Kiaa1024L/Minar2 is essential for hearing by regulating cholesterol distribution in hair bundles

  1. Ge Gao
  2. Shuyu Guo
  3. Quan Zhang
  4. Hefei Zhang
  5. Cuizhen Zhang
  6. Gang Peng  Is a corresponding author
  1. State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, China
7 figures, 1 table and 2 additional files

Figures

Figure 1 with 2 supplements
minar2 is required for normal hearing in the zebrafish.

(A) RNA in situ hybridization results showed that minar2 was specifically expressed by the hair cells of the inner ears and the lateral line neuromasts (5 dpf). Arrows point to hair cells. An asterisk in the upper panel marks a head neuromast located next to the inner ear. AC: anterior crista; LC: lateral crista; PC: posterior crista; UM: utricular macula; SM: saccular macula. (B) C-start response rates for wild type and homozygous minar2fs139 mutants at 8 dpf (n=63 and 64, respectively. ****p<0.0001, Mann-Whitney test). (C) Auditory evoked potentials (AEP) thresholds in wild type and the minar2fs139 mutants (n=11 and 13, respectively. For 100-, 200-, and 400 Hz, **p<0.01). (D) Evaluation of mechanotransduction by AM 1–43 staining. The lateral line L3 neuromasts of 5 dpf and 8 dpf larvae were imaged and quantified (for 5 dpf, n=35 and 36, t=7.465, df = 64.84, ****p<0.0001; for 8 dpf, n=49 and 51, t=6.444, df = 86.90, ****p<0.0001). (E) Quantification of hair cell numbers by counting the myo6:Gal4FF;UAS-EGFP-positive cells in lateral line L3 neuromast (for 5 dpf, n=30 and 32, t=2.578, df = 59.93, *p=0.0124; for 8 dpf, n=58 and 58, t=4.148, df = 114, ****p<0.0001). (F) Quantification of hair cell numbers in the inner ears of zebrafish adult. Hair bundles in dissected utricles (upper panels) and saccules (lower panels) were labeled with fluorescence-conjugated phalloidin. Diagrams of a utricle and saccule on the left. Numbered boxes (1-3) in the diagrams indicate the positions of imaged and counted areas (for utricles, n=15 and 19; for saccules, n=12 and 9. *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001). A: anterior; L: lateral; P: posterior; V: ventral. Scale bars represent 25 μm (A), and 10 μm (D, E, and F).

Figure 1—figure supplement 1
Expressions of minar2 orthologs in hair cells and generation of minar2 mutant alleles in the zebrafish.

(A) Phylogenetic tree and multiple sequence alignment of minar2 orthologs. No minar2 homologs were found outside the vertebrates. The sequences matched to the cholesterol-recognizing amino-acid consensus motif (CRAC, red box) and its analog CARC (blue box) are indicated. The bottom panel shows minar2 expression in the hair cells of anterior lateral line (aLL) neuromasts (5 dpf). Arrows point to aLL neuromasts. Scale bars represent 25 μm. (B) minar2 orthologs are highly expressed in hair cells. Expression data were taken from published sources: mouse (Elkon et al., 2015; Liu et al., 2018), zebrafish (Barta et al., 2018; Elkon et al., 2015; Erickson and Nicolson, 2015), and human inner ear organoid (Steinhart et al., 2022). (C) Targeted disruption of the zebrafish minar2 gene by CRISPR/Cas9. The sequence for the gRNA target site is indicated under the exon1 box. Sequencing chromatographs are marked to show altered nucleotides in the minar2 loci. Schematic representations of wild-type and mutant Minar2 proteins are shown next to the sequencing chromatographs. (D) Real-Time quantitative reverse transcription PCR (qPCR) analysis of minar2 expression levels. Expression levels relative to β-actin levels were normalized to the wild-type control group. For 5 dpf samples, wild type versus minar2f139: t=14.94, df = 4, ***p<0.001; wild type versus minar2f140: t=10.29, df = 4, ***p<0.001. For 8 dpf samples, wild type versus minar2f139: t=75.38, df = 2, ***p<0.001; wild type versus minar2f140: t=10.16, df = 2, **p<0.01. (E) qPCR analysis of minar1a and minar1b expression levels. For minar1a, wild type versus minar2f139: t=0.7491, df = 2, p=0.532; wild type versus minar2f140: t=0.4518, df = 2, p=0.696; for minar1b, wild type versus minar2f139: t=0.6927, df = 2, p=0.560; wild type versus minar2f140: t=0.4008, df = 2, p=0.727.

Figure 1—figure supplement 2
Numbers of inner ear hair cells in zebrafish larvae and adults.

