Journal: Science Advances
Article Title: Mediobasal hypothalamic FKBP51 acts as a molecular switch linking autophagy to whole-body metabolism
doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abi4797
Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) WT or FKBP51 KO cells were starved in HBSS medium for 4 hours to induce autophagy, followed by quantification of pAMPKα (T172), ( B ) p62, and ( C ) pp70S6K (T389). Representative blots are shown in ( D ). FKBP51 overexpression (FKBP51 OE) in N2a cells (see fig. S3D for validation) enhanced autophagy signaling. Quantification of ( E ) pAMPKα (T172), ( F ) pp70S6K (T389), ( G ) p62, and ( H ) representative blots. ( I ) Quantification of autophagic flux in FKBP51 KO and FKBP51 OE cells in response to starvation. GAPDH, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. ( J ) Representative blots of autophagic flux measurements. ( K ) Representative pictures of TFEB nuclear localization/translocation. DAPI, 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole. Scale bar, 10 μm. ( L ) Quantification of TFEB reporter assay. BL, baseline. All data (A to J) are shown as relative fold change compared to control condition; ± SEM; * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001; ## P < 0.01, ### P < 0.001; $$ P < 0.01. Two-way ANOVA was performed in (A) to (C) and followed by a Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. One-way ANOVA was performed for (I) and (L), followed by a Dunnett’s multiple comparison test. The unpaired Student’s t test was performed for (E) to (G). *, significant genotype effect; $, significant starvation effect; #, significant treatment effect.
Article Snippet: The following antibodies were used: goat polyclonal anti-actin (I-19) (sc-1616, Santa Cruz Biotechnology), rabbit polyclonal anti-FKBP51 (A301-430A, Bethyl Laboratories), rabbit monoclonal anti-FKBP5 (D5G2, #12210, Cell Signaling Technology), rabbit monoclonal anti-LKB1 (D60C5, #3047, Cell Signaling Technology), rabbit polyclonal anti-pAMPKα T172 (#2531, Cell Signaling Technology), rabbit polyclonal anti-pAMPKα (#2532, Cell Signaling Technology), rabbit polyclonal anti-SKP2 (L70, #4313, Cell Signaling Technology), rabbit anti-pSKP2 S72 (was a gift from Cell Signaling Technology), rabbit polyclonal anti-AKT (#9272, Cell Signaling Technology), rabbit monoclonal anti-pAKT S473 (D9E, #4060, Cell Signaling Technology), rabbit polyclonal anti-p62 (#5114, Cell Signaling Technology), rabbit monoclonal anti-LC3B (D11, #3868, Cell Signaling Technology), rabbit polyclonal anti-pULK1 S757 (#6888, Cell Signaling Technology), rabbit monoclonal anti-pULK1 S555 (D1H4, #5869, Cell Signaling Technology), rabbit monoclonal anti-ULK1 (D8H5, #8054, Cell Signaling Technology), anti-pBECN1 S93/S96 (in mouse S91/S94) (#12476, Cell Signaling Technology), rabbit polyclonal anti-pBECN1 S15 (#84966, Cell Signaling Technology), rabbit polyclonal anti-BECN1 (#3738, Cell Signaling Technology), rabbit polyclonal anti-TSC2 (#3612, Cell Signaling Technology), rabbit polyclonal anti-pTSC2 S1387 (#5584, Cell Signaling Technology), rabbit monoclonal anti-pATG16L1 S278 (EPR19016, ab195242, Abcam), rabbit polyclonal anti-WIPI4 (WDR45) (19194-1-AP, Proteintech), mouse monoclonal anti-WIPI4 (G12, sc-398272, Santa Cruz Biotechnology), rabbit polyclonal anti-WIPI3 (WDR45L) (SAB2102704, Sigma-Aldrich), mouse monoclonal anti-WIPI3 (B-7, sc-514194, Santa Cruz Biotechnology), rabbit polyclonal anti-WIPI2 (#8567, Cell Signaling Technology), rabbit polyclonal anti-WIPI1 (HPA007493, Sigma-Aldrich), rabbit polyclonal anti-AMPKα1 (#2795, Cell Signaling Technology), rabbit polyclonal anti-AMPKγ2 (#2536, Cell Signaling Technology), rabbit polyclonal anti-AMPKα2 (#2757, Cell Signaling Technology), rabbit monoclonal anti-AMPKβ1 (71C10, #4178, Cell Signaling Technology), rabbit polyclonal anti-AMPKγ1 (#4187, Cell Signaling Technology), rabbit polyclonal anti-AMPKβ2 (#4188, Cell Signaling Technology), rabbit polyclonal anti-AMPKγ3 (#2550, Cell Signaling Technology), rabbit monoclonal anti-TSC1 (D43E2, #6935, Cell Signaling Technology), rabbit polyclonal anti-Flag (600-401-383, Rockland Inc.), rabbit polyclonal anti-hypusine (ABS1046, Merck Millipore), rabbit monoclonal anti-eIF5A (D8L8Q, #20765, Cell Signaling Technology), and rabbit polyclonal anti-TFEB (ab245350, Abcam).
Techniques: Over Expression, Biomarker Discovery, Translocation Assay, Reporter Assay, Control, Comparison