Endogenous hydrogen peroxide positively regulates secretion of a gut-derived peptide in neuroendocrine potentiation of the oxidative stress response in Caenorhabditis elegans

  1. Qi Jia
  2. Drew Young
  3. Qixin Zhang
  4. Derek Sieburth  Is a corresponding author
  1. Development, Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine PhD program, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, United States
  2. Neuromedicine Graduate Program, University of Southern California, United States
  3. Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, United States
  4. Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, University of Southern California, United States
  5. Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, United States
6 figures, 1 table and 2 additional files

Figures

Figure 1 with 1 supplement
Peptidergic gut-to-neuron FLP-2 signaling potentiates the oxidative stress response.

(A) (Top) Schematic showing the positions of AIY, intestine, and coelomocytes of transgenic animals co-expressing FLP-1::Venus in the intestine and mCherry in coelomocytes. Representative image of the posterior coelomocyte that has taken up Venus into the endocytic compartment. Scale bar: 5 μM. (Bottom) Schematic showing FLP-1 and FLP-2 peptides as inter-tissue signals in gut-intestine regulation of the antioxidant response. (B) Representative images and quantification of average coelomocyte fluorescence of the indicated mutants expressing FLP-1::Venus fusion proteins in AIY following M9 or 300 μM juglone treatment for 10 min. Neuronal aex-5 denotes expression of aex-5 cDNA under the rab-3 promoter; intestinal aex-5 denotes expression of aex-5 cDNA under the ges-1 promoter. Unlined *** denotes statistical significance compared to ‘wild type’. n=30, 30, 24, 30, 26, 30, 30 independent animals. Scale bar: 5 μM. (C) Average percentage of surviving young adult animals of the indicated genotypes after 16 hr recovery following 4 hr juglone treatment. Unlined ** denotes statistical significance compared to ‘wild type’. n=213, 156, 189, 195 independent biological samples over three independent experiments. (D) Quantification of average coelomocyte fluorescence of the indicated mutants expressing FLP-1::Venus fusion proteins in AIY following M9 or 300 μM juglone treatment for 10 min. Neuronal flp-2 denotes expression of flp-2 gDNA under the rab-3 promoter; intestinal flp-2 denotes expression of flp-2 gDNA under the ges-1 promoter; intestinal flp-2(OE) denotes expression of flp-2 gDNA under the ges-1 promoter in wild-type animals. Unlined *** and ns denote statistical significance compared to ‘wild type’. n=20, 20, 25, 20, 20, 20, 25, 22 independent animals. (E) Representative images and quantification of fluorescence of mitochondrial matrix-targeted HyPer7 in the axon of AIY following M9 or 300 μM juglone treatment for 10 min. Arrowheads denote puncta marked by mito::HyPer7 fusion proteins (excitation: 500 and 400 nm; emission: 520 nm). Ratio of images taken with 500 nM (GFP) and 400 nM (CFP) for excitation was used to measure H2O2 levels. Unlined *** and ns denote statistical significance compared to ‘wild type’. n=24, 22, 25, 24 independent animals. Scale bar: 10 μM. (F) Representative images and quantification of average fluorescence in the posterior intestine of transgenic animals expressing Pgst-4::gfp after 1h M9 or juglone exposure and 3 hr recovery. Asterisks mark the intestinal region used for quantification. Pgst-4::gfp expression in the body wall muscles, which appears as fluorescence on the edge animals in some images, was not quantified. Unlined *** and ns denote statistical significance compared to ‘wild type’; unlined ## and ### denote statistical significance compared to ‘wild type+juglone’. n=25, 26, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25 independent animals. Scale bar: 10 μM. (G) Representative images and quantification of average fluorescence in the posterior region of transgenic animals expressing Pgst-4::gfp after 1 hr M9 or juglone exposure and 3 hr recovery. Asterisks mark the intestinal region for quantification. Pgst-4::gfp expression in the body wall muscles, which appears as fluorescence on the edge animals in some images, was not quantified. Unlined *** denotes statistical significance compared to ‘wild type’; unlined ### denotes statistical significance compared to ‘wild type+juglone’. n=23, 25, 25, 26, 24, 25 independent animals. Scale bar: 10 μM. (B–G) Data are mean values ± s.e.m. normalized to wild-type controls. ns, not significant, ** and ## p<0.01, *** and ### p<0.001 by Brown-Forsythe and Welch ANOVA with Dunnett’s T3 multiple comparisons test.

