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. 2022 Feb 16;13(2):156. doi: 10.1038/s41419-022-04602-5

Fig. 1. CHCHD2/CHCHD10 knockdown leads to a dynamic change of mitochondrial morphology and cristae abnormalities.

Fig. 1

A Whole-cell lysates of control, shCHCHD2, shCHCHD10, shCHCHD2/CHCHD10 HeLa cells were analyzed for indicated protein expression by immunoblot. β-Actin was used as a loading control. B Mitochondrial morphology in control, CHCHD2 knockdown, CHCHD10 knockdown, and CHCHD2/CHCHD10 knockdown HeLa cells immunostained for Hsp60 (Green) was visualized by confocal microscope. C Mitochondrial morphology described in B was counted according to the criteria detailed in Experimental Procedures (mean ± s.d. of n = 3 independent biological samples; two-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons correction, N.S. not significant). D Comparison of mitochondrial fusion and fission between control and shCHCHD2, shCHCHD10, shCHCHD2/CHCHD10 HeLa cells. Ten photoactivated mitochondria labeled with mito-PA-GFP were tracked by time-lapse microscopy for 20 min, and the number of mitochondrial fission and fusion events within 20 min was counted. Three independent cells were analyzed, the number of mitochondrial fission and mitochondrial fusions within 20 min were counted. Bars represent means ± S.D. of three independent experiments. Statistical significance analysis was used by two-way ANOVA with Sidak’s multiple comparisons test, *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001, N.S. not significant. E Mitochondrial ultrastructure in control, shCHCHD2, shCHCHD10, shCHCHD2/CHCHD10 HeLa cells was analyzed by transmission electron microscope (TEM). F The relative number of mitochondria with abnormal cristae (ratio of abnormal mitochondria to total mitochondria) in control, shCHCHD2, shCHCHD10, shCHCHD2/CHCHD10 was counted. 100 mitochondria were measured from 20 cells. Statistical significance was assessed by one-way ANOVA with Dunnett’s multiple comparisons test; error bars represent means ± SD of three independent experiments; *P < 0.05,**P < 0.01,***P < 0.001, N.S., not significant.