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. 2023 Jun 2;14:3187. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-38986-5

Fig. 6. M1BP KD in flight muscles triggers a widespread mitochondrial protein quality control response.

Fig. 6

a Volcano plots of differential gene expression analysis between Mef2>WT and Mef>M1BP RNAi adult flight muscles. Analysed genes belong to the mitochondrial quality control response: UPR-related genes, UPS-related genes, and mitochondrial proteases. For statistical analysis, the Wald test with Benjamini–Hochberg correction was applied. b Confocal sections of wild-type (top) and M1BP RNAi (bottom) mitochondria in adult flight muscles labelled with mit::mKate2 and anti-Hsp70 antibody, to visualise a part of the unfolded protein response. White rectangles depict an enlarged view of a single, aggregate-containing mitochondrion (right). The scale bar corresponds to 10 µm. c Western blot analysis of Ubiquitin and Hsp70 on proteins obtained from adult purified mitochondria. The Ponceau S membrane staining is shown as a loading control. The asterisk represents an example of proteins with very low or no ubiquitination in the WT condition compared to the M1BP KD and the dagger a protein whose ubiquitination further increased upon M1BP KD. d Coomassie Blue staining of detergent-soluble and insoluble fractions obtained from adult flight muscles. e Western Blot analysis of Ubiquitin on detergent-soluble and insoluble fractions obtained from adult flight muscles. The Ponceau S membrane staining is shown as a loading control. Source data are provided as a Source data file.