Figure 1—figure supplement 1
The effect of intestinal dense core vesicle (DCV) secretion mutations on FLP-1 release from AIY.

(A) Quantification of average coelomocyte fluorescence of the indicated mutants expressing FLP-1::Venus fusion proteins in AIY following M9 or 300 μM juglone treatment for 10 min. Unlined *** and ### denotes statistical significance compared to ‘wild type’. n=30, 30, 29, 30, 30, 30 independent animals. (B) Quantification of average coelomocyte fluorescence of the indicated mutants expressing FLP-1::Venus fusion proteins in AIY following M9 or 300 μM juglone treatment for 10 min. Unlined *** and ns denote statistical analysis compared to ‘wild type’. n=24, 24, 25, 25, 30, 30 independent animals. (C) Average percentage of surviving young adult animals of the indicated genotypes after 16 hr recovery following 4 hr DMSO treatment. n=203, 174 independent biological samples over three independent experiments. (D) Quantification of average coelomocyte fluorescence of the indicated mutants expressing FLP-1::Venus fusion proteins in AIY following M9, DMSO, or juglone treatment for 10 min. Unlined ns and *** denote statistical significance compared to ‘M9’. n=20, 20, 19 independent animals. (A–D) Data are mean values ± s.e.m. normalized to wild-type controls. (A, B, and D) ns, not significant, *** and ### p<0.001 by Brown-Forsythe and Welch ANOVA with Dunnett’s T3 multiple comparisons test. (C) ns, not significant by unpaired t test with Welch’s correction.

Figure 1—figure supplement 1—source data 1

Raw data used for plotting the figures.

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Figure 2 with 1 supplement
FLP-2 secretion from the intestine is stress regulated.

(A) Schematic showing the positions of intestine and coelomocytes of transgenic animals co-expressing FLP-2::Venus in the intestine and mCherry in coelomocytes. Representative images of the posterior coelomocyte that have taken up Venus into the endocytic compartment (scale bar: 5 μM) and the posterior intestinal region showing the distribution of FLP-2::Venus in puncta in the intestine are shown (scale bar: 15 μM). (B) Representative images of fluorescence distribution in the posterior intestinal region of transgenic animals co-expressing FLP-2::Venus and AEX-5::mTur2 fusion proteins. Arrowheads denote puncta marked by both fusion proteins. Scale bar: 5 μM. (C) Schematic showing the locations of AEX-1/UNC13, AEX-3/MADD, AEX-4/SNAP25, and AEX-6/Rab27 relative to a dense core vesicle (DCV). (D) Representative images and quantification of average coelomocyte fluorescence of the indicated mutants expressing FLP-2::Venus fusion proteins in the intestine following M9 or 300 μM juglone for 10 min. Unlined *** and ns denote statistical significance compared to ‘wild type’. n=29, 25, 24, 30, 23, 30, 25, 25, 25 independent animals. Scale bar: 5 μM. (E) Quantification of average coelomocyte fluorescence of transgenic animals expressing FLP-2::Venus fusion proteins in the intestine following treatment with M9 buffer or the indicated stressors for 10 min. Unlined *** denotes statistical significane compared to ‘M9’. n=23, 25, 25 independent animals. (F) Quantification of average coelomocyte fluorescence of the indicated mutants expressing FLP-2::Venus fusion proteins in the intestine following M9 or 300 μM juglone treatment for 10 min. Unlined ** denotes statistical significance compared to ‘wild type’; unlined ## denotes statistical significance compared to ‘flp-1’; a denotes statistical significance compared to ‘wild type+juglone’. n=30, 30, 30, 30 independent animals. (D–F) Data are mean values ± s.e.m. normalized to wild-type controls. ns, not significant, ** and ## p<0.01, *** and ### p<0.001 by Brown-Forsythe and Welch ANOVA with Dunnett’s T3 multiple comparisons test.

