Northern blotting shows that Gasz depletion (Gasz KD) led to the accumulation of flam‐piRNA precursors but reduced the level of mature idefix‐piRNA arising from the precursors, as in the case of Zuc depletion (Zuc KD). U6 snRNA was detected as a loading control.
Western blotting showing the protein levels of endogenous Armi, Piwi, SoYb, Yb, Vret, and Gasz in total OSC lysate (total), the mitochondrial fraction (mito), and the cytoplasmic fraction after mitochondrial isolation (cyto). β‐Tubulin (β‐Tub) and HSP60 were detected as markers for the “cyto” and “mito” fractions, respectively.
Left: Western blotting comparing the abundances of Armi and Piwi in total OSC lysate (total) and the mitochondrial fraction (mito) before (control) and after (Zuc KD) Zuc knockdown in OSCs. Relative mito‐localization intensity (*) shows the amount of proteins in “mito” normalized by the amount of proteins in “total” and HSP60. Right: Immunofluorescence shows that the Armi signal (green) is strongly overlapped with the mitochondrial signal (red) in Zuc‐depleted OSCs (Zuc KD). Armi is localized to Yb bodies in control OSCs (control). The scale bar represents 5 μm. DAPI (blue) shows the nuclei.
Left: Western blotting comparing the abundances of Armi and Piwi in total OSC lysate (total) and the mitochondrial fraction (mito) before (control) and after (Gasz KD) Gasz depletion in Zuc‐depleted OSCs (Zuc KD). Relative mito‐localization intensity (*) shows the amount of proteins in “mito” normalized by the amount of proteins in “total” and HSP60. Right: Immunofluorescence shows that the Armi mitochondrial signal (green) found in Zuc‐depleted cells (Zuc KD/control) mostly disappeared after additional Gasz depletion in the cells (Zuc KD/Gasz KD), but was found at Yb bodies. Mitochondrial signal is shown in red. The scale bar represents 5 μm. DAPI (blue) shows the nuclei.