(A) Quantification of hair cell numbers in the inner ears of zebrafish larvae. Hair bundles were labeled with fluorescence-conjugated phalloidin then the lateral crista regions were imaged and counted (for 5 dpf, n=34, 29, and 22; for 8 dpf, n=36, 23 and 23. n.s.: not significant). (B) Quantification of body length and body weight in wild type and mutant minar2fs139 adult zebrafish (6 mpf, n=9 and 11. n.s.: not significant). (C) Hematoxylin and eosin staining of head sections of wild type and mutant minar2fs139 adult zebrafish (12 mpf). The head regions were cross-sectioned and sampled every 30 μm. The number of hair cells was counted and plotted along the anterior-posterior axis. The lengths of the utricle, crista, and saccule appeared smaller in the minar2fs139 mutant. Results were from 1 wild type and 1 mutant fish. Sections of another wild type and mutant from a different batch of fish in another replicate showed a similar reduction of hair cells in the minar2fs139 mutant. Scale bars represent 200 μm.

Figure 2 with 2 supplements
Localization and function of Minar2 in the stereocilia and the apical region of the hair cells.

(A) Representative images of transiently expressed GFP-Minar2 in hair cells. The dashed line marks the border of a hair cell expressing GFP-Minar2. Stereocilia were labeled with phalloidin. Nuclei were counterstained by DAPI. (B) Distribution of GFP-Minar2 in hair cells in the stable myo6:GFP-Minar2 transgenic line. Representative images of hair cells of lateral crista of the inner ear (Inner ear) and lateral line neuromast (Lateral line). Dashed lines mark the nuclei of hair cells. Hair cells were also imaged with structured illumination microscopy (SIM), a super-resolution method. The right panel shows an enlarged view of the boxed area. (C) Quantification of hair bundle lengths of the inner ear hair cells in zebrafish larvae. Hair bundles were labeled with phalloidin and the lateral crista regions of inner ears were imaged. Hair bundle lengths were measured from 34, 29, and 22 images of wild type, minar2fs139, and minar2fs140 larvae at 5 dpf, or 36, 23, and 23 images of respective larvae at 8 dpf. For 5 dpf, n=340, 290, and 220, F(2, 847)=42.58, p<0.001; For 8 dpf, n=360, 230, and 230, F(2, 817)=42.95, p<0.001. Multiple comparison significance values are indicated on the graph. (D) Quantification of hair bundle lengths and width of inner ear hair cells in zebrafish adult (6 mpf). The bottom panels show enlarged views of the boxed area. Hair bundles in the saccules were measured from 8 images for the wild type, and 8 images for the minar2fs139 mutant. n=80 and 80. ****p<0.0001. (E–F) Morphology and distribution of Lamp1-labeled lysosomes in the hair cells of the inner ear (E) and lateral line neuromast (F) in zebrafish larvae (5 dpf). For the inner ear, 36 and 44 images of lateral crista regions in the wild type and minar2fs139 mutant were counted, respectively (n=184 and 236, ****p<0.0001, Fisher’s exact test). For the lateral line, 10 and 15 images of lateral line L3 neuromasts were counted (n=44 and 90, ****p<0.0001, Fisher’s exact test). Scale bars represent 10 μm.

Figure 2—source data 1

Localization and function of Minar2 in the apical regions of hair cells Figure 2C-F, Figure 2—figure supplement 1D.

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Figure 2—figure supplement 1
Subcellular localization of Minar2 protein.

(A) Representative images of FLAG-Minar2 localization in hair cells. Hair cells were identified by GFP labeling, and FLAG-Minar2 was localized by anti-FLAG antibody staining. GFP and FLAG-Minar2 were both expressed from the myo6b:GFP-P2A-FLAG-Minar2 construct. (B) Representative images of GFP-Minar2 localization in the inner ear hair cells. Kinocilia were stained with anti-acetylated tubulin antibodies (Act-tubulin). (C) Localization of GFP-Minar2 and Lamp1-mCherry in the inner ear hair cells. Representative image of lateral crista region. (D) Kinocilia of lateral line hair cells were disorganized in the minar2 mutants. For 5 dpf, n=48, 37, and 50, respectively. For 8 dpf, n=40, 41, and 28, respectively. White arrows point to bundled kinocilia (wild type), or disorganized kinocilia (minar2 mutants). Scale bars represent 10 μm.

Figure 2—figure supplement 2
Subcellular localization of GFP-Minar2 in cultured cells.

Endoplasmic reticulum (A), Golgi complex (B), and lysosome (C and D) are labeled by KDEL, GCC1/GM130, and Lyso-Tracker Red, respectively. Figure inserts show enlarged views of the boxed area. Pearson correlation coefficients (Pearson’s r values) are indicated. U18666A treatment traps cholesterol (stained by filipin) in the lysosome lumen (E). Scale bars represent 10 μm.

Minar2 increases cholesterol labeling and colocalizes with cholesterol in cultured cells.