Figure 2—figure supplement 1
Specificity of juglone on intestinal peptide secretion, and FLP-2 and NLP-40 localization in the intestine.

(A) Quantification of average coelomocyte fluorescence of the indicated mutants co-expressing FLP-2::Venus in the intestine (under the ges-1 promoter) and mCherry in the coelomocytes (under the ofm-1 promoter) following M9 or 300 μM juglone treatment for 10 min. n=23, 19 independent animals. (B) Quantification of average coelomocyte fluorescence of transgenic animals expressing NLP-40::Venus fusion proteins in the intestine following M9 or 300 μM juglone exposure for 10 min. n=25, 24 independent animals. (C) Quantification of average coelomocyte fluorescence of transgenic animals expressing NLP-27::Venus fusion proteins in the intestine following M9 or 300 μM juglone exposure for 10 min. n=23, 25 independent animals. (D) Representative images of fluorescence distribution in the posterior intestinal region of transgenic animals co-expressing FLP-2::Venus fusion proteins (marked by arrowheads) and NLP-40::mTur2 fusion proteins (marked by arrows). Scale bar: 5 μM. (E) Quantification of average coelomocyte fluorescence of transgenic animals expressing FLP-2::Venus fusion proteins in the intestine following M9, DMSO, or 300 μM juglone exposure for 10 min. Unlined ns and *** denote statistical significance compared to ‘M9’. n=20, 20, 20 independent animals. (A–C and E) Data are mean values ± s.e.m. normalized to wild-type controls. (A–C) ns, not significant by unpaired t test with Welch’s correction. (E) ns, not significant by Brown-Forsythe and Welch ANOVA with Dunnett’s T3 multiple comparisons test.

Figure 2—figure supplement 1—source data 1

Raw data used for plotting the figures.

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Figure 3 with 1 supplement
SOD-1/SOD-3 mediates endogenous H2O2 regulates FLP-2 release from the intestine.

(A) Quantification of average coelomocyte fluorescence of the indicated mutants expressing FLP-2::Venus fusion proteins in the intestine following M9 or 300 μM juglone treatment for 10 min. Intestinal sod-1 denotes expression of sod-1b cDNA under the ges-1 promoter. Unlined *** denotes statistical significance compared to ‘wild type’. n=25, 22, 24, 24, 25 independent animals. (B) Quantification of average coelomocyte fluorescence of the indicated mutants expressing FLP-2::Venus fusion proteins in the intestine following M9 or 300 μM juglone treatment for 10 min. Intestinal sod-3 and sod-3(ΔMLS) denote intestinal expression of sod-3 cDNA and sod-3(ΔMLS) variants, which lacks the mitochondrial localization sequence, under the ges-1 promoter. Unlined *** denotes statistical significance compared to ‘wild type’. n=25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25 independent animals. (C) Quantification of average coelomocyte fluorescence of the indicated mutants expressing FLP-2::Venus fusion proteins in the intestine following M9 or 300 μM juglone treatment for 10 min. Unlined *** denotes statistical significance compared to ‘wild type’. n=25, 25, 22, 25 independent animals. (D) Representative images of fluorescence distribution in the posterior intestinal region of transgenic animals expressing SOD-1b::GFP fusion proteins in contrast against autofluorescence of gut granules. Scale bar: 10 μM. (E) Representative images of fluorescence distribution in the posterior intestinal region of transgenic animals co-expressing SOD-3::GFP and TOMM-20::mCherry (to target mitochondria) fusion proteins. Scale bar: 15 μM. (F) Representative images of fluorescence distribution in the posterior intestinal region of transgenic animals co-expressing SOD-3(ΔMLS)::GFP and TOMM-20::mCherry fusion proteins. Scale bar: 15 μM. (G) Quantification of average coelomocyte fluorescence of the indicated mutants expressing FLP-2::Venus fusion proteins in the intestine following M9, 300 μM juglone, or 1 mM H2O2 treatment for 10 min. Unlined *** and ns denote statistical significance compared to ‘wild type’. n=29, 30, 25, 25, 25, 24, 25 independent animals. (H) Quantification of average coelomocyte fluorescence of the indicated mutants expressing FLP-2::Venus fusion proteins in the intestine following M9 or 1 mM H2O2 treatment for 10 min. n=independent animals. (I) Schematic showing that SOD-1 and SOD-3 mediate juglone-induced H2O2 production in promoting FLP-2 release, and the PRDX-2/TRX-3 system detoxifies excessive H2O2. (J) Schematic, representative images and quantification of fluorescence in the posterior region of the indicated transgenic animals co-expressing mitochondrial matrix targeted HyPer7 (matrix-HyPer7) or mitochondrial outer membrane targeted HyPer7 (OMM-HyPer7) with TOMM-20::mCherry following M9 or 300 μM juglone treatment. Ratio of images taken with 500 nM (GFP) and 400 nM (CFP) for excitation and 520 nm for emission was used to measure H2O2 levels. Unlined *** and ns denote statistical significance compared to ‘wild type’. Unlined ## and ### denote statistical significance compared to ‘wild type+juglone’. (Top) n=20, 20, 18, 20, 19, 19, 20, 20 independent animals. (Bottom) n=20, 20, 19, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20 independent animals. Scale bar: 5 μM. (A–C, G–H, and J) Data are mean values ± s.e.m. normalized to wild-type controls. ns, not significant, * p<0.05, ## p<0.01, *** and ### p<0.001 by Brown-Forsythe and Welch ANOVA with Dunnett’s T3 multiple comparisons test.

