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. 2021 Jan 20;12:476. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-20780-2

Fig. 4. GSK-3β mediated phosphorylation of ENDOG at T128/S288 is necessary for ENDOG-induced autophagy.

Fig. 4

a, b Co-IP experiments (a) and quantitative results (b) showed that phosphorylation of ENDOG at T128/S288 is necessary for its interaction with 14-3-3γ (overexpression of wild-type and mutant ENDOG in the ENDOG knockout L02 cell; WT: wild-type; DD: T128D/S288D; AA: T128A/S288A; n = 3 independent experiments; data are presented as mean values ± SD, *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01). c, d Representative immunofluorescence images of GFP-LC3 puncta (c) and respective quantitative results (d) (ENDOG knockout cells transiently transfected with the wild-type and mutant ENDOG for 48 h and treated with or without 100 nM BafA1 for 6 h; scale bar = 10 μm; n = 100 independent cells examined over three independent experiments; data are presented as mean values ± SD; **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001). e, f Western blots (e) and quantitative results (f) of mTOR pathway and autophagy-related proteins. ENDOG-knockout cells were transiently transfected with the wild-type and mutant ENDOG for 48 h (n = 4 independent samples; data are presented as mean values ± SD; **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001). g, h. Co-IP experiments (g) and quantitative results (h) showed that GSK-3β phosphorylates ENDOG and enhances the interaction between ENDOG and 14-3-3γ (transiently transfected of Myc-ENDOG, wild-type GSK-3β or kinase dead mutant GSK-3β-K85A in ENDOG knockout L02 cells for 48 h; n = 3–4 independent experiments; data are presented as mean values ± SD; **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001). i, j Co-IP experiments (i) and quantitative results (j) showed that GSK-3β phosphorylates ENDOG at T128 and S288 (transiently transfected of Myc-ENDOG, Myc-ENDOG-AA or GSK-3β in ENDOG-knockout L02 cells for 48 h; n = 4 independent experiments; data are presented as mean values ± SD; **p < 0.01). k In vitro phosphorylation of ENDOG by GSK-3β by using the recombination protein (ATP: 5 μM; n = 4 independent experiments; data are presented as mean values ± SD, **p < 0.01). Source data are provided as a Source data file.