Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: A molecular switch for stress-induced activation of retrograde mitochondrial transport
doi: 10.1101/2024.09.13.612963
Figure Lengend Snippet: Representative maximum intensity projection images corresponding to panels E, F, H, I, J are shown in respectively. ( A ) The TRAK2 S84 phosphorylation site identified by mass spectrometry highlighted in an inset showing the CC1-box region of the TRAK2 coiled-coil prediction as in (top). ( B ) S84 conservation in TRAK2. ( C ) Representative maximum intensity projection images of cargo from cell lines expressing wt, S84A or S84E TRAK2. ( D ) Quantification of perinuclear cargo accumulation in cells as shown in (C) from two biological replicates. n(wt)=12; n(S84A)=12; p<0.0001 (two-tailed t-test, t=6.615, df=22); n(S84E)=12; p=0.5889 (two-tailed t-test, t=0.5485, df=22). ( E ) Quantification of perinuclear cargo accumulation in cells expressing synthetic cargo and TRAK2 following mock or JNK-in-8 (10 μM) treatment (3h) from three biological replicates. n(mock)=27; n(JNK-in-8)=27; p<0.0016 (two-tailed t-test, t=3.332, df=52). ( F ) Quantification of perinuclear cargo accumulation in cells expressing TRAK2 following RNAi treatment as indicated from two biological replicates. n(wt)=120; n(JNK1,p38δ)=29, n(JNK2,JNK3)=30; one-way ANOVA (F= 4.271, dFn =4, dFd =233) with a post hoc Dunnett’s test was used to determine significance. ( G ) Immunoblot analysis of untransduced whole cell lysate showing JNK- and p38-kinase activation in response to 3h oxidative treatments as indicated. ( H ) Quantification of mitochondrial clustering following oxidative treatment in untransduced cells from two biological replicates. n(mock)=63; n(arsenite)=18; p<0.0001 (two-tailed t-test, t=6.356, df=113); n(peroxide)=13; p<0.0001 (two-tailed t-test, t=7.832, df=113). ( I ) Quantification of perinuclear cargo accumulation following oxidative treatment in cells expressing TRAK2 from two biological replicates. n(mock)=102; n(arsenite)=13; p<0.0001 (two-tailed t-test, t=6.436, df=79); n(peroxide)=13; p<0.0001 (two-tailed t-test, t=7.336, df=79). ( J ) Quantification of perinuclear cargo accumulation following arsenite treatment in cells expressing wt or S84A TRAK2 from two biological replicates. Arsenite-induced accumulation was normalized to mock treated cells for both variants. n(treated wt)=18; n(treated S84A)=18; p=0.0003 (two-tailed t-test, t=3.996, df=34).
Article Snippet: The following primary antibodies were used: GFP (CST, 2555S), RFP (Proteintech, 6g6), KIF5B (abcam, ab167429), DHC1 (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, sc-514579), p150 (BD Biosciences, 610473), GAPDH (CST, 2118S), DIC (Sigma-Aldrich, MAB1618), p50 (BD Biosciences, 611002), SAPK/JNK (CST, 9252S), Phospho-SAPK/JNK (Thr183/Tyr185) (CST, 9251S), p38 MAPK (CST, 9212S), Phospho-p38 MAPK (Thr180/Tyr182) (CST, 9211S), O-GlcNAc [RL2] (abcam, ab2739), p38δ MAPK (CST, 2308T).
Techniques: Mass Spectrometry, Expressing, Two Tailed Test, Western Blot, Activation Assay