Figure 3—figure supplement 1
SODs function in juglone-induced FLP-2 release from the intestine and mitochondrial mCherry control.

(A) Quantification of average coelomocyte fluorescence of the indicated mutants expressing FLP-2::Venus fusion proteins in the intestine following M9 or juglone treatment for 10 min. Unlined *** denotes statistical significance compared to ‘wild type’; unlined ### and ns denote statistical significance compared to ‘wild type+juglone’ n=29, 27, 29, 27, 25, 26, 24 independent animals. (B and C) Representative images and quantification of average fluorescence intensity of TOMM-20::mCherry proteins in transgenic animals co-expressing matrix-HyPer7 (B) or OMM-HyPer7 (C) following M9 or H2O2 treatment for 10 min. (B) Scale bar: 5 μM. n=20, 20 independent animals. (C) Scale bar: 5 μM. n=20, 22 independent animals. (A–C) Data are mean values ± s.e.m. normalized to wild-type controls. (A) ns, not significant, *** and ### p<0.001 by Brown-Forsythe and Welch ANOVA with Dunnett’s T3 multiple comparisons test. (B and C) ns, not significant by unpaired t test with Welch’s correction.

Figure 4 with 1 supplement
PRDX-2/PRDX and TRX-3/TRX regulate endogenous H2O2 and FLP-2 secretion.

(A) (Top) Schematic showing the PRDX/TRX system in H2O2 detoxification. (Bottom) Schematic showing the three isoforms of prdx-2 transcripts and vj380 allele of prdx-2b knockout. (B) Quantification of average coelomocyte fluorescence of the indicated mutants expressing FLP-2::Venus fusion proteins in the intestine following M9 or 300 μM juglone treatment for 10 min. Intestinal prdx-2b denotes expression of prdx-2b cDNA under the ges-1 promoter. Intestinal trx-3 denotes expression of trx-3 cDNA under the ges-1 promoter. Unlined *** denotes statistical significance compared to ‘wild type’; unlined ## and ### denote statistical significance compared to ‘trx-3’. n=25, 23, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25 independent animals. (C and D) Quantification of fluorescence in the posterior region of the indicated transgenic animals co-expressing matrix-HyPer7 (C) or OMM-HyPer7 (D) with TOMM-20::mCherry following M9 or 300 μM juglone treatment. Ratio of images taken with 500 nM (GFP) and 400 nM (CFP) for excitation and 520 nm for emission was used to measure H2O2 levels. Unlined *** and ns denote statistical significance compared to ‘wild type’. (C) n=20, 20, 20, 20, 20 independent animals. (D) n=20, 20, 20, 20, 20 independent animals. (E) Quantification of average coelomocyte FLP-2::Venus fluorescence of transgenic animals fed with RNA interference (RNAi) bacteria targeting the indicated genes following M9 treatment for 10 min. Unlined *** denotes statistical significance compared to ‘empty vector’. n=25, 23, 24 independent animals. (F) Representative images and quantification of average fluorescence in the posterior region of transgenic animals expressing Pgst-4::gfp after 1 hr M9 or juglone exposure and 3 hr recovery. Asterisks mark the intestinal region for quantification. Pgst-4::gfp expression in the body wall muscles, which appears as fluorescence on the edge animals in some images, was not quantified. Unlined ** denotes statistical significance compared to ‘wild type’, unlined ## denotes statistical analysis compared to ‘prdx-2b’. n=25, 25, 25 independent animals. Scale bar: 10 μM. (B–F) Data are mean values ± s.e.m. normalized to wild-type controls. ns, not significant, ** and ## p<0.01, *** and ### p<0.001 by Brown-Forsythe and Welch ANOVA with Dunnett’s T3 multiple comparisons test.

