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. 2024 Jan 20;15:631. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-44978-w

Fig. 7. SARS-CoV-2 hijacks STX18 for lipophagy activation.

Fig. 7

a Co-immunoprecipitation analysis of M-Flag with endogenous STX18. b GST pull-down analysis of GST-M with STX18-His. c, d HeLa cells expressing the M-HA and STX18-Flag were treated with 200 μM OA for 6 h, then fixed and immunostained with anti-HA and anti-Flag. Cells were imaged by confocal microscopy. Number of LDs per cell was counted from 50 cells of three independent experiments. e, f HeLa cells expressing the RFP-GFP-Plin2 were transfected with M-HA and STX18-Flag for 24 h and were treated with 200 μM OA for 12 h, then fixed and immunostained with anti-HA and anti-Flag. Cells were imaged by confocal microscopy. Number of RFP + GFP- dots per cell was counted from 50 cells of three independent experiments. g The effect of M-HA on the interaction of STX18-Flag with ATG14, Beclin1 and Vps34 was detected by immunoprecipitation. h The effect of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the interaction of STX18-Flag with ATG14 was detected by immunoprecipitation. i Atg14 knockout Vero-E6 cells were transfected with indicated plasmids for 24 h and infected with SARS-CoV-2 for 24 h. Meanwhile cells were treated with 200 μM OA for 12 h. Cells were fixed and immunostained with anti-LC3. Cells were imaged by confocal microscopy. Number of colocalization of LC3/LDs per cell was counted from 25 cells of three independent experiments. j, k Vero-E6 cells (j) or Atg14 knockout Vero-E6 cells (k) were transfected with indicated plasmids for 24 h and infected with SARS-CoV-2 for 24 h. Meanwhile cells were treated with 200 μM OA for 12 h. Cell lysates were analyzed via western blot. Viral RNA level was determined by RT-qPCR. Three independent experiments. Data information: LDs were labeled with LipidTOX Red (c) or BODIPY-493/503 (i). Scar bar represents 10 μm for all fluorescence images. Error bars, mean ± SD of three independent experiments. Two-tailed Unpaired Student’s t test. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.