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. 2021 Mar 1;28(7):2194–2206. doi: 10.1038/s41418-021-00747-6

Fig. 2. Opa1 deficiency impairs thymocyte development at β-selection stage.

Fig. 2

A Representative confocal images of mtYFP fluorescence in thymocytes freshly isolated from WT;Lck-Cre+;mtYFP+ and Opa1fl/fl;Lck-Cre+;mtYFP+ mice. Scale bar: 5 µm. B Representative electron micrographs of thymocytes freshly isolated from WT;Lck-Cre+ and Opa1fl/fl;Lck-Cre+ mice. Scale bars: 2 µm or 500 nm as indicated. C Total thymocyte cellularity of WT;Lck-Cre+ and Opa1fl/fl;Lck-Cre+ mice. Each symbol represents an individual mouse. Data are shown as flow scatter dot plots with mean ± SEM bars (N = 7/8 each group). D Representative flow cytometry of DN, DP, CD4+, CD8+ thymocyte subsets in WT;Lck-Cre+ and Opa1fl/fl;Lck-Cre+ mice. E Frequencies of DN, DP, CD4+, CD8+ thymocyte subsets in WT;Lck-Cre+ and Opa1fl/fl;Lck-Cre+ mice. Each dot represents an individual mouse (N = 12 each group). Mean ± SEM are reported. F Cellularity of DN, DP, CD4+, CD8+ thymocyte subsets in WT;Lck-Cre+ and Opa1fl/fl;Lck-Cre+ mice. Each dot represents an individual mouse (N = 8 each group). Mean ± SEM are reported. G Representative flow cytometry of DN1–DN4 subsets (gated on lineage-negative DN thymocytes) in WT;Lck-Cre+ and Opa1fl/fl;Lck-Cre+ mice. H Frequencies of DN1–DN4 thymocyte subsets (gated on lineage-negative DN thymocytes) in WT;Lck-Cre+ and Opa1fl/fl;Lck-Cre+ mice. Each dot represents an individual mouse (N = 7 each group). Mean ± SEM are reported. I Cellularity of DN1–DN4 thymocyte subsets (gated on lineage-negative DN thymocytes) in WT;Lck-Cre+ and Opa1fl/fl;Lck-Cre+ mice. Each dot represents an individual mouse (N = 6/8 each group). Mean ± SEM are reported. J DN3 and DN4 thymocytes were sorted from WT;Lck-Cre+ and Opa1fl/fl;Lck-Cre+ mice and OCR was measured at baseline and after exposure to oligomycin (Oligo), FCCP, and rotenone/antimycin (Rot/Ant). Data are shown as mean ± SEM (N = 4/group). K Basal OCR of DN3 and DN4 thymocytes isolated from WT;Lck-Cre+ and Opa1fl/fl;Lck-Cre+ mice. Data are shown as mean ± SEM (N = 4/group). L Principal component analysis of gene expression of DN3 and DN4 thymocytes isolated from WT;Lck-Cre+ and Opa1fl/fl;Lck-Cre+ mice. M Gene expression of DN4 Opa1fl/fl;Lck-Cre+ versus DN4 WT;Lck-Cre+ thymocytes analyzed by RNAseq. N Heatmap visualization of the 13 significantly differentially expressed genes between DN4 Opa1fl/fl;Lck-Cre+ versus DN4 WT;Lck-Cre+ thymocytes. N = 3/group.