MiT/TFE factors control ER-phagy via transcriptional regulation of FAM134B (2020)
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Figure 4. FGF induces nuclear translocation of TFEB/TFE3 transcription factors through JNK-mediated IRS1 degradation.

A. TFE3 (green) subcellular localization in RCS with indicated genotypes (control=wild type) treated with FGF18 (50 ng/mL) for 16 hours. Torin1 (1 μM for 2 hours) was used as positive control. Nuclei were stained with DAPI (blue). Bar graph shows quantification (expressed as %) of cells with nuclear TFE3 and TFEB (representative images of TFEB immunofluorescence are shown in EV2E). Mean +/- standard error of the mean (sem) of N=3 biological replicates; n=80 (TFE3) and n=70 (TFEB) cells/experiment were analyzed. Scale bar 10 μm. Analysis of variance one-way (ANOVA) p=3.23e-12 (TFEB), p=2.48e-11 (TFE3); Tukey's post hoc test ***p<0.0005; NS not significant.

B. Western blot analysis of TFEB, and phospo-TFEB (Serine 142) in RCS chondrocytes stably expressing human TFEB-3XFlag protein. Cells were treated with vehicle (5% ABS) or FGF18 (50 ng/mL) for 16h. β-actin was used as loading control. Representative of three independent experiments.

C. GFP immuno-EM staining in FGFR3/4KO chondrocytes infected with a constitutive nuclear (and active) mutant TFEB fused to GFP tag (TFEB- S142A:S211A-GFP). GFP positive gold immune-particles showed presence of GFP-puncta into the nucleus (N, stained in green for visualization). Lysosomes were stained in blue for visualization. Insets showed magnification of lysosomes. Quantification of lysosome diameter (nm) in control (wild type) and FGFR3;4KO chondrocytes infected with empty or with TFEB- S142A:S211A-GFP vector. Mean +/- standard error of the mean (sem) of N=3 biological replicates. n=40 (veh) n=78 (FGFR3;4KO) n=57 (FGFR3;4KO +TFEB-S142A:S211A-GFP) cells were analyzed. Scale bar 500 nm. Kruskal Wallis test p=1.43e-13; Nemenyi post hoc test ***p<0.0005; NS not significant.

D. Co-immunofluorescence of p-IRS1 (S307 mouse) and TFEB in IRS1-overexpressing RCS chondrocytes treated with FGF18 (50 ng/mL) for 12h. Nuclei (N) were stained with DAPI (blue) and delimited with dashed line. Scale bar 15 μm. Quantification of TFEB nuclear localization in IRS1-overexpressing vs non-expressing RCS. Mean +/- standard error of the mean (sem) of N=3 biological replicates. n= 124 cells analyzed; Student's un-paired T-test *p<0.05.

E. Subcellular localization analysis of TFEB (red) and TFE3 (green) in RCS chondrocytes treated with FGF18 (50 ng/mL) for 12h. JNK inhibitor was used at 50 μM for 12h. Nuclei were stained with DAPI (blue). Quantification analysis showed % of cells with nuclear TFEB and TFE3 in RCS chondrocytes with indicated treatments. Scale bar 15 μm. Mean +/- standard error of the mean (sem) of N=3 biological replicates. n= 126 cells (control), 126 cells (FGF18), 95 cells (JNK Inhibitor), 163 cells (JNK Inhibitor + FGF18). Student's paired T-test *p<0.05.

F. Western blot analysis of phospho-TFEB (S142) and IRS1 in RCS chondrocytes treated with vehicle (5% ABS) and FGF18 (50 ng/mL) for 12h. JNK inhibitor was used at 50 μM for 12h to inhibit kinase activity. β-actin was used as loading control. Representative images of N=3 independent experiments. Bar graphs show quantification of indicated proteins normalized to β-actin. Mean +/- standard error of the mean (sem). Student's paired T-test *p<0.05; NS not significant.