(A) Protein sequence pattern search for Minar2 identifies caveolin. The conserved Minar2 sequence pattern is written in normalized symbols (Aasland et al., 2002; Livingstone and Barton, 1993). Sequence alignment is highlighted by the physico-chemical properties of the amino acids. *CSD: caveolin scaffolding domain. (B) Effects of Minar2 on levels and distributions of filipin labeling in cultured cells. Total filipin fluorescence indicates the sum of all pixel values of filipin signals. Recruited filipin represents the average pixel values of filipin signals located within the GFP-positive area. For HEK293 cells, n=51 and 58; for Cos-7 cells, n=28 and 35. au: arbitrary unit. (C) Distribution of GFP-MINAR2 and D4H-mCherry in cultured cells. Figure inserts show enlarged views of the boxed area. Scale bars represent 10 μm.

Figure 3—source data 1

Effects of Minar2 on levels and distributions of cholesterol in cultured cells Figure 3B.

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Figure 4 with 1 supplement
Cholesterol labeling in the stereocilia is reduced in minar2 mutant.

(A) Representative images of PM-GFP and D4H-mCherry expressed in hair cells. The plasma membrane probe PM-GFP labels kinocilia, stereocilia, and basolateral membranes (arrows). The cholesterol probe D4H-mCherry mostly labels the stereocilia in the inner ear. The lateral crista of the inner ear and the L3 lateral line neuromast were imaged. (B) Representative images of PM-GFP and non-binding D4Hmut-mCherry expressed in hair cells. The non-binding D4Hmut-mCherry carried a D4HT490G-L491G mutation that abolishes cholesterol binding. (C) Distribution of GFP-Minar2 and D4H-mCherry in hair cells in stable transgenic zebrafish. GFP-Minar2 and D4H-mCherry extensively co-localize in the stereocilia and a few structures just below the stereocilia (arrow in figure insert). (D) Quantification of the intensity of cholesterol probe D4H-mCherry in the inner ear hair cells. The lateral crista regions of the inner ears were imaged and quantified. For the 5 dpf groups, n=49 and 49 for the wild type and the minar2fs139 mutant, respectively. t=4.446, df = 93.30, ****p<0.0001; For the 8 dpf groups, n=39 and 36, t=3.982, df = 72.30, ***p<0.001. (E) Quantification of the intensity and appearance of D4H-mCherry in the lateral line hair cells. The lateral line L3 neuromasts were imaged and quantified. For the 5 dpf groups, the intensity of D4H-mCherry was quantified. n=40 and 33, t=4.438, df = 70.81, ****p<0.0001. For the 8 dpf groups, the appearance of abnormally enlarged vesicles was quantified. Figure inserts show large vesicles in the basolateral regions in the minar2fs139 mutant. n=42 and 42, **p<0.01, Fisher’s exact test. (F) Quantification of expression levels of genes involved in cholesterol metabolism. The Srebp2 target gene (hmgcra and hmgcs1) and LXR target gene (abcg1 and mylipa) were examined by qRT-PCR. Expression levels relative to GAPDH levels were normalized to the wild-type control group. For hmgcra, t=7.805, df = 3, **p<0.01. For hmgcs1, t=3.217, df = 3, *p<0.05. Scale bars represent 10 μm.

Figure 4—source data 1

Effects of minar2 loss-of-function on cholesterol in the apical regions of hair cells Figure 4D–F; Figure 4—figure supplement 1B.

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Figure 4—figure supplement 1
The abnormal vesicles in the minar2 mutant were co-labeled with the lysosome.

(A) Representative image of filipin staining of inner ear tissue. The lateral crista region of the inner ear was imaged. The GFP signals in the myo6:Gal4FF;UAS-EGFP transgenic line (myo6:GFP) labels hair cells. The white arrow points to the apical borders of hair cells. (B) Distribution of plasma membrane probe PM-GFP and cholesterol probe D4H in stereocilia and basolateral regions of inner ear hair cells. n=23. For the plot showing stereocilium/basolateral ratio to the left, ****p<0.0001, Mann-Whitney test. For the plot showing fluorescence intensity to the right: in the stereocilium region, p=0.263, and the basolateral region, ****p<0.0001, Kruskal-Wallis test. (C) Characterization of the Tg(myo6b:D4H-mCherry) report line. The genomic sequence at the transgenic insertion site is shown (left). Immunoblot and quantifications show that the expression levels of the D4H-mCherry transgene were not affected by the loss of minar2 in zebrafish larvae. t=1.25, df = 2, p=0.337. (D) Representative images of D4H-mCherry-labeled large vesicles in the lateral line hair cells and co-labeling by plasma membrane probe PM-GFP (left panels) and lysosomal marker Lamp1-GFP (right panels). D4H-mCherry-labeled large vesicles were co-labeled by Lamp1-GFP. Figure inserts show enlarged views of the boxed area. Scale bars represent 10 μm.

Figure 5 with 1 supplement
Lowering cholesterol levels aggravates hair cell defects in minar2 mutants.

