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. 2024 Apr 1;56(4):922–934. doi: 10.1038/s12276-024-01199-x

Fig. 4. Mitochondrial Crls1 and cardiolipin are essential for myogenesis in C2C12 cells.

Fig. 4

a Immunoblotting of whole-cell lysates from myoblasts and myotubes differentiated for 1, 3, and 5 days. b qPCR analysis of Crls1 expression in myoblasts and myotubes differentiated for 1, 3, and 5 days (n = 3). c Live-cell staining of cardiolipin and mitochondria by NAO and TMRM in myoblasts and myotubes differentiated for 1–5 days. Scale bar: 50 μm. d Immunoblotting of whole-cell lysates from scramble- and shCrls1-transfected C2C12 cells. e CRLS1 protein expression relative to tubulin (n = 3). f qPCR analysis of Crls1 gene expression in the Crls1-knockdown cell line (n = 6). g qPCR analysis of Crls1 gene expression in the Crls1-knockdown cell line during myogenesis (n = 3). h Total cardiolipin levels in myoblasts and myotubes differentiated for 1, 3, and 5 days (n = 4). i Representative images of myosin heavy chain (MyHC) staining of C2C12-derived myotubes at myogenic differentiation Day 5 after infection with scramble or shCrls1. 4′,6-Diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) was used as a nuclear counterstain. Scale bar: 100 μm. j Measurement of the green fluorescence intensity in Myhc-stained myotubes. (n = 4). k Representative images of myosin heavy chain (MyHC) staining of C2C12-derived myotubes at myogenic differentiation Day 5 after infection with scramble or shCrls1. Scale bar: 100 μm in length. l Measurement of the green fluorescence intensity in Myhc-stained myotubes. (n = 3). m MitoTracker green staining of Crls1-mCherry-transfected C2C12 cells. Blue: Hoechst 33342, red: mCherry-Crls1, green: MitoTracker-green FM, yellow: merged. (right) Enlarged view of the boxed areas. Scale bar: 50 μm. The data are presented as the mean ± SD of n ≥ 3 independent experiments. P values were calculated using an unpaired Student’s t test. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001; paired t test (e and f). n.s.: nonsignificant. scramble: untargeted shRNA-Lentivirus-infected cell line; shCrls1: Crls1-targeting shRNA-lentivirus-infected cell line.