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. 2021 Jul 8;26(10):6083–6099. doi: 10.1038/s41380-021-01207-w

Fig. 4. Ectopic expression of PIAS2 leads to dysregulated pP53, mitophagy block, mitochondrial accumulation, and oxidative stress.

Fig. 4

a IF of Hsp60 (green) and DAPI in AAV6 hSNCA/AAV6 PIAS2-mCherry- or AAV6 hSNCA/mutPIAS2-mCherry or CTR (mCherry) injected unilaterally into mouse brains. Scale bar is 14 um. b Quantification of Hsp60. Bars show mean ± SEM of n = 3; P < 0.05 by ANOVA and **P < 0.01 by post hoc correction for multiple tests. c, d IF of Hsp60 (green), phosphorylated (p)α-Syn (red), nissl (yellow), and DAPI (blue) in brain of mice injected with AAV6 PIAS2-mCherry or AAV6 mCherry control. Scale bar is 14 um (c). d Quantification of Hsp60 (left) and pα-syn (right) and correlation between Hsp60 and pα-syn (below). Bars show mean ± SEM; *P < 0.05 by unpaired Student’s t-test. n = 3/group. Pearson’s correlation/simple linear regression test, n = 9/group; mCherry controls are in turquoise and PIAS2-mCherry is in purple. e IHC and quantification of 8OHdG in brains of WT mice overexpressing PIAS2-mCherry or CTR mCherry. Data represent mean number of positive nuclei and are presented as % of control. Scale bar, 250 μm. *P < 0.05 by unpaired Student’s t-test; n = 6/group. f IF for Tom20 and 8OHdG in striatum of WT mice overexpressing PIAS2-mCherry or CTR mCherry. Arrows indicate colocalization regions of 8OHdG and CoxI. Scale bars equal 10 microns. g IF for oxidized DJ1 in WT mice brain overexpressing mCherry or PIAS2-mCherry. Nuclei stained with DAPI. Scale bar 14 um. h WB of oxDJ1 and total DJ1 for CTR and PIAS2 expression. Vinculin was used as a loading control. Data represent % of control ± SEM of n = 3; ***P < 0.001 by Student’s t-test. i Expression of AAV6 PIAS2-mCherry or CTR (mCherry/yellow) in primary cortical neurons (CN) and IF staining for oxidized DJ1 (green) and nuclei stained with DAPI (blue). Scale bar, 16 μm. j, k WB of j oxidized DJ1 and total DJ1 and k pα-syn and total α-syn . in CNs overexpressing PIAS2-mCherry or mCherry CTR. Vinculin was used as a loading control. Data represent % of control ± SEM; *P < 0.05 by Student’s t-test. n = 3. l WB for optin. and PINK1. H3 is used as a loading control. Data represent % of control ± SEM, *P < 0.05 by Student’s t-test. n = 3. Staining for optin. and Tom20. Quantification of l. WB of, o pERK1/2 and total ERK1/2, and p pP53 and total P53 in WT mouse brains overexpressing PIAS2-mCherry or mCherry CTR. Vinculin is used as a loading control. Data represent % of control ± SEM, *P < 0.05 by Student’s t-test. n = 3–4.