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. 2023 Feb 7;14(2):88. doi: 10.1038/s41419-023-05595-5

Fig. 2. AOPPs induced mitophagy in MCET3-E1 cells.

Fig. 2

AG AOPP treatment significantly increased PINK1, Parkin, LC3A/B-II, Atg12-Atg5, and Beclin-1 expression while decreasing p62 expression in a concentration-dependent manner. HK AOPP treatment significantly increased the phosphorylation of AMPK and ULK1 but inhibited the phosphorylation of mTOR in a concentration-dependent manner. L, M The expression level of LC3A/B-II in AOPPs+BafA1 was significantly higher than AOPPs group. N Representative confocal microscope images using LysoTracker Red revealed that AOPPs induced lysosome generation in MC3T3-E1 cells in a concentration-dependent manner (scale bar = 20 μm). O Representative confocal microscope images showed that AOPPs induced TOM20 degradation in a concentration-dependent manner (scale bar = 20 μm). P Representative confocal microscope images showed that AOPPs induced HSP60 degradation in a concentration-dependent manner (scale bar = 50 μm). Q Representative TEM images showing autophagosomes (white arrow) and mitophagy (red arrow, M: mitochondria) in MC3T3-E1 cells after AOPP treatment (scale bar = 500 nm). All experiments were repeated for at least three times. Data are presented as the mean ± SD. *P < 0.05 versus control.