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. 2023 Mar 16;14(3):199. doi: 10.1038/s41419-023-05723-1

Fig. 5. Mitochondrial Lon interacts with and stabilizes ULK1 complex under hypoxia.

Fig. 5

AD Mitochondrial Lon interacts with ULK1 shown by co-immunoprecipitation. A HCT-15 cells were treated with CoCl2 followed by co-immunoprecipitation with anti-ULK1. Whole cell lysates from HCT-15 cells treated with CoCl2 (200 μM for 18 h) were immunoprecipitated with anti-ULK1 antibodies. The immunoprecipitation complex was analyzed by Western blotting using the indicated antibodies. IP, immunoprecipitation. B Whole cell lysates from HCT-15 cells transfected with the plasmids encoding Flag-ULK1 or vector were immunoprecipitated with anti-ULK1 antibodies. The immunoprecipitation complex was analyzed by Western blotting using the indicated antibodies. C Whole cell lysates from HCT-15 cells transfected with the plasmids encoding myc-Lon and Flag-ULK1 were immunoprecipitated with anti-myc antibodies. The immunoprecipitation complex was analyzed by Western blotting using the indicated antibodies. D Whole cell lysates from HCT-15 cells transfected with the plasmids encoding myc-Lon or myc-LonK529R were immunoprecipitated with anti-myc antibodies. The immunoprecipitation complex was analyzed by Western blotting using the indicated antibodies. E, F Mitochondrial Lon interacts with ULK1 shown by immunofluorescence. E The interaction of Lon with ULK1 was enhanced by ULK1 activity under hypoxia. HCT-15 cells treated with or without CoCl2 (200 μM for 18 h) in the presence or absence of SBI-0206965 (20 μM for 6 h) were immunostained by anti-ULK1 (green) and anti-Lon (red) following image capturing by immunofluorescence microscopy. DAPI was used for nuclear staining. Scale bars, 50 μm (n = >50 cells/condition and 3 biological replicates). F The interaction of Lon with ULK1 was enhanced by ULK1 activity. HCT-15 cells transfected with the plasmids encoding Lon or empty in the presence or absence of SBI-0206965 (20 μM for 6 h) were immunostained by anti-ULK1 (green) and anti-Lon (red) following image capturing by immunofluorescence microscopy. DAPI was used for nuclear staining. Scale bars, 50 μm (n = >50 cells/condition and 3 biological replicates).