Journal: Nature Communications
Article Title: Spatiotemporal H 2 O 2 flashes coordinate actin cytoskeletal remodeling and regulate cell migration and wound healing
doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-62272-1
Figure Lengend Snippet: a DUOX2 (HA, red) containing vesicles at tip (insert, yellow arrows) of a nascent TNT in DUOX2 WT expressing H661 cells (actin, green; cortactin, purple). b DUOX (red) containing vesicles in mature TNT connecting two DUOX2 WT expressing H661 cells (white arrow), inserts are digital zoom (actin, green; acetylated α-tubulin, purple). Image is stitched from 2 fields of view on 63X oil objective. c UnaG-DUOX2 (green) localization to the tips of two nascent TNTs (denoted 1 and 2) in H661 cells, co-stained with anti-DUOX antibody (red), actin (purple) and cortactin (light blue). d Quantification of cells with at least one mature connecting TNT in H661 cells expressing DUOXA2 (control), or DUOXA2 combined with DUOX2 WT, or with DUOX2 E843Q, ± 10 µM GKT137831. Each point represents the average of 5 fields of view from 4 experiments, each with 3 replicates, data are presented as mean ± SD, Brown-Forsythe and Welch ANOVA with Dunnett’s T3 post hoc test, **** P < 0.0001. DUOX2 (DUOX e , HA f , g , red) colocalization with RAB11 ( e , purple), Myo10 ( f , purple) and GAP43 ( g , purple) in nascent TNTs in H661 cells expressing DUOX2 WT. h Live cell image of UnaG-DUOX2 vesicles within a TNT in H661 cells, insert shows digital zoom of area denoted by white arrow. i Localization of UnaG-DUOX2 within transport vesicles along a TNT during live cell imaging of H661 cells expressing UnaG-DUOX2, insert shows digital zoom of area denoted by white arrow (Supplementary Movie ). j Scheme of membrane embedded HyPer7-MEM oxidation by DUOX2. k , H O generation at the tip of an extending TNT with HyPer7 signal colocalizing with DUOX2 (HA, red) in fixed DUOX2 WT expressing H661 cells. l Live cell confocal video microscopy image of HyPer7 signal peaks in vesicles and at the tip of an unattached TNT in DUOX2 WT expressing H661 cells, inserts show digital zoom of TNT indicated by white arrow (Supplementary Movie ). m DUOX2 (HA, red) localization to apical double ring protrusions with actin (green) and cortactin (purple). White arrows denote apical surface protrusions, digital zoom of arrow A shown in inserts. n 3D rendering of z-stack from ( m ), white arrows indicate apical protrusions, yellow box expands to x/y projection of z-stack indicating protrusion distance. o Maximum projection z-stack of DUOX2 WT and HyPer7-MEM expressing H661 cells, indicating DUOX2 (HA, red) and HyPer7 (green and heatmap) localization in an apical protrusion. Inserts show a digital zoom of the white box with z-slices visualizing DUOX2 and H O generation throughout an apical protrusion. a–c , e–i , k , Cells serum starved for 24 h before fixation or live cell imaging. m–o Cells incubated in murine fibroblast conditioned media for 24 h pre-fixation. k , o HyPer7 presented as green for merged image and as a heatmap (HyPer7 pixel intensity) in inserts to visualize H O peaks. Scale bars a – c , e – h , k – o 10 µm, i 100 µm, microscopy analyses representative of n = 5. j Created in BioRender. Knaus, U. (2025) https://BioRender.com/fodhypa , modified in Adobe Illustrator.
Article Snippet: The following TaqMan probes were used: DUOX1 Hs01047827-m1; DUOXA1 Hs00328806_m1; DUOX2 Hs00204187_m1; DUOXA2 Hs 01595311_g1; GAPDH Hs02786624_g1.
Techniques: Expressing, Staining, Control, Live Cell Imaging, Membrane, Microscopy, Incubation, Modification