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. 2020 Feb 25;11:1032. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-14812-0

Fig. 5. ULK1 and Beclin1 are required for Cyclin Y/CDK16-induced autophagy.

Fig. 5

a HeLa cells were co-transfected with siRNA against ULK1, Beclin1 or a control and vectors expressing GFP-CDK16 and Cyclin Y-Flag for 72 h. Lysates were immunoblotted with the indicated antibodies. (n = 3). b Representative confocal images of HeLa cells treated as in panel a. GFP-CDK16 identified transfected cells. Endogenous LC3 staining (red) with the 4E12 antibody monitored autophagy. Scale bar: 50 µm. c Quantification of the LC3 dots shown in panel b. Statistical significance was measured via unpaired and two-tailed Student’s t-tests and is presented as follows: ****p < 0.0001. All error bars indicate SD. (n = 1; 250 cells were analyzed for each treatment; siControl vs. siControl Cyclin Y/CDK16: t = 13.49, df = 8; siControl Cyclin Y/CDK16 vs. siULK1 Cyclin Y/CDK16: t = 13.53, df = 8; siControl Cyclin Y/CDK16 vs. siBeclin1 Cyclin Y/CDK16: t = 13.15, df = 8). n biological independent replicate. SD standard deviation. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.