(A) Quantification of D4H-mCherry intensity in wild type and mutant minar2fs139 larvae after 2HPβCD treatment. The lateral line L3 neuromast was imaged and quantified. n=45, 41, 52, and 51. F(3, 110.2)=74.76, p<0.0001. (B) Quantification of AM1-43 labeling in wild type and mutant minar2fs139 larvae after 2HPβCD treatment. n=49, 46, 49, and 51. F(3, 155.4)=124.4, p<0.0001. (C) Quantification of D4H-mCherry intensity in wild type and mutant minar2fs139 larvae after U18666A treatment. n=40, 31, 42, and 33. F(3, 111.3)=39.34, p<0.0001. (D) Quantification of AM1-43 labeling in wild type and mutant minar2fs139 larvae after U18666A treatment. n=53, 50, 52, and 46. F(3, 169.9)=158.0, p<0.0001. EM: embryonic medium, solvent control groups for 2HPβCD treatment (A and B); DMSO: solvent control groups for U18666A treatment (C and D); Multiple comparison significance values are indicated on the graph. Scale bars represent 10 μm.

Figure 5—figure supplement 1
Effects of lowering cholesterol levels on hearing and neuromast hair cell numbers.

(A) Effects of 2HPβCD treatment on C-start response rates for wild type and minar2fs139 mutants (n=48 for all 4 groups. p<0.0001, Kruskal-Wallis test). (B) Effects of 2HPβCD and U18666A treatment on the numbers of hair cells in lateral line L3 neuromast (for the 2HPβCD treatment, n=27, 32, 27, and 31, F(3,113) = 8.326, p<0.0001; for the U18666A treatment, n=30, 25, 28, and 27, F(3, 106)=28.22, p<0.0001. One-way ANOVA test.). EM: embryonic medium, solvent control groups for 2HPβCD treatment; DMSO: solvent control groups for U18666A treatment. Multiple comparison significance values are indicated on the graph.

Figure 6 with 1 supplement
Increasing cholesterol levels rescue hair cell defects and hearing in minar2 mutants.

(A) Quantification of D4H-mCherry in hair cells of wild type and minar2fs139 zebrafish after efavirenz treatment. The lateral line L3 neuromast was imaged and quantified. n=40, 41, 42, and 41. F(3, 127.8)=7.557, p<0.001. (B) Quantification of AM1-43 labeling in wild type and mutant minar2fs139 larvae after efavirenz treatment. n=31, 33, 33, and 30. F(3, 115.7)=46.65, p<0.0001. (C) Effects of efavirenz treatment on the appearance of abnormally enlarged vesicles in hair cells of wild type and mutant minar2fs139 zebrafish. n=42, 38, 42, and 34. χ2=20.92, df = 3, p<0.001. (D) Effects of efavirenz treatment on C-start response rates for wild type and minar2fs139 mutants (n=48 for all 4 groups. p<0.0001, Kruskal-Wallis test). DMSO: solvent control groups; Efa: efavirenz treatment groups. Multiple comparison significance values are indicated on the graph. Scale bars represent 10 μm.

Figure 6—figure supplement 1
Increasing cholesterol levels by voriconazole rescue hair cell defects in minar2 mutant.

(A) Quantification of AM1-43 labeling in wild type and mutant minar2fs139 larvae after voriconazole treatment. The lateral line L3 neuromast was imaged and quantified. n=31, 43, 33, and 34. F(3, 131.4)=34.50, p<0.0001. (B) Effects of voriconazole treatment on the appearance of abnormally enlarged vesicles in hair cells of wild type and minar2fs139 zebrafish. n=42, 38, 42, and 34. χ2=20.92, df = 3, p<0.001. Multiple comparison significance values are indicated on the graph. Scale bars represent 10 μm.

Figure 7 with 1 supplement
Minar2 interacts with cholesterol in vitro.

(A) Cholesterol recognition motifs in Minar2 primary sequence. The sequences for cholesterol-recognizing amino-acid consensus (CRAC, red letter and box) and its analog CARC (blue letter and box) are indicated. The critical aromatic resides (Y/W, in green letters) were mutated to alanine in the point mutation MINAR2YW-A construct. (B) Effects of critical aromatic reside mutation on the levels and distributions of filipin labeling in cultured cells. HEK293 cells were transfected with GFP alone (GFP), full length (GFP-MINAR21-190), or the point mutation construct (GFP-MINAR2YW-A). n=44, 46, and 62, for total filipin fluorescence, F(2, 149)=23.80, p<0.0001; for recruited filipin intensity, F(2, 105.5)=79.28, p<0.0001. Multiple comparison significance values are indicated on the graph. Scale bars represent 10 μm. (C) Immunoblot analysis of the expression levels of the full-length construct (GFP-MINAR21-190) and the point mutation construct (GFP-MINAR2YW-A) in HEK293 cells. Expression levels relative to GAPDH were quantified. t=0.7498, df = 2, p=0.532.

Figure 7—figure supplement 1
Computational docking between MINAR2 structure model and cholesterol.