Figure 4—figure supplement 1
PRDX-2 intestinal rescue and mediates SOD-3-dependent regulation of FLP-2 release.

(A) Quantification of average coelomocyte fluorescence of the indicated mutants expressing FLP-2::Venus fusion proteins in the intestine following M9 treatment for 10 min. n=30, 29 independent animals. (B) Quantification of average coelomocyte fluorescence of the indicated mutants expressing FLP-2::Venus fusion proteins in the intestine following M9 treatment for 10 min. Intestinal prdx-2a denotes expression of prdx-2a cDNA under the ges-1 promoter. n=30, 30, 25 independent animals. (C) Quantification of average coelomocyte fluorescence of the indicated mutants expressing FLP-2::Venus fusion proteins in the intestine following M9 treatment for 10 min. Intestinal prdx-2c denotes expression of prdx-2c cDNA under the ges-1 promoter. n=25, 25, 25 independent animals. (D) Quantification of average coelomocyte fluorescence of the indicated mutants expressing FLP-2::Venus fusion proteins in the intestine following M9 treatment for 10 min. n=25, 23, 22 independent animals. (A–D) Data are mean values ± s.e.m. normalized to wild-type controls. (A) ns, not significant by unpaired t test with Welch’s correction. (B–D) ns, not significant, *** and ### p<0.001 by Brown-Forsythe and Welch ANOVA with Dunnett’s T3 multiple comparisons test.

Figure 5 with 1 supplement
PKC-2/PKCα/β activation by H2O2 promotes FLP-2 secretion from the intestine.

(A) Quantification of average coelomocyte fluorescence of the indicated mutants expressing FLP-2::Venus fusion proteins in the intestine following M9 or 300 μM juglone treatment for 10 min. Intestinal pkc-2 denotes expression of pkc-2b cDNA under the ges-1 promoter. Intestinal pkc-2b(K375R) denotes expression of pkc-2b(K375R) variants under the ges-1 promoter. Unlined *** and ns denote statistical significance compared to ‘wild type’; ### denotes statistical significance compared to ‘pkc-2+juglone’. n=24, 24, 25, 25, 25, 25 independent animals. (B and C) Quantification of fluorescence in the posterior region of the indicated transgenic animals co-expressing matrix-HyPer7 (B) or OMM-HyPer7 (C) with TOMM-20::mCherry following M9 or 300 μM juglone treatment. Ratio of images taken with 500 nM (GFP) and 400 nM (CFP) for excitation and 520 nm for emission was used to measure H2O2 levels. Unlined *** denotes statistical significance compared to ‘wild type’; unlined ### denotes statistical analysis compared to ‘pkc-2’. (B) n=20, 20, 19, 20 independent animals, (C) n=20, 20, 20, 20 independent animals. (D) Quantification of average coelomocyte fluorescence of the indicated mutants expressing FLP-2::Venus fusion proteins in the intestine following M9 or 1 mM H2O2 treatment for 10 min. n=23, 25, 25 independent animals. (E) Quantification of average coelomocyte fluorescence of the indicated mutants expressing FLP-2::Venus fusion proteins in the intestine following M9 treatment for 10 min. Unlined *** denotes statistical significance compared to ‘wild type’; unlined ### denotes statistical significance compared to ‘prdx-2’. n=25, 25, 25, 25 independent animals. (A–E) Data are mean values ± s.e.m. normalized to wild-type controls. ns, not significant, *** and ### p<0.001 by Brown-Forsythe and Welch ANOVA with Dunnett’s T3 multiple comparisons test.

