Journal: Journal of Neurochemistry
Article Title: Altered Mitochondrial Bioenergetics and Calcium Kinetics in Young‐Onset PLA2G6 Parkinson's Disease iPSCs
doi: 10.1111/jnc.70059
Figure Lengend Snippet: PLA2G6‐R741Q iPSCs show higher oxidative stress but unaltered autophagic flux. (A) Confocal images of Control and PD iPSCs stained with DCFDA, a ROS‐specific dye at the basal level, Z‐ Stack projection, Scale bar‐ 20 μM; (B) basal ROS calculated using fluorescence from the frame with maximal Z‐projection. Each dot represents an individual cell, and the 25th and 75th percentiles are represented as the box, the mean as the solid bar, the median as the dashed bar, and SEM as the error bars. *** p < 0.001, Mann‐Whitney U test. n = 5 independent cell culture preparations, Control iPSC = 536 cells and PD iPSC = 687 cells; (C) mRNA levels of Catalase and other antioxidant enzymes. n = 6 independent cell culture preparations, each dot represents a biological replicate. Mean ± SD. Student' t –test *** p < 0.001; (D) representative images of the western blot of protein lysates of PD and iPSCs treated with DMSO (vehicle) or bafilomycin A probed for LC3 II, LC3 I, and housekeeping protein β‐ Tubulin; (E) LC3 II/LC I ratio of each group: Control iPSC (black) and PD iPSC (red) with DMSO or bafilomycin A. Each dot represents a biological sample, n = 3 independent cell culture preparations, paired t‐ test, * p < 0.05, SEM ± SD; (F) autophagic flux after treatment with bafilomycin A, calculated as the increase in LC3 II/LC3 I from the basal levels, each dot represents a biological sample, n = 3 independent cell culture preparations, paired t ‐test, ns‐ non‐significant. SEM ± SD; (G) Representative images of CTRL iPSCs and PD iPSCs treated with DMSO (vehicle) or bafilomycin A from the tandem fluorescent quenching assay (TFQA). Left to Right: Panel 1‐representative images under the red channel (RFP), Panel 2‐corresponding images under the green channel (GFP), Panel 3‐merge of both channels and Panel 4‐zoomed images of the cells (Scale bar‐10 μM). Different treatment groups are labeled;. (H) ratio of autolysosomes (AL) to autophagosomes (AP); (I) Quantification of the number of autolysosomes per cell. (H,I) Each dot represents an individual cell, the median as the dashed bar, and SEM as the error bars. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, ns‐non‐significant ( p ≥ 0.05), Shapiro‐Wilk test, Mann‐ Whitney U test. PD‐patient‐derived iPSCs with R741Q‐PLA2G6 (Red), Control‐familial control‐derived iPSCs (Black).
Article Snippet: For validation experiments, CRISPR‐edited iPSCS with R747W mutation in the PLA2G6 loci and its isogenic control were used (Synthego, CA).
Techniques: Control, Staining, Fluorescence, MANN-WHITNEY, Cell Culture, Western Blot, Labeling, Derivative Assay