Journal: Redox Biology
Article Title: Excessive ER-mitochondria coupling: A DRP1-driven mechanism underlying mitochondrial dysfunction and impaired autophagy in stress-induced depression-like behavior in mice
doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2026.104121
Figure Lengend Snippet: Drp1 knockdown rescues CSDS-induced MERC remodeling and autophagy impairment. A) Mitochondrial respiration parameters including basal respiration (Interaction, F (1, 20) = 9.360, P = 0.0062), ATP production (Interaction, F (1, 20) = 15.14, P = 0.0009) and maximum respiratory capacity (Interaction, F (1, 20) = 0.9504, P = 0.3413). Two-way ANOVA with Tukey's multiple comparisons test. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM (n = 6 mice in each group). ns, p > 0.05, ∗∗ p < 0.01, ∗∗∗ p < 0.001. B) Representative TEM images (left) and mitochondria-ER distance (Interaction, F (1, 16) = 7.265, P = 0.0159), mitochondrial perimeter (Interaction, F (1, 16) = 26.96, P < 0.0001), mitochondrial area (Interaction, F (1, 16) = 29.34, P < 0.0001) and ERMICC ratio quantification (right, Interaction, F (1, 16) = 19.24, P = 0.0005) in CA1 neurons. Scale: 200 nm; Two-way ANOVA with Tukey's multiple comparisons test. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM (n = 5 mice in each group, for each mouse, all mitochondria within neuronal regions from five non overlapping hippocampal fields were analyzed, and the average value was taken as one point). ns, p > 0.05, ∗ p < 0.05, ∗∗ p < 0.01, ∗∗∗ p < 0.001 C) The representative images of PLA targeting IP3R3-GRP75 or GRP75-VDAC1 interaction in hippocampal CA1 (left) and the quantification of PLA red fluorescent spots (top, Interaction, F (1, 16) = 0.1194, P = 0.7342) and the percentage of PLA spots in Vglut2 (bottom, Interaction, F (1, 16) = 5.801, P = 0.0284) were performed using image J (right). Scale: 20 μm; Vglut2 (Neuron, green), nucleus (DAPI, blue). Two-way ANOVA with Tukey's multiple comparisons test. The data were expressed as mean ± SEM (n = 5 mouse brain slices). ∗∗∗ p < 0.001. D) TEM quantification of autophagosomes in CA1 (red). Two-way ANOVA with Tukey's multiple comparisons test (Interaction, F (1, 16) = 9.800, P = 0.0065). The data were expressed as mean ± SEM (n = 5 mice in each group, for each mouse, all mitochondria within neuronal regions from five non overlapping hippocampal fields were analyzed, and the average value was taken as one point). ∗ p < 0.05. E) Representative images of LAMP1 (red), rAVV (green) and DAPI (blue) fluorescence in CA1 region (left). The percentage of co-localized fluorescence was quantified (right, n = 8 mice brain slices). Scale bar: 50 or 2 μm. Two-way ANOVA with Tukey's multiple comparisons test (Interaction, F (1, 28) = 25.14, P < 0.0001). The data were expressed as mean ± SEM. ns, p > 0.05, ∗ p < 0.05, ∗∗∗ p < 0.001.
Article Snippet: Multiplex staining was performed using TSA-based immunofluorescence with primary antibodies: Drp1 (CST 12741S, 1:100), MAP2 (ab32454, 1:1000), GFAP (CST 12389, 1:400), IBA1 (ab178846, 1:1000), Vglut1 (CST #27181, 1:800), Vglut2 (ab216463, 1:250), OLIG2 (CST #65915, 1:400), and LAMP1 (CST 99437S, 1:100).
Techniques: Knockdown, Fluorescence