Journal: PLOS ONE
Article Title: Palmitoyl-L-carnitine induces tau phosphorylation and mitochondrial dysfunction in neuronal cells
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0313507
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) shows changes in protein levels of pGSK-3β (S9), GSK-3β, CDK5, and p25 after treatment with palmitoyl-L-carnitine in SH-SY5Y cells. pGSK-3β (S9) indicates GSK-3β phosphorylated at serine 9. Full blots are provided in . (B) Histogram illustrating changes in protein levels of pGSK-3β (S9), CDK5, and p25 after treatment with palmitoyl-L-carnitine in SH-SY5Y cells, shown as mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM; n = 3). GSK-3β phosphorylation levels were normalized to the total GSK-3β protein. (C) shows changes in protein levels of pTau (T181), pTau (S262), PHF-1, total tau, GSK-3β, CDK5, and p25 after treatment with tau kinase inhibitors in palmitoyl-L-carnitine-treated SH-SY5Y cells. pTau (T181), pTau (S262), and PHF-1 represent tau phosphorylated at threonine 181, serine 262, and serine 396/404, respectively. SB216763, Roscovitine, and PD150606 are GSK-3β inhibitor, CDK5 inhibitor, and calpain inhibitor, respectively. Full blots are provided in . (D) Histogram illustrating changes in protein levels of pTau (T181), pTau (S262), PHF-1, total tau, GSK-3β, CDK5, and p25 after treatment with tau kinase inhibitors in palmitoyl-L-carnitine-treated SH-SY5Y cells, shown as mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM; n = 3). Tau phosphorylation levels were normalized to the total tau protein. In (A) and (D) , BSA and BSA-PC represent bovine serum albumin and BSA-conjugated palmitoyl-L-carnitine, respectively. Statistical significance was determined using an unpaired two-tailed t-test with Welch’s correction and an ordinary two-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparison test; ns: not significant, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.
Article Snippet: The primary antibodies included pTau (T181; CST #12885), pTau (S262; Abcam #ab131354), PHF-1 (Peter Davies Lab.), Tau5 (Peter Davies Lab.), pDRP1 (S616; CST #4494), DRP1 (CST #8570), pMFF (S146; CST #49281), MFF (CST #14739), OPA1 (CST #80471), Mitofusin-1 (CST #14739), Mitofusin-2 (CST #11925), pGSK-3β (S9; CST #5558), GSK-3β (CST #12456), CDK5 (Santa Cruz #sc-173), p35 (Santa Cruz #sc-820), p62 (CST #8025), LC3 (CST #3868), and Actin (Millipore #MAB1501).
Techniques: Phospho-proteomics, Two Tailed Test, Comparison