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. 2022 Sep 29;185(20):3720–3738.e13. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.08.018

Figure 3.

Figure 3

mTOR deficiency impairs basal and mycobacterium-stimulated mitochondrial metabolism in macrophages

(A and B) mtorfh178/fh178 and mTOR-sufficient siblings expressing Tg(mpeg1:YFP) were infected intravenously with Mm expressing BFP2 on 2 dpf and injected intravenously with MitoTracker Red CMH2-Xros 1 day later.

(A) Confocal micrograph illustrating mROS detection in an infected animal. Macrophages (green), Mm (blue), mROS (magenta), mROS-producing infected cells (arrowheads). Scale bar, 20 μm.

(B) MitoTracker Red CMH2-Xros mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) in infected and uninfected macrophages of mtor−/− animals and siblings at 1 dpi. Symbols represent individual macrophages. Horizontal lines indicate mean values.

(C–K) THP-1 macrophages were treated with torin1 or DMSO and infected with (C, D, G, and H–K) tdTomato- or (E and F) mWasabi-expressing Mm at a multiplicity of infection (MOI) of 1 (C–F) or 3 (G and H–K).

(C) Flow cytometry plots of cell viability 2 dpi. Percentages of non-viable cells (FVD eFluor 660+) in the infected and uninfected subpopulations are shown.

(D) Quantification of non-viable cells. Symbols represent values from individual wells. Bars indicate mean values.

(E) Flow cytometry histograms of TMRE fluorescence 1 dpi.

(F) TMRE geometric mean fluorescence intensities (GeoMFIs) 1 dpi. Symbols represent values from individual wells. Bars indicate mean values.

(G) ATP concentration per well containing 106 THP-1 macrophages 1 dpi.

(H–K) 1 dpi THP-1 macrophage cultures infected with tdTomato-expressing Mm (MOI = 2) were treated with torin1 or DMSO for 4 h in serum-free media.Confocal micrographs depicting Hoechst-stained nuclei (blue), Mm (red), and (H) phospho-S6S235/S236 or (J) total S6 staining (white). Scale bars, 20 μm.

(I and K) Mean fluorescent intensity (MFI) of (I) phospho-S6S235/S236 and (K) total S6 staining in uninfected and infected cells. Bars indicate group means. Symbols depict average MFI per field.

Statistical analyses, (B) one-way or (D), (G), (I), and (K) two-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post-test. (A), (B), and (H–K) Data are representative of two experiments.

See also Figure S2.