(A) Interaction between MINAR2 residues and cholesterol as modeled by AutoDock. MINAR2 residues in ball-and-stick view and cholesterol molecule in grey sphere view. (B) Cholesterol interacting residues of MINAR2 are conserved. Arrows point to residues showing interaction with cholesterol as modeled by AutoDock. The arrows pointing to the critical aromatic residues are labeled in red.

Tables

Appendix 1—key resources table
Reagent type (species) or resourceDesignationSource or referenceIdentifiersAdditional information
Strain, strain
background (Danio rerio)
ABUniversity of Oregon Zebrafish FacilityN/A
Genetic reagent (Danio rerio)minar2fs139This paperN/AAvailable from G. Peng
(the lead contact)’s lab
Genetic reagent (Danio rerio)minar2fs140This paperN/AAvailable from G. Peng
(the lead contact)’s lab
Genetic reagent (Danio rerio)Tg
(UAS:EGFP)
Asakawa et al., 2008N/A
Genetic reagent (Danio rerio)Tg
(myo6b: GAL4FF)
This paperN/AAvailable from G. Peng
(the lead contact)’s lab
Genetic reagent (Danio rerio)Tg
(myo6b: GFP-Minar2)
This paperN/AAvailable from G. Peng
(the lead contact)’s lab
Genetic reagent (Danio rerio)Tg
(myo6b: Lamp1-GFP)
This paperN/AAvailable from G. Peng
(the lead contact)’s lab
Genetic reagent (Danio rerio)Tg
(myo6b: Lamp1-mCherry)
This paperN/AAvailable from G. Peng
(the lead contact)’s lab
Genetic reagent (Danio rerio)Tg
(myo6b: PM-GFP)
This paperN/AAvailable from G. Peng
(the lead contact)’s lab
Genetic reagent (Danio rerio)Tg
(myo6b: D4H-mCherry)
This paperN/AAvailable from G. Peng
(the lead contact)’s lab
Cell line (Homo sapiens)HEK-293Chinese Academia of Sciences Cell BankSCSP-502
Cell line (Homo sapiens)HeLaChinese Academia of Sciences Cell BankTCHu187
Cell line (Cercopithecus aethiops)Cos-7Chinese Academia of Sciences Cell BankSCSP-508
Antibodyanti-Tubulin Acetylated
antibody
(Mouse monoclonal)
SigmaT6793IF(1:1000)
Antibodyanti-GCC1
(Rabbit polyclonal)
Sigma021323IF(1:200)
Antibodyanti-GM130 (Mouse monoclonal)BD610822IF(1:200)
Antibodyanti-GFP
(Mouse monoclonal)
Proteintech66002WB(1:2000)
Antibodyanti-β-actin (Mouse monoclonal)Proteintech60008WB(1:1000)
Antibodyanti-mCherry (Mouse monoclonal)AbmartM40012WB(1:2000)
Antibodyanti-GAPDH (Mouse monoclonal)AbmartM20006WB(1:1000)
Antibodyanti-FLAG M2 (Mouse monoclonal)SigmaF3165IF(1:1000)
Antibodyanti-FLAG M2

