Fig. 3.
Knocking down CRL4CUL4A/DDB1 leads to mitochondrial fragmentation in cisplatin-resistant OCCs. a (Left panel) Representative images of mitochondrial morphology in (upper panel) A2780CP and (lower panel) COC1/DDP cells with CRL4CUL4A/DDB1 knockdown stained with MitoTracker Green. Images were captured by a laser confocal microscope. Results represent the mean from three independent experiments, measured in quadruplicate. (Right panel) Quantification analyses of the mitochondrial footprint in CRL4-knockdown (upper panel) A2780CP and (lower panel) COC1/DDP cells. The significance of differences was calculated using Student’s t-test (***p < 0.001). b DRP1 expression level in CRL4-knockdown cells detected by western blot, GAPDH serves as an internal loading control. Protein levels were quantified with Image J software and normalized to the control group (NT). c Immunoblot detection of ACC1, p-ACC1, CUL4A, DDB1, DRP1, p-DRP1Ser616, p-DRP1Ser637, AMPK-α1, and p-AMPK-α1 in (left panel) A2780CP and (right panel) COC1/DDP cells with CRL4CUL4A/DDB1 knockdown. β-actin serves as an internal loading control. d Immunoblot detection of MFF, p-MFF, CUL4A, DDB1, AMPK-α1, and p-AMPK-α1 in (left panel) A2780CP and (right panel) COC1/DDP cells with CRL4CUL4A/DDB1 knockdown. e Immunoblotting analysis of DRP1 and MFF in the cytosolic (Cyto) and mitochondrial (Mito) fractions of A2780CP cells with CRL4CUL4A/DDB1 knockdown. f Immunoblot detection of DRP1, AMPK-α1, and VDAC1 in (upper panel) input or (lower panel) immunoprecipitated samples in the NT control or CRL4CUL4A/DDB1 knockdown (left panel) A2780CP and (right panel) COC1/DDP cells. β-actin serves as a loading control