Journal: The EMBO Journal
Article Title: MYO5A-mediated stabilization promotes the acquisition of fusion competence in sealed autophagosomes
doi: 10.1038/s44318-025-00686-9
Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) WT and MYO5A KO HeLa cells were transfected with GFP-LC3B and co-transfected with HA-ATG12, HA-VPS33A, Flag-SNAP29, or Flag-STX17, as indicated (in magenta). WIPI2 and MYO5A were detected by antibody staining. Scale bar, 10 µm. Zoomed insets highlight colocalization events between stage-specific markers and LC3, as well as between MYO5A and stage-specific markers. Scale bar, 1 µm. The cell boundary is marked in white and the white boxes within the image indicate the insets, which are shown as magnified views in the rightmost and leftmost corners, indicating events of colocalization. ( B ) Quantification of colocalization events between stage-specific markers and LC3B in WT and MYO5A KO cells using the Colocalization plug-in of ImageJ. Data were plotted as mean ± SEM from three independent experiments ( N = 3, n = 60 cells). Statistical significance was assessed by Mann–Whitney Student’s t -test between the WT and MYO5A KO cells for each marker (**** p < 0.0001, *** p = 0.0002 for ATG12, *** p = 0.0008 for SNAP29). ( C ) WT and MYO5A KO cells were transfected with Flag-VAMP8 and stained for LAMP1. Scale bar, 10 µm. Insets show colocalization events between Flag-VAMP8 and LAMP1. Scale bar, 1 µm. The cell boundary is marked in white, and the white boxes within the image indicate the insets, which are shown as magnified views in the rightmost corner, indicating events of colocalization. ( D ) Quantification of colocalization between LAMP1 and Flag-VAMP8 in WT and MYO5A KO cells. Data represent mean ± SEM from three independent experiments ( N = 3, n = 60 cells). Statistical significance was assessed by an unpaired Student’s t -test (ns, non significant). ( E ) Time-lapse images of WT and MYO5A KO HeLa cells transfected with either mCh-LC3B or GFP-LC3B and co-transfected with mCh-DFCP1 or GFP-VPS33A, as indicated. Scale bar, 10 µm. Insets highlight colocalization events between stage-specific markers and LC3. Scale bar, 1 µm. ( F ) Quantification of colocalization between stage-specific markers and LC3B in WT and MYO5A KO cells using the Colocalization plug-in in ImageJ. Data represent mean ± SEM from three independent experiments ( N = 3, n = 40 cells). Statistical significance was determined by unpaired Student’s t -test (*** p = 0.0001, * p = 0.0286). ( G ) WT and MYO5A KO cells were transfected with Flag-VAMP8 and Flag-SNAP29 and either left untreated or subjected to starvation (EBSS, 2 h). Lysates collected 48 h post-transfection were subjected to immunoprecipitation with anti-Flag antibody, followed by immunoblotting with the indicated antibodies. ( H ) Quantification of the proportion of Flag-SNAP29 and STX17 co-precipitated with Flag-VAMP8 from WT and MYO5A KO cells under basal or starvation conditions. Data were plotted as mean ± SEM from three independent experiments. Statistical significance was determined by one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc analysis (SNAP29, WT_GM vs. KO_ EBSS; * p = 0.0319, WT_EBSS vs. KO_ GM; * p = 0.0424, WT_EBSS vs. KO_ EBSS; * p = 0.0145; STX17, WT_EBSS vs. KO_ EBSS; * p = 0.0127). ( I ) Schematic representation of the protease protection assay used to evaluate autophagic cargo entrapment within sealed autophagosomes. p62-tagged cargo inside closed autophagosomes is protected from proteinase K (middle panel), unless Triton X-100 is added (right panel), while untreated lysates serve as a control (left panel). Lysates from HeLa cells transfected with Scr or MYO5A siRNA, or treated with DMSO or PBP, were subjected to combinatorial treatments with proteinase K and Triton X-100 as indicated, followed by immunoblotting with anti-p62. .
Article Snippet: FLAG-Stx17 , #45911 (Addgene), deposited by Noboru Mizushima , pAN13.
Techniques: Transfection, Staining, MANN-WHITNEY, Marker, Immunoprecipitation, Western Blot, Control