Fig. 8. ATG9A vesicle localization in neurons.
a–c Mouse hippocampal neuronal cultures were transfected as indicated and imaged at DIV14-17. a Representative confocal images (top), and corresponding line-scan analysis (bottom) of neuronal cultures expressing synaptophysin-HA with ATG9A-EGFP or mCherry-SCAMP5. Synaptophysin-HA was detected by anti-HA immunofluorescence. b Colocalization analysis calculated by Pearson’s coefficients. Values are means ± SEM. **p < 0.01 by the two-sided Student’s t-test (all boutons in 8 field of view (121 μm x 121 μm) for each condition from two independent cultures were quantified). c Localization of ATG9A-EGFP, synaptophysin-HA and mCherry-synapsin in presynaptic varicosities of an axon. Synaptophysin-HA was visualized by anti-HA immunofluorescence. d–g Mouse hippocampal neuronal cultures were fixed and stained as indicated at DIV14-17 to visualize endogenous localization of ATG9A in neurons. d, e Representative confocal images showing immunoreactivity for endogenous ATG9A, synaptophysin and VAMP2 (d) or Rab3A (e) in cultured hippocampal neurons. Corresponding line-scans are shown at the bottom. f, g Colocalization analysis. Values are means ± SD; N.S., not significant; **p < 0.01 by one-way ANOVA with the Tukey’s HSD post hoc test (12 images (121 μm x 121 μm for each) from two independent cultures were analyzed). Source data are provided as a Source Data file. Scale bars, a = 5 μm, c = 10 μm (1 μm for high-magnification images), d and e = 2 μm. p-values (b): 9 × 10‒9, (f): 0 [(Syph vs. VAMP2) vs. (Syph vs. ATG9A)], 0 [(Syph vs. VAMP2) vs. (VAMP2 vs. ATG9A)], 0.8080 [(Syph vs. ATG9A) vs. (VAMP2 vs. ATG9A)]. (g): 0 [(Syph vs. Rab3A) vs. (Syph vs. ATG9A)], 0 [(Syph vs. Rab3A) vs. (Rab3A vs. ATG9A)], 1.826 [(Syph vs. ATG9A) vs. (Rab3A vs. ATG9A)].