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. 2021 Mar 26;12:1924. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-22145-9

Fig. 8. Dominant toxicity of CHCHD10S59L is mediated independently by TDP-43 and PINK1 signaling.

Fig. 8

a HeLa cells transfected with PINK1 siRNA were co-transfected with empty vector (EV) or FLAG-tagged CHCHD10S59L and FLAG-tagged TARDBPWT. Fractionated mitochondria were analyzed with anti-TDP-43 (arrowhead indicates transfected TDP-43) or anti-HSP60 and anti-Cox2 (loading controls) antibodies. Data are shown as mean ± SD (two-sided t test, NS = not significant; n = 4 independent experiments). b HeLa cells transfected with PINK1 siRNA were co-transfected with empty vector (EV) or FLAG-tagged CHCHD10S59L and TARDBPA382T. Fractionated mitochondria were analyzed with anti-TDP-43 (arrowhead indicates transfected TDP-43) or anti-HSP60 and anti-Cox2 (loading controls) antibodies. c HeLa cells transfected with PINK1 siRNA were transfected with FLAG-tagged CHCHD10S59L. RIPA-soluble and insoluble fractions were analyzed with anti-FLAG and anti-actin (loading control) antibodies. Data are shown as mean ± SD (two-sided t test, NS = not significant; n = 3 independent experiments). d HeLa cells transfected with PINK1 siRNA were co-transfected with FLAG-tagged CHCHD10S59L and TARDBP. RIPA-soluble and insoluble fractions were analyzed with anti-TDP-43 and anti-actin (loading control) antibodies. Data are shown as mean ± SD (two-sided t test, NS = not significant; n = 4 independent experiments). e HeLa cells transfected with PINK1-YFP, FLAG-tagged CHCHD10S59L, and HA-tagged CHCHD10WT or EV were visualized with anti-FLAG (blue) and anti-HA (red) antibodies and YFP (yellow) after 24 h of transfection. PINK1-positive cells with/without CHCHD10WT in CHCHD10S59L-expressing cells were counted (two-sided t test, **p = 0.00335; n = 3 independent experiments, >50 cells for each group). Scale bar = 20 μm. f HeLaPINK1-V5-His cells transfected with EV or CHCHD10WT were treated with CCCP (10 μM) for 6 h. Cells were immunostained with anti-FLAG (green) and anti-V5 (red) antibodies to visualize CHCHD10 and PINK1, respectively. Arrow indicates PINK1 accumulated in a non-transfected cell neighboring a CHCHD10-transfected cell (white dashed line). The percentage of PINK1-positive cells from the empty vector (EV) or CHCHD10WT-transfected cells were calculated after 5 or 10 μM CCCP treatment for 6 h. Data are shown as mean ± SD (two-sided t test, **p = 0.009055 for 5 μM and 0.009203 for 10 μM CCCP treatment; n = 3 independent experiments, >200 cells for each group). Scale bar = 20 μm.