU staining. Number of analysed roots (n) (biological replicates) is indicated for each genotype and results from 2-5 technical replicates per genotype.
Figure 7A-H, Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging (FLIM) results of transiently expressing N. benthamiana leaf epidermal cells. A-H, Representative FLIM images of WOX5-mVenus (donor only) plus the indicated acceptors after a pixel-wise mono-exponential fit of the mVenus fluorescence signal. The fluorescence lifetime of WOX5-mVenus in ns is color-coded. Low lifetimes (blue) due to FRET indicate strong interaction of the two proteins and high lifetimes (red) indicate weaker or no interaction. Scale bars represent 5 µm.I, Fluorescence lifetimes in ns are summarized in combined jitter and box plots. The dashed line represents the fluorescence lifetime mean value of the WOX5-mV co-expressed with free mCh as negative control. The one-way ANOVA and Holm-Sidak post-hoc multiple comparisons test was used to test for statistical significance. Samples with identical letters do not show significant differences (α = 0.01). Number of nuclei analyzed (n) (biological replicates) is indicated and results from 2 to 9 technical replicates. Box = 25-75 % of percentile, whisker = 1.5 interquartile range, − = median, ▪ = mean value.J, Representative FLIM images of WOX5-mVenus (donor only) after a pixel-wise mono-exponential fit of the mVenus fluorescence signal. The fluorescence lifetime of WOX5-mVenus in ns is color-coded. Low lifetimes (blue) due to FRET indicate strong interaction of the two proteins and high lifetimes (red) indicate weaker or no interaction. Scale bars represent 5 µm.K, Individual nuclei showing nuclear bodies during co-expression of WOX5-mV and PLT3-mCh were analysed for WOX5-mV lifetime in the nuclear bodies or nucleoplasm separately (n = 7 (biological replicates), from four technical replicates. mCh = mCherry. mV = mVenus.
figf1(a) Cell death was analysed after the activation of death pathways in the presence and absence of enforced Atg5 expression (18 h cultures). Values are means ± s.e.m. of three independent experiments.(b) The cell death regulated by Atg5 is apoptosis. All data presented are from 5 h cultures. Caspase-3-like activity analysed in HeLa cells (graph). Morphology of Jurkat cells is also shown. The numbers in the lower right corner indicate the percentage of cell death, which was determined in parallel experiments using flow cytometryc) Staurosporine induced redistribution of phosphatidylserine was enhanced in Atg5 overexpressing Jurkat cells and blocked by z-VAD-fmk. Numbers indicate the results of the quantitative analysis (percentage) of each dot blot.d) Reduction of drug-induced cell death by silencing of Atg5. Values are means ± s.e.m. of three independent experiments (18 h cultures). The effects of the Atg5 siRNA on Atg5 and GAPDH levels were analysed by immunoblotting. The asterisks indicate P 0.05. n.s., no significant difference.
figf2a) Spontaneous neutrophil apoptosis. Apoptosis was associated with the appearance of a 24K anti-Atg5-reactive protein. 33K Atg5 disappeared during apoptosis in a time-dependent manner. HeLa cells overexpressing Atg5 served as positive control.b) Anti-CD95-induced apoptosis of Jurkat cells. Apoptosis was associated with the appearance of a 24K anti-Atg5-reactive protein and a reduction of 33K Atg5 in a time-dependent manner. The 24K anti-Atg5-reactive protein was also visible in Jurkat cells after treatment with actinomycin D (Act. D) or cycloheximide (CHX; 5 h treatment in both cases). GAPDH expression indicates equal loading in each panel. All immmunoblots are representative of at least three independent experiments.
figf3e) Recombinant Atg5 was digested with calpain and the products sequenced by Edman degradation. Calpain cleaved Atg5 at Thr 193. Comparison of Atg5 sequences of different species demonstrates the presence of the same calpain cleavage site in mice. The sequence alignment was perfromed with Clustal W using sequence data obtained from GenBank. The position of the six-amino-acid deletion causing calpain resistance is indicated in red.(d) Following calpain-mediated cleavage of recombinant Atg5 in vitro, the sample was fractionated by preparative reversed-phase HPLC and analysed by mass spectrometry. The exact relative molecular masses for full-length and truncated Atg5 are indicated.(f) A six-amino-acid deletion surrounding the cleavage site (35S-Atg5Δ191-196) led to a loss of the calpain cleavage fragment.(g) Calpain inhibition by ALLN blocked both cleavage of Bax and Atg5 in spontaneous and Fas receptor-mediated apoptosis of neutrophils. In contrast, Atg6 did not show evidence for cleavage and its levels remained unchanged in this system. Results of 7 h cultures are shown.(h) Atg5 is not cleaved in apoptotic HeLa cells (5 h staurosporine treatment) lacking the small subunit of calpain, which was silenced by using specific siRNA.(i) Calpain resistant Atg5Δ191-196 was unable to sensitize HeLa cells lacking endogeneous Atg5 (due to gene silencing, see Fig. 1c) to staurosporine-induced cell death. Values are means ± s.e.m. of three independent experiments (18 h cultures).