Figure 5—figure supplement 1
Juglone promotes FLP-2 release in pkc-1 mutants and expulsion analysis.

(A) Quantification of average coelomocyte fluorescence of the indicated mutants expressing FLP-2::Venus fusion proteins in the intestine following M9 or juglone treatment for 10 min. Unlined ns and ** denote statistical significance compared to ‘wild type’. n=24, 25, 20, 25 independent animals. (B) Quantification of the number of expulsions (Exp) per defecation cycle in adult animals of the indicated genotypes. Unlined *** and ns denote statistical significance compared to ‘wild type’. n=30, 30, 30, 30 in three independent animals. (A–B) Data are mean values ± s.e.m. normalized to wild-type controls. ns, not significant, ** and ## p<0.01, *** p<0.001 by Brown-Forsythe and Welch ANOVA with Dunnett’s T3 multiple comparisons test.

Figure 6 with 1 supplement
Diacylglycerol (DAG) promotes PKC-2-mediated FLP-2 secretion from the intestine.

(A) Schematic showing PLC and DGK mediates DAG metabolism and DAG functions in H2O2-mediated FLP-2 signaling. (B) Quantification of average coelomocyte fluorescence of the indicated mutants expressing FLP-2::Venus fusion proteins in the intestine following M9 or juglone treatment for 10 min. n=25, 25, 25, 25 independent animals. (C and D) Quantification of fluorescence in the posterior region of the indicated transgenic animals co-expressing matrix-HyPer7 (C) or OMM-HyPer7 (D) with TOMM-20::mCherry following M9 or 300 μM juglone treatment. Ratio of images taken with 500 nM (GFP) and 400 nM (CFP) for excitation and 520 nm for emission was used to measure H2O2 levels. Unlined *** denotes statistical significance compared to ‘wild type’; unlined ### denotes statistical significance compared to ‘egl-8’. (C) n=22, 20, 20, 21 independent animals, (D) n=20, 20, 20, 20 independent animals. (E) Quantification of average coelomocyte fluorescence of the indicated mutants expressing FLP-2::Venus fusion proteins in the intestine following M9 or 300 μM juglone treatment for 10 min. Intestinal dgk-2 denotes expression of dgk-2a cDNA under the ges-1 promoter. Unlined *** denotes statistical significance compared to ‘wild type’; unlined ### denotes statistical significance compared to ‘dgk-2/DGKε’. n=25, 25, 25, 25, 24 independent animals. (F and G) Quantification of fluorescence in the posterior region of the indicated transgenic animals co-expressing matrix-HyPer7 (F) or OMM-HyPer7 (G) with TOMM-20::mCherry following M9 treatment. Ratio of images taken with 500 nM (GFP) and 400 nM (CFP) for excitation and 520 nm for emission was used to measure H2O2 levels. (F) n=20, 20 independent animals, (G) n=20, 20 independent animals. (H) Quantification of average coelomocyte fluorescence of the indicated transgenic animals fed with RNA interference (RNAi) bacteria targeting the indicated genes in the intestine following M9 treatment for 10 min. n=25, 24, 25, 30 independent animals. (I) (Top) Schematic showing the position of intestine and AIY neurons in FLP-1-FLP-2-mediated axis. (Bottom) Schematic showing endogenous H2O2 promotes PKC-2/AEX-4-mediated FLP-2 release from the intestine in FLP-1-FLP-2-regulated inter-tissue axis. (B–H) Data are mean values ± s.e.m. normalized to wild-type controls. (B–E and H) ns, not significant, ** p<0.01, *** and ### p<0.001 by Brown-Forsythe and Welch ANOVA with Dunnett’s T3 multiple comparisons test. (F and G) ns, not significant by unpaired t test with Welch’s correction.

Figure 6—figure supplement 1
Juglone promotes FLP-2 release in plc-2 mutants.

