Figure 8. Orai1 and Orai3 regulate B cell mitochondrial respiration.
(A) Gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) of the KEGG Oxidative Phosphorylation gene set in B cells stimulated for 24 hr with anti-IgM (20 μg/mL) relative to unstimulated controls. (B) Representative transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images of B cells from Mb1-Cre/+ mice. Shown are naïve, unstimulated B cells (top) and B cells stimulated for 24 hr with anti-IgM (bottom). (C) Quantification of total mitochondria per cell in unstimulated B cells and B cells stimulated for 24 hr with anti-IgM (n=25 for each; Mann-Whitney test). (D) Measurement of total mitochondrial content with MitoTracker Green in B cells from Mb1-Cre/+ and Orai1fl/fl Mb1-Cre/+ mice following 24 hr stimulation (n=3 biological replicates for each; Mann-Whitney test). (E) Measurement of oxygen consumption rate (OCR) in primary B lymphocytes following 24 hr stimulation with anti-IgM (20 μg/mL) using the Seahorse Mito Stress Test. (F) Energy map of maximal oxygen consumption rates (OCR) and extracellular acidification rates (ECAR) following carbonyl cyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone (FCCP) addition. (G, H) Quantification of basal (G) and maximal (H) respiration from Seahorse traces in (E) (n=4 biological replicates for each genotype; one-way ANOVA with multiple comparisons to Mb1-Cre/+). All scatter plots and Seahorse traces are presented as mean ± SEM. For all figures, **p<0.01; ****p<0.0001; ns, not significant.