figf4(a) HeLa cells were transiently transfected with 24K and 33K Atg5 for 24 h and subsequently analysed by Hoechst staining. Values are means ± s.e.m. of three independent experiments. Bax transfection was used as a positive control. (b) Representative images after Hoechst staining demonstrating nuclear fragmentation of HeLa cells that were transfected with 24K Atg5 using lentiviral gene transfer for 24 h. Quantitative analysis of these experiments is shown in a. Control and transfected cells were loaded with Mitotracker orange and subsequently processed for cytochrome c immunostaining. Enforced expression of 24K Atg5 resulted in cytochrome c release into the cytosol and apoptosis (nuclear condensation, cell shrinkage; approximately 80% of the cells).(c) Jurkat cells were transfected with 24K and 33K Atg5 using lentiviral gene transfer. Cell death was observed as a consequence of enforced expression of truncated Atg5 within two days. Morphological analysis (Diff-Quik) is also shown and revealed that the type of death was apoptosis (nuclear condensation, cell shrinkage).(d) CEM cells that either lacked Bcl-2 or expressed high levels of Bcl-2 received truncated Atg5 or GFP by lentiviral gene transfer. In the absence of Bcl-2, induction of apoptosis as assessed by DNA fragmentation was observed due to enforced expression of truncated Atg5 within two days. Apoptosis was largely blocked in cells expressing high levels of Bcl-2. GFP transfection did not affect viability of the cells in this system.(e) Staurosporine-induced Atg5 cleavage (5 h treatment) in CEM cells independent of Bcl-2 expression. Blots were stripped and reprobed with anti-GAPDH antibody.(f) Detection of autophagic activity by staining of acidic vesicular organelles (VAOs, red) followed by flow cytometry analysis in genetically modified HeLa cells. That 24K Atg5 did not induce autophagy was confirmed by transmission electron microscopy (data not shown).(g) Cell death after 24K Atg5 gene transfer in HeLa cells exhibiting different autophagic activities. Values are means ± s.e.m. of three independent experiments (lentiviral gene transfer for 24 h). The asterisks indicate P 0.05. n.s., no significant difference. The scale bars represent 10 μM.
figf5(a) Confocal microscopy of HeLa cells were treated with anti-CD95 antibody for 5 h or left untreated. Cells were stained with anti-Atg5 and anti-VDAC antibodies. In untreated cells, there was only little evidence for colocalization of Atg5 and VDAC. In anti-CD95 antibody treated cells some of the Atg5 colocalized with VDAC. The images of colocalization were prepared using Imaris software. Numerical analysis was performed on 10 cells in each group and the correlation coefficient calculated. The error bars represent the s.e.m.(b) Subcellular fractionation of blood neutrophils that were left untreated to induce spontaneous apoptosis. After 4 h incubation, cleavage of Atg5 was evident and both full-length and truncated Atg5 were present in the cytosol. After 8 h incubation, some 24K Atg5 but not full-length Atg5 was found in the mitochondrial fraction. Mitochondrial association of truncated Atg5 coincided with the release of cytochrome c into the cytosol. The same data were observed in staurosporine-induced apoptosis of Jurkat cells (data not shown). C, cytosol; M, mitochondria.(c) Cytochrome c release assay. Truncated and full-length recombinant Atg5 were added to isolated mitochondria and incubated at 37 °C for 1 h. Supernatants and mitochondrial pellets were then analysed for cytochrome c by immunoblotting. Truncated Bid (tBid) was used as a positive control for mitochondrial permeabilization. Truncated Atg5 released cytochrome c in a concentration-dependent manner, indicating mitochondrial permeabilization. Full-length Atg5 had only little effect in this system.(d) HeLa cells were transfected with 24K and 33K Atg5 using lentiviral gene transfer for 24 h and analysed for caspase-3 cleavage. GAPDH expression demonstrates equal loading.(e) Jurkat cells were treated with staurosporine for 5 h or left untreated. Staurosporine induced Atg5 cleavage and both full-length and truncated Atg5 were present in total lysates. Truncated but not full-length Atg5 was detected in Bcl-xL immunoprecipitates obtained from apoptotic Jurkat cells. No evidence for physical interaction between Atg5 and Bax was obtained. The lower panels demonstrate that both Bax and Bcl-xL were enriched following immunoprecipitation. The asterisk indicates P 0.05. The scale bars represent 10 μM.
Figure 1A slice through a filtered tomogram showing SR vesicles in contact with a putative T-tubule. Individual RyR1 molecules are indicated by the red circles. The dense protein coat on the surface of the SR vesicles correspond to the SERCA pump. Areas circled in yellow indicate accumulation of density inside the SR. Scale bar: 20 nm. A slice through the structure of RyR1 in contact with putative TT-membrane. A middle slice through the in situ structure of RyR1 at 12.6-Å resolution. The observed additional transmembrane density is indicated by the red arrows. Scale bars in B, C: 10 nm.Slice through the structures of apoRyR1 with the putative TT-membrane (left) and the standalone apoRyR1 (right, with the flipped handendness and reduced resolution for comparison) 22 Å away from the middle slice (Y = 92 in the volume coordinates). Scale bar: 10 nm.The location of the CaM/S100A1 binding site is marked with red circles in slices through maps of the in situ structure (left) and the single particle structure (EMDB: 8393) in the same orientation as the in situ structure and filtered to 15 Å (right). Scale bar: 10 nm.
Figure 2A slice through the average structure of the apo-state at a position 22 Å away from the middle slice shown in Fig. 1C. The intra-SR extension is boxed on the density in red.Representative SR vesicles with different distributions of inner-SR density: segregated, evenly distributed, empty, and empty with filaments. RyR1 particles are circled in red, areas circled in yellow indicate accumulation of density inside the SR.The fractions of vesicles that fall into each density category for each RyR1 sample (EDTA: n=64; 1 mM Ca2+: n = 32; 5 mM Ca2+: n=21, technical replicates). Blue corresponds to the fraction of SR lumen vesicles showing evenly distributed density, orange to segregated density, and grey to empty vesicles.Structures of RyR1 determined in presence of increasing Ca2+ concentration (1 mM and 5 mM), all with intra-SR extensions. Scale bars: 10 nm in (A) and (E), 20 nm in (C).