Quantification of average coelomocyte fluorescence of the indicated mutants expressing FLP-2::Venus fusion proteins in the intestine following M9 or juglone treatment for 10 min. Unlined *** denotes statistical significance compared to ‘wild type’; unlined ### denotes statistical significance compared to ‘plc-2/PLCβ’. n=25, 25, 23, 28 independent animals. Data are mean values ± s.e.m. normalized to wild-type controls. ns, not significant, *** and ### p<0.001 by Brown-Forsythe and Welch ANOVA with Dunnett’s T3 multiple comparisons test.

Tables

Appendix 1—key resources table
Reagent type (species) or resourceDesignationSource or referenceIdentifiersAdditional information
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)flp-1(ok2811) IVCGCOJ6555Mutant
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)flp-2(ok3351) XCGCOJ5490Mutant
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)flp-1(ok2811);flp-2(ok3351)This paperOJ10228Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)aex-4(sa22) XCGCOJ7466Mutant
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)pkc-2(ok328) XCGCVC127Mutant
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)vjIs150[pJQ60]Jia and Sieburth, 2021OJ3614FLP-1::Venus
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)aex-5(sa23);vjIs150[pJQ60]this paperOJ5616Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)vjEx1748[pJQ298];
aex-5(sa23);vjIs150[pJQ60]
this paperOJ5780Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)vjEx1753[pJQ299];
aex-5(sa23);vjIs150[pJQ60]
this paperOJ5785Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)vjEx1753[pJQ299];aex-5(sa23);
flp-2(ok3351);vjIs150[pJQ60]
this paperOJ6334Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)flp-2(ok3351);
vjIs150[pJQ60]
this paperOJ5264Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)vjEx2882[pJQ366];f
lp-2(ok3351);vjIs150[pJQ60]
this paperOJ8818Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)vjEx2877[pJQ302];
flp-2(ok3511);vjIs150[pJQ60]
this paperOJ8813Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)vjEx2877[pJQ302];vjIs150this paperOJ10229Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)dvIs19[pAF15]CGCCL2166Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)flp-1(ok2811);dvIs19this paperOJ2547Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)flp-2(ok3351);dvIs19this paperOJ10230Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)flp-1(ok2811);flp-2(ok3511);dvIs19this paperOJ6544Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)vjEx2877[pJQ302];dvIs19this paperOJ10231Obtained in from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)vjEx2877[pJQ302];
flp-1(ok2281);dvIs19
this paperOJ10232Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)aex-1(sa9);vjIs150[pJQ60]this paperOJ5888Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)aex-3(js815);vjIs150[pJQ60]this paperOJ5890Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)aex-4(sa22);vIs150[pJQ60]this paperOJ5891Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)aex-6(sa24);vjIs150[pJQ60]this paperOJ5892Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)nlp-40(tm4085);vjIs150[pJQ60]this paperOJ5615Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)aex-2(sa3);vjIs150[pJQ60]this paperOJ5889Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)vjEx2035[pJQ305]this paperOJ6405Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)vjEx3069[pDY10];
vjEx2035[pJQ305]
this paperOJ9469Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)aex-4(sa22);vjEx2035[pJQ305]this paperOJ6409Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)aex-6(sa24);vjEx2035[pJQ305]this paperOJ8345Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)flp-1(ok2811);vjEx2035[pJQ305]this paperOJ6641Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)vjIs40[pDS292]this paperOJ1002Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)vjEx3263[pJQ370]this paperOJ10237Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)vjEx3062[pDY14];vjEx2035[pJQ305]this paperOJ9567Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)sod-1(tm783);vjEx2035[pJQ305]this paperOJ9797Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)vjEx2814[pJQ419];sod-1
(tm783);vjEx2035[pJQ305]
this paperOJ8588Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)sod-3(tm760);vjEx0235[pJQ305]this paperOJ8341Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)vjEx2910[pJQ389];sod-3
(tm760);vjEx2035[pJQ305]
this paperOJ8933Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)vjEx2973[pJQ408];sod-3
(tm760);vjEx2035[pJQ305]
this paperOJ9106Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)sod-1(tm783);sod-3(tm760);
vjEx2035[pJQ305]