(Rabbit monoclonal)
Cell Signaling Technology14793 SIF(1:500)
AntibodyAlexa Fluor 488 Goat
anti-Mouse IgG (H+L)
(Goat polyclonal)
Thermo Fisher ScientificA11001IF(1:500)
AntibodyAlexa Fluor 488 Goat
anti-Rabbit IgG (H+L)
(Goat polyclonal)
Thermo Fisher ScientificA11034IF(1:500)
AntibodyAlexa Fluor 546 Goat
anti-Mouse IgG (H+L)
(Goat polyclonal)
Thermo Fisher ScientificA11003IF(1:500)
AntibodyAlexa Fluor 546 Goat
anti-Rabbit IgG (H+L)
(Goat polyclonal)
Thermo Fisher ScientificA11035IF(1:500)
AntibodyAnti-mouse IgG, HRP-
linked antibody
(Horse polyclonal)
Cell Signaling Technology7076WB(1:8000)
AntibodyAnti-rabbit IgG, HRP-
linked antibody
(Goat polyclonal)
Cell Signaling Technology7074WB(1:8000)
Recombinant DNA reagentpCS2-mCherry-MINAR2This paperN/AAvailable from G. Peng
(the lead contact)’s lab
Recombinant DNA reagentpCS2-EGFP-MINAR2This paperN/AAvailable from G. Peng
(the lead contact)’s lab
Recombinant DNA reagentpCS2-EGFP-MINAR2YW-AThis paperN/AAvailable from G. Peng
(the lead contact)’s lab
Recombinant DNA reagentEndoplasmic targeting KDELKneen et al., 1998; Sasavage et al., 1982N/A
Recombinant DNA reagentpCS2-EGFP-KDELThis paperN/AAvailable from G. Peng
(the lead contact)’s lab
Recombinant DNA reagentPlasma membrane targeting PMPyenta et al., 2001; Wu et al., 2004N/A
Recombinant DNA reagentpCS2-PM-EGFPThis paperN/AAvailable from G. Peng
(the lead contact)’s lab
Recombinant DNA reagentD4HLim et al., 2019; Maekawa and Fairn, 2015N/A
Recombinant DNA reagentpCS2-D4H-mCherryThis paperN/AAvailable from G. Peng
(the lead contact)’s lab
Recombinant DNA reagentmyo6b: D4HT490G-L491G-mCherryThis paperN/AAvailable from G. Peng
(the lead contact)’s lab
Recombinant DNA reagentmyo6b:GFP-P2A-FLAG-Minar2This paperN/AAvailable from G. Peng
(the lead contact)’s lab
Recombinant DNA reagentmyosin 6b gene promoterKindt et al., 2012N/A
Chemical compound, drug2-hydroxypropyl-
β-cyclodextrin (2HPβCD)
Sangon BiotechA600388
Chemical compound, drugAM1-43Biotium70024
Chemical compound, drugEfavirenzMCEHY-10572
Chemical compound, drugFilipinMCEHY-N6716
Chemical compound, drugLyso-Tracker RedBeyotimeC1046
Chemical compound, drugPhalloidinBeyotimeC1033/C2203S
Chemical compound, drugU18666AMCEHY-107433
Chemical compound, drugVoriconazoleMCEHY-76200
Software, algorithmMATLABMathworkshttps://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab.html
Software, algorithmGraphPad Prism 9GraphPad Softwarehttps://www.graphpad.com/scientificsoftware/prism/
Software, algorithmImageJSchneider et al., 2012https://imagej.nih.gov/ij/index.html
Software, algorithmClustal Omega sequence
alignment software
European Bioinformatics Institutehttps://www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/msa/clustalo/
Software, algorithmFigTree v1.4.2Andrew Rambauthttp://tree.bio.ed.ac.uk/software/figtree/
Software, algorithmGIMP 2.8.14GNU Image Manipulation Programhttps://www.gimp.org/downloads/
Software, algorithmGeneDocNRBSChttp://nrbsc.org/gfx/genedoc
Software, algorithmFlycapture2Teledyne FLIRhttps://www.flir.com/products/flycapture-sdk/
Software, algorithmFV10-ASW 4.2 ViewerOlympushttps://www.olympus-lifescience.com.cn/en/
Sequence-based reagentminar2fs139 WT genotyping_FThis paperPCR primersTGGGAATGTTGCC
GGCTACACAT
Sequence-based reagentminar2fs139 WT genotyping_RThis paperPCR primersAGCCTACTATTGTA
GTTGTATTACC
Sequence-based reagentminar2fs139 HO genotyping_FThis paperPCR primersGGAATGTTGCC
GGCATGGAA
Sequence-based reagentminar2fs139 HO genotyping_RThis paperPCR primersAGCCTACTATTG
TAGTTGTATTACC
Sequence-based reagentminar2fs140 WT genotyping_FThis paperPCR primersGTTGCCGGCTA
CACATGGAA
