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. 2019 Mar 25;10(4):288. doi: 10.1038/s41419-019-1496-2

Fig. 2. Suppression of dMfn causes a loss of mitochondrial cristae density.

Fig. 2

a RNAi-mediated suppression of dMfn results in mitochondrial fragmentation. Confocal analysis of mitoGFP in the larval mechanosensory axons. The quantification of mitochondrial length is shown as a combined violin and box plot (p value, two-tailed unpaired t-test compared to control). b The knockdown of dMfn causes defects in mitochondrial cristae. Ultrastructural analysis of the brains in adult dMfn RNAi flies (m, mitochondria; nu, cell nuclei). Asterisks, chi-square two-tailed, 95% confidence intervals. c The knockdown of dMfn does not affect overall mitochondrial mass. Mitochondrial mass was assessed by measuring the activity of the mitochondrial matrix enzyme citrate synthase in adults (ns, p > 0.05, two-tailed unpaired t-test compared to control). d The knockdown of dMfn causes a loss of ATP in adult flies (mean ± SD, asterisks, two-tailed unpaired t-test compared to control). Genotypes in a Control: w; elavGal4/+; UASmitoGFP/+, dMfn RNAi: w; elavGal4/dMfn RNAi; UASmitoGFP/+. bd Control: w; +; daGal4/+, dMfn RNAi: w; dMfn RNAi/+; daGal4/+