Journal: Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences: CMLS
Article Title: EAT-2 attenuates C. elegans development via metabolic remodeling in a chemically defined food environment
doi: 10.1007/s00018-023-04849-x
Figure Lengend Snippet: Fatty acid metabolic remodeling regulates C. elegans development on CeMM. A–C Dietary supplementation with C17ISO (A), PA (B) and SA (C) promoted nematodes development on CeMM. Control group with 2.5% DMSO, three trials, n = 60 worms on average in each trial; C17ISO, five trials, n = 57 worms on average in each trial; PA, eight trials, n = 56 worms on average in each trial; SA, six trials, n = 60 worms on average in each trial. D Dietary supplementation with ALA (C18:3 n3) did not affect nematode development on CeMM. Control group with 2.5% DMSO, three trials, n = 52 worms on average in each trial; ALA, three trials, n = 53 worms on average in each trial. E Mutation in C17ISO synthesis gene elo-5 attenuated eat-2 mutant development. eat-2(ad1113), 3 trials, n = 60 worms on average in each trial. eat-2(ad1113);elo-5(lzq27), 3 trials, n = 55 worms on average in each trial. F Mutations in C17ISO synthesis gene elo-6 caused eat-2 mutant developmental delay on CeMM. eat-2(ad1113), 3 trials, n = 60 worms on average in each trial. eat-2(ad1113);elo-6(lzq11), 3 trials, n = 59 worms on average in each trial. eat-2(ad1113);elo-6(lzq12), 7 trials, n = 57 worms on average in each trial. eat-2(ad1113);elo-6(lzq19), nine trials, n = 58 worms on average in each trial. G Transgenic whole worm and tissue specific rescue of the development of eat-2;elo-6 double mutants on CeMM. eat-2(ad1113);elo-6(lzq19);Pelo-6::elo-6 DNA, 3 trials, n = 57 worms on average in each trial. eat-2(ad1113);elo-6(lzq11) double mutant transgenic rescue experiments, 2–4 trials, n = 45–80 worms for each trial. H, I Three trials were performed in all groups. eat-2(ad1113), n = 57 worms on average in each trial. eat-2(ad1113);elo-5(lzq27) + DMSO, n = 35 worms on average in each trial; eat-2(ad1113);elo-5(lzq27) + C17ISO, n = 37 worms on average in each trial. eat-2(ad1113);elo-6(lzq11) + DMSO, n = 59 worms on average in each trial; eat-2(ad1113);elo-6(lzq11) + C17ISO, n = 58 worms on average in each trial. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001, ns: not significant. P values were determined by Fisher’s exact test for (A–E), (H) and (I), the one-way ANOVA with Dunnett’s correction was applied in (F) and (G)
Article Snippet: After washing twice with sterile water, eggs were collected and cultured on unseeded NGM plates at 20 °C for ~ 18 h. RNA-seq and analysis Synchronized L1s of different strains (N2, eat-2(ad1113) mutant, tmc-1(rg1003) mutant or eat-2(ad1113);elo-6(lzq11) double mutant) were transferred to corresponding 9 cm CeMM agarose plates.
Techniques: Control, Mutagenesis, Transgenic Assay