Sequence-based reagentminar2fs140 WT genotyping_RThis paperPCR primersAGCCTACTATTG
TAGTTGTATTACC
Sequence-based reagentminar2fs140 HO genotyping_FThis paperPCR primersGAATGTTGCCGG
CTACATGGAAC
Sequence-based reagentminar2fs140 HO genotyping_RThis paperPCR primersAGCCTACTATTG
TAGTTGTATTACC
Sequence-based reagentminar2 target site verification_FThis paperPCR primersAGTAGGTATCAG
GTAGAGTTACAT
Sequence-based reagentminar2 target site
verification_R
This paperPCR primersAGCCTACTATTG
TAGTTGTATTACC
Sequence-based reagentzebrafish-
minar2_F
This paperRT-PCR primersCAACGGCAGTG
GCACAACAGGAT
Sequence-based reagentzebrafish-minar2_RThis paperRT-PCR primersGTGAAGTGTGTC
TGTCATAGTCCTG
Sequence-based reagentzebrafish-minar1a_FThis paperRT-PCR primersCAGGTCCAGGA
ATCACTCAACC
Sequence-based reagentzebrafish-minar1a_RThis paperRT-PCR primersGCGGGGAAAAA
ATAAAGATAGAAACC
Sequence-based reagentzebrafish-minar1b_FThis paperRT-PCR primersCCAGGAGCCAC
ACAGAGAGC
Sequence-based reagentzebrafish-minar1b_RThis paperRT-PCR primersCGGTGTGTAAAT
CTCATCTGTCCA
Sequence-based reagentzebrafish-gapdh_FThis paperRT-PCR primersCATCGTTGAAGGTC
TTATGAGCACTG
Sequence-based reagentzebrafish-gapdh_RThis paperRT-PCR primersAGGTTTCTCAAGAC
GGACTGTCAG
Sequence-based reagentzebrafish-hmgcra_FThis paperRT-PCR primersGATTGAGCCTGA
CATGCCCCTG
Sequence-based reagentzebrafish-hmgcra_RThis paperRT-PCR primersGCAGGGGTCGAAT
CACTAAATCTC
Sequence-based reagentzebrafish-hmgcs1_FThis paperRT-PCR primersATGGGATTCTGC
TCGGACCGC
Sequence-based reagentzebrafish-hmgcs1_RThis paperRT-PCR primersCATACACAGCAA
TATCACCAGCAAC
Sequence-based reagentzebrafish-mylipa_FThis paperRT-PCR primersGAATCTCCCAGC
AGATGGACAATC
Sequence-based reagentzebrafish-mylipa_RThis paperRT-PCR primersTGTGCTTGGCTA
TGATACTGTTGATG
Sequence-based reagentzebrafish-abcg1_FThis paperRT-PCR primersGCCCTGGAGCT
GGTCAACAAC
Sequence-based reagentzebrafish-abcg1_RThis paperRT-PCR primersTATTCACCAGACG
CCACCTCCATT
Sequence-based reagentzebrafish probe minar2_FThis paperPCR primersAGTCACAAAATGG
ACATAGCCGTC
Sequence-based reagentzebrafish probe minar2_RThis paperPCR primersCTAGATTGTAGAG
CAGGGTTGTTC
Sequence-based reagentmyo6b promoter section1_FThis paperPCR primersccagtttaatttGTACACCTGT
CCAACTGCTCATTAG
Sequence-based reagentmyo6b promoter section1_RThis paperPCR primerscAAGTCACAAGGTGC
CTACTGGGTTGCC
Sequence-based reagentmyo6b promoter section2_FThis paperPCR primersggcaccttgtgacttAACCCAG
TAGGCACCTTGTGACTT
Sequence-based reagentmyo6b promoter section2_RThis paperPCR primersccccaTTATTTACAGT
GTAAAATTCTTTG
Sequence-based reagentmyo6b promoter section3_FThis paperPCR primersctgtaaataaTGGGGTCG
CCACAGCGGAATGAAC
Sequence-based reagentmyo6b promoter section3_RThis paperPCR primersataagtacgggatctATTG
CACCCCACAATT
ACTCCACAGCTCTG
Sequence-based reagentp-mTol2-myo6b:GAL4FF_FThis paperPCR primerstggggtgcaatAAATAGAT
CCCGTACTTATATAAG
Sequence-based reagentp-mTol2-myo6b:GAL4FF_RThis paperPCR primersggacaggtgtacAAATTA
AACTGGGCATCAGCGC
Sequence-based reagentzebrafish minar2 cDNA_FThis paperRT-PCR primersATGGACATAGCCG
TCCTGCCGAAC
Sequence-based reagentzebrafish minar2 cDNA_RThis paperRT-PCR primersTCAGTCTCTTGATT
GTTTTACCACTAT
Sequence-based reagentmyo6b:GFP-Minar2_FThis paperPCR primersaaatagatcccATGGTGA
GCAAGGGCGAGGAG
Sequence-based reagentmyo6b:GFP-Minar2_RThis paperPCR primersgattagttacccTCAGTC
TCTTGATTGTTTTACC
Sequence-based reagentp-mTol2-myo6b:GFP-Minar2_FThis paperPCR primerstcaagagactgaGGGTA
ACTAATCTAGAACTATAG
Sequence-based reagentp-mTol2-myo6b:GFP-Minar2_RThis paperPCR primerscttgctcaccatGGGATCT
ATTTATTGCACCCCA
Sequence-based reagentp-mTol2-myo6b:GFP-P2A-
FLAG-Minar2 (P2A section)_F
This paperPCR primersgagctgtacaagGGAAGC
GGAGCTACTAACTTC
