Fig. 2. Genesis of juxtanuclear IFD inclusions depends on functional microtubules and dynein; aggregate adaptor proteins FTT-2/14-3-3 and HSP-1/Hsc70 colocalize with IFD-positive organelles.
a 14-3-3(FTT-2) associates with BAG3-bound Hsc70/(HSP-1); Hsc70(HSP-1) recognizes and binds ubiquitinylated aggregates, which are transported via microtubules to the aggresome-like compartment. C. elegans gene names are indicated. b-c, j-l Solid white lines outline the soma cell body; white dashed lines outline the nucleus; scale bar = 2 µm. b Touch neuron expressing bzIs166[Pmec-4mCherry]; bzSi3[Pmec-7GFP::IFD-1]. Left: Control Ad2 DMSO; Right: Ad2 ALM, 5 mM colchicine in DMSO added from L4 to Ad2. Images are representative of N > 90 ALMs. c AID dynein heavy chain knockdown strain expresses bzIs166[Pmec-4mCherry]; bzSi6[Pmec-7TIR1::TagBFP]; bzSi3[Pmec-7GFP::IFD-1]; dhc-1(ie28[DHC-1::degron::GFP]); control strain lacks TIR1; 5 mM auxin exposure from L4 to Ad2. Images are representative of N > 90 ALMs. d-i. Data are 3 trials, two-tailed t test, error bars SEM. d Number of IFD-1-positive puncta per Ad2 ALM in bzIs166[Pmec-4mCherry]; bzSi3[Pmec-7GFP::IFD-1]. Control DMSO; colchicine 5 mM, L4 to Ad2 exposure. N = 37 and 27 ALM, respectively; ****P = 0.0001. e Diameter (µm) of IFD-1-positive foci in Ad2 ALM. Strain and treatment are the same as in (b). Ad2 N = 101 and 143 ALM respectively; ****P = 0.0001. f Percentage of juxtanuclear foci. Strain and treatment are the same as in (b). N = 37 and 27 ALM respectively, ****P = 0.0001. g Number of IFD-1-positive puncta per Ad2 ALM. Strains are bzIs166[Pmec-4mCherry]; bzSi3[Pmec-7GFP::IFD-1]; dhc-1(ie28[DHC-1::degron::GFP]) and bzIs166[Pmec-4mCherry]; bzSi6[Pmec-7TIR1::TagBFP]; bzSi3[Pmec-7GFP::IFD-1]; dhc-1(ie28[DHC-1::degron::GFP]); auxin exposure from L4 to Ad2. N = 35 and 25 ALM respectively, *P = 0.019. h Diameter (µm) of IFD-1-positive foci in Ad2 ALM. Strains are the same as in (c), with control –/– lacking Pmec-7TIR1 and both strains exposed to 5 mM auxin from L4 to Ad2. N = 98 ALM and 48 ALM respectively, **P = 0.0011. i Percentage of juxtanuclear foci for strains presented in (c). N = 36 ALM and 31 ALM respectively, **P = 0.0041. j-l Boxes indicate the range of coefficient. j Representative of adult touch neuron expressing bpIs151[Psqst-1SQST-1::GFP+unc-76(+)]; bzEx261[Pmec-7RFP::IFD-2]. Quantification of colocalization of N = 10 ALMs, graphed on the right as Mander’s overlap coefficient of mScarlet channel over GFP channel. Range minimum (0.46), maximum (0.99), and mean (0.82) coefficient. k Representative of adult touch neuron expressing bzSi51[Pmec-7FTT-2::mSc]; bzIs3[Pmec-7GFP::IFD-1]. Quantification of colocalization of N = 10 ALMs, graphed on the right as Mander’s overlap coefficient of GFP channel over mScarlet channel. Range minimum (0.17), maximum (0.95), and mean (0.73) coefficient. l Representative of adult touch neuron expressing bzSi53[Pmec-7mSc::HSP-1]; bzIs3[Pmec-7GFP::IFD-1]. Quantification of colocalization of N = 10 ALMs, graphed as Mander’s overlap coefficient of GFP channel over mScarlet channel. Range minimum (0.24), maximum (0.99), and mean (0.77) coefficient.
