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. 2021 Oct 25;12(11):997. doi: 10.1038/s41419-021-04301-7

Fig. 3. p62 ligand YOK1104 induces autophagy in radioresistant HPV(-) HNSCC.

Fig. 3

a, b Chemical structures of free or biotinylated p62-ZZ small-molecule ligand YOK1104. c Schematic illustration of full-length and ZZ domain-deleted mutant p62 constructs. d In vitro YOK1104-Biotin pulldown assay using full-length p62-GFP or ΔZZ-p62-GFP proteins, purified from HEK293 cells after transient transfection of those expression vectors. e Immunostaining of p62 (red) and LC3 (green) in WSU12 HPV(-) HNSCC treated with vehicle control (DMSO) or 5 μM YOK1104. Scale bar: 10 μm. f Immunoblot analysis of p62, LC3, or GAPDH with or without YOK1104 treatment. g Immunostaining of LC3 (red) and LAMP1 (green) in WSU12 HPV(-) HNSCC treated with vehicle control (DMSO) or 5 μM YOK1104. Scale bar: 10 μm. h Immunostaining of Beclin1 (red) in UM19 HPV(-) HNSCC treated with vehicle control (DMSO) or 5 μM YOK1104. Scale bar: 20 μm. i Immunostaining of p62 (red) and LC3 (green) in UP090 HPV( + ) HNSCC treated with vehicle control (DMSO) or 5 μM YOK1104. Scale bar: 10 μm. j Quantification of colocalization (yellow) of p62 with LC3 in e and i (n = 20 cells) (***p < 0.001, ns non-significant). k Immunostaining of LC3 (red) and LAMP1 (green) in UP154 HPV( + ) HNSCC treated with vehicle control (DMSO) or 5 μM YOK1104. Scale bar: 10 μm. l Quantification of colocalization (yellow) of LC3 with LAMP1 in g and k (n = 20 cells) (***p < 0.001, ns: non-significant). m Immunostaining of Beclin1 (red) in UP154 HPV( + ) HNSCC treated with vehicle control (DMSO) or 5 μM YOK1104. Scale bar: 20 μm.