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. 2024 May 8;20(10):1341–1352. doi: 10.1038/s41589-024-01612-6

Fig. 3. T679 phosphorylation is the key event for ACSL4 to function.

Fig. 3

a, Immunoprecipitation and immunoblot analysis of the level of phospho-Ser/Thr ACSL4 in TRCs and bulk tumor cells (HONE1 and A375). b, Mass spectrometry analysis of the phosphorylation site in ACSL4 protein purified from HONE1 TRCs or bulk cells (left). The percentage of ACSL4 Thr679 phosphorylation in HONE1 TRCs and bulk tumor cells (right). c, The formation rate of AA-d8-CoA in reactions catalyzed by ACSL4 protein purified from Dox-inducible ACSL4-WT HONE1 cells or Dox-inducible ACSL4-T679A HONE1 cells. AA-d8 and coenzyme A were used as substrates. AA-d8-CoA was undetectable in the samples with no enzyme added. d, Dose-dependent toxicity of RSL3-induced cell death of ACSL4-knockout HONE1 cells stably expressing Dox-inducible ACSL4-WT (ACSL4 WTTet) or Dox-inducible ACSL4-T679A (ACSL4 T679ATet) with or without Dox (0.3 μg ml−1). e, The radar chart indicates the changes of SFA-PLs, MUFA-PLs and PUFA-PLs in Dox-inducible ACSL4-WT HONE1 cells or Dox-inducible ACSL4-T679A HONE1 cells (left). The relative increment of these PLs is represented by a bar chart (right). f,g, Dox-inducible ACSL4-WT HONE1 cells or Dox-inducible ACSL4-T679A HONE1 cells were treated with Dox (0.3 μg ml−1) followed by AA-d8 (10 µM) for 36 h. The relative changes of PC (f) or PE (g) that contain AA (20:4)-d8 are shown. n = 4. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001. f, P = 0.0017, 0.0008, 0.0236, 0.0017, 0.0045, 0.0035, 0.0373, 0.0312, 0.0013 and 0.0030. g, P = 0.0481, 0.0039, 0.0263, 0.0045, 0.0446, 0.0164, 0.0073, 0.0035 and 0.0002. h, Accumulation of RSL3-induced oxygenated PE that contains AA or AdA in ACSL4-knockout HONE1 cells (sg ACSL4), Dox-inducible ACSL4-WT expression HONE1 cells (ACSL4 WTTet) or Dox-inducible ACSL4-T679A expression HONE1 cells (ACSL4 T679ATet) treated with Dox (0.3 μg ml−1). P = 0.000000182, 0.0004 and 0.0000171. Data are shown as mean ± s.d.; unpaired two-tailed t-test (c,f,g) or one-way ANOVA (h). n = 3 independent experiments. One of three experiments is shown (a).

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