Sequence-based reagentp-mTol2-myo6b:GFP-P2A-
FLAG-Minar2 (P2A section)_R
This paperPCR primerscggatcctgcaaAGGTCC
AGGGTTCTCCTCC
Sequence-based reagentp-mTol2-myo6b:GFP-P2A-
FLAG-Minar2 (FLAG section)_F
This paperPCR primersaaccctggacctTTGCAG
GATCCGATGGACTAC
Sequence-based reagentp-mTol2-myo6b:GFP-P2A-
FLAG-Minar2 (FLAG section)_R
This paperPCR primersggctatgtccatTCCAGAA
CCTTTGTCATCGTC
Sequence-based reagentp-mTol2-myo6b:GFP-P2A-
FLAG-Minar2 (Minar2 section)_F
This paperPCR primersaaaggttctggaATGGACAT
AGCCGTCCTGC
Sequence-based reagentp-mTol2-myo6b:GFP-P2A-
FLAG-Minar2 (Minar2 section)_R
This paperPCR primersagctccgcttccCTTGTAC
AGCTCGTCCATGC
Sequence-based reagentD4H_FThis paperPCR primersATGAAGGGAAAA
ATAAACTTAGATC
Sequence-based reagentD4H_RThis paperPCR primersATTGTAAGTAAT
ACTAGATCCAGG
Sequence-based reagentmyo6b:D4H-mCherry_FThis paperPCR primerstaaatagatcccgccaccA
TGAAGGGAAAAATAAA
Sequence-based reagentmyo6b:D4H-mCherry_RThis paperPCR primersgattagttacccTTACTTG
TACAGCTCGTCCATG
Sequence-based reagentp-mTol2-myo6b:D4H-mCherry_FThis paperPCR primersctgtacaagtaaGGGTAA
CTAATCTAGAACTATAG
Sequence-based reagentp-mTol2-myo6b:D4H-mCherry_RThis paperPCR primersttcccttcatggtggcGGG
ATCTATTTATTG
Sequence-based reagentp-mTol2-myo6b:
D4HT490G-L491G-mCherry_F
This paperPCR primerstggggaacaggcGGATACC
CTGGATCTAGTATTAC
Sequence-based reagentp-mTol2-myo6b:
D4HT490G-L491G-mCherry_R
This paperPCR primerstccagggtatccGCCTGTT
CCCCATATTGAAACAT
Sequence-based reagentmyo6b:PM-GFP_FThis paperPCR primersgatcccGCCACCatgggttgt
aaaaaatccaagttggatggtgacc
aaaatggatgtgtgcttgaaccagt
gaacGGTTCTGGAATG
Sequence-based reagentmyo6b:PM-GFP_RThis paperPCR primersCATTCCAGAACCgttc
actggttcaagcacacatccattttggt
caccatccaacttggatttttta
caacccatGGTGGCgggatc
Sequence-based reagentp-mTol2-myo6b:PM-GFP_FThis paperPCR primersgaaccagtgaacGGTTCT
GGAATGGTGAGCAAGG
Sequence-based reagentp-mTol2-myo6b:PM-GFP_RThis paperPCR primerstttacaacccatGGTGGCGG
GATCTATTTATTGCAC
Sequence-based reagentzebrafish lamp1_FThis paperRT-PCR primersATGGCGCGAG
CTGCAGGTGT
Sequence-based reagentzebrafish lamp1_RThis paperRT-PCR primersGATGGTCTGGT
ACCCGGCGT
Sequence-based reagentmyo6b:Lamp1-GFP/mCherry_FThis paperPCR primerstaccagaccatcGGTTC
TGGAATGGTGAGCAAGG
Sequence-based reagentmyo6b:Lamp1-GFP/mCherry_RThis paperPCR primersagctcgcgccatGGTGG
CGGGATCTATTTATTGCAC
Sequence-based reagentp-mTol2-myo6b:Lamp1-GFP/mCherry_FThis paperPCR primersgatcccgccaccATGGC
GCGAGCTGCAGGTGT
Sequence-based reagentp-mTol2-myo6b:Lamp1-GFP/mCherry_RThis paperPCR primersccattccagaaccGATGG
TCTGGTACCCGGCGT
Sequence-based reagenthuman MINAR2 cDNA_FThis paperRT-PCR primersaattgccaccATGGATCTC
TCTGTTTTGCCAAATAACAA
Sequence-based reagenthuman MINAR2 cDNA_RThis paperRT-PCR primersccggGGTGAAAAAAG
TAATGATAGTCACTATGG
Sequence-based reagentpCS2-eGFP-MINAR21-190_FThis paperPCR primersacTGTACAAGat
ggatctctctgttttgcc
Sequence-based reagentpCS2-eGFP-MINAR21-190_RThis paperPCR primersgcagCGAGCTCTTA
ggtgaaaaaagtaatgatagtc
Sequence-based reagentpCS2-eGFP-MINAR2 YW-A step1_FThis paperPCR primersGCTACCATTGAGGA
AGCAGACAAACATT
CCCTGCACACA
Sequence-based reagentpCS2-eGFP-MINAR2 YW-A step1_RThis paperPCR primersAACTTAGGTCACCTG
CGAGTGGGTTATT
CTTCATAACTG
Sequence-based reagentpCS2-eGFP-MINAR2 YW-A step2_FThis paperPCR primersGCTATGGAAGAAAG
AAAAAAGAACCCCTC
AGCTACCATTGAG
GAAGCAGAC
Sequence-based reagentpCS2-eGFP-MINAR2 YW-A step2_RThis paperPCR primersTCTTTTTTCTTTCTTC
CATAGCTTCCTCC
AAACTTAGGTCACC
TGCGAGTG

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  1. Ge Gao
  2. Shuyu Guo
  3. Quan Zhang
  4. Hefei Zhang
  5. Cuizhen Zhang
  6. Gang Peng
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