Journal: Frontiers in Microbiology
Article Title: ULK1 mediated autophagy in airway cells during Aspergillus infection
doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1756294
Figure Lengend Snippet: Increased LC3-II expression and monolayer membrane-coated autophagosome formation in Beas2B cells following conidia infection. (A) Expression of LC3-I and LC3-II in Beas2B following infected by B5233 wild-type live conidia at 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 h. (B) Relative expression levels of LC3-I and LC3-II at the various time points. (C) Fluorescence microscopy images of GFP-LC3 (green), mCherry-labeled conidia (red), and DAPI staining (blue) in Beas2B cells following infected by conidia at 0, 4, 6, and 8 h. (D) Quantification of cells with LC3 + vesicles and average number of LC3 + vesicles per cell at 4, 6, and 8 h. (E) Electron microscopy images of cellular structural changes over time at 2, 4, 8, and 12 h. The magnification progressively increases from left to right, with each subsequent column of images depicting the area enclosed within the red box of the preceding image. The red arrow in each image points to the monolayer membrane encapsulating the A. fumigatus spores. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001.
Article Snippet: LC3 Rabbit Polyclonal antibody(#14600-1-AP, 1:1000), Rubicon Rabbit Polyclonal Antibody (#21444-1-AP, 1:1000), GAPDH Polyclonal antibody(#10494-1-AP, 1:2000) were purchased from proteintech, Phospho-UKL1(Ser555) Rabbit monoclonal antibody (#5869, 1:500), Phospho-UKL1(Ser757) Rabbit monoclonal antibody (#6888, 1:500), ULK1 rabbit monoclonal antibody (#8054, 1:1000), SQSTM1/p62 antibody (#5114, 1:1000), Atg5 Rabbit monoclonal antibody (#12994, 1:1000), Dectin-1 Rabbit monoclonal antibody (#60128, 1:1000), AMPKalpha Antibody (#2532, 1:1000), Phospho-AMPKalpha (Thr172) Rabbit monoclonal antibody(#50081, 1:1000), β -tubulin Rabbit monoclonal antibody(#2128, 1:2000) were purchased from Cell Signaling Technology (USA).
Techniques: Expressing, Membrane, Infection, Fluorescence, Microscopy, Labeling, Staining, Electron Microscopy