this paperOJ10234Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)vjEx3266[pJQ420]this paperOJ10243Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)vjEx2993[pJQ407]this paperOJ9141Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)vjEx2996[pJQ409(Pges-1::sod-3(∆MLS) cDNA::GFP)]this paperOJ9144Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)vjEx3020[pJQ383]this paperOJ9230Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)vjEx3014[pJQ411]this paperOJ9196Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)sod-1(tm783);vjEx3020[pJQ383]this paperOJ9281Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)sod-3(tm760);vjEx3020[pJQ383]this paperOJ9259Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)sod-1(tm783);sod-3(tm760);
vjEx3020[pJQ383]
this paperOJ10244Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)sod-1(tm783);vjEx3014[pJQ411]this paperOJ9795Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)sod-3(tm760);vjEx3014[pJQ411]this paperOJ9280Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)sod-1(tm783);sod-3(tm760);
vjEx3014[pJQ411]
this paperOJ10245Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)sod-2(ok1030);vjEx2035[pJQ305]this paperOJ10238Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)sod-4(gk101);vjEx2035[pJQ305]this paperOJ10239Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)sod-5(tm1146);vjEx2035[pJQ305]this paperOJ10240Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)prdx-2(gk169);vjEx2035[pJQ305]this paperOJ8991Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)prdx-2b(vj380);vjEx2035[pJQ305]this paperOJ10251Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)vjEx2926[pJQ381];prdx-2(gk169);
vjEx2035[pJQ305]
this paperOJ8996Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)trx-3(tm2820);vjEx2035[pJQ305]this paperOJ9249Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)vjEx3091[pJQ422];trx-3(tm2820);
vjEx2035[pJQ305]
this paperOJ9496Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)trx-3(tm2820);sod-1(tm783);
vjEx2035[pJQ305]
this paperOJ10252Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)trx-3(tm2820);sod-3(tm760);
vjEx2035[pJQ305]
this paperOJ10253Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)prdx-2(gk169);
vjEx3020[pJQ383]
this paperOJ9237Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)prdx-2b(vj380);
vjEx3020[pJQ383]
this paperOJ10247Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)trx-3(tm2820);
vjEx3020[pJQ383]
this paperOJ10249Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)prdx-2(gk169);
vjEx3014[pJQ411]
this paperOJ10246Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)prdx-2b(vj380);
vjEx3014[pJQ411]
this paperOJ10248Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)trx-3(tm2820);
vjEx3014[pJQ411]
this paperOJ10250Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)prdx-2b(vj380);dvIs19this paperOJ10254Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)prdx-2b(vj380);flp-2(tm3351);dvIs19this paperOJ10255Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)prdx-3(gk529);vjEx2035[pJQ305]this paperOJ10256Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)vjEx3268[pJQ380];prdx-2(gk169);
vjEx2035[pJQ305]
this paperOJ10258Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)vjEx3270[pJQ399];prdx-2(gk169);
vjEx2035[pJQ305]
this paperOJ10260Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)prdx-2b(vj380);sod-3(tm760);
vjEx2035[pJQ305]
this paperOJ9250Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)pkc-2(ok328);vjEx2035[pJQ305]this paperOJ9682Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)vjEx2828[pJQ376];pkc-2(ok328);
vjEx2035[pJQ305]
this paperOJ8682Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)vjEx3131[pJQ446];pkc-2(ok328);
vjEx2035[pJQ305]
this paperOJ9657Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)pkc-2(ok328);vjEx3020[pJQ383]this paperOJ10279Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)pkc-2(ok328);vjEx3014[pJQ411]this paperOJ10280Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)prdx-2(gk169);pkc-2(ok328);
vjEx2035[pJQ305]
this paperOJ8939Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)pkc-1(nj3);vjEx2035[pJQ305]this paperOJ10278Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)egl-8(sa47);vjEx2035[pJQ305]this paperOJ9863Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)egl-8(sa47);vjEx3020[pJQ383]this paperOJ10281Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)egl-8(sa47);vjEx3014[pJQ411]this paperOJ10282Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)dgk-2(gk124);vjEx2035[pJQ305]this paperOJ10263Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)vjEx327[pJQ460];dgk-2(gk124);
vjEx2035[pJQ305]
this paperOJ10264Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)dgk-2(gk124);pkc-2(ok328);
vjEx2035[pJQ305]
this paperOJ10266Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)dgk-2(gk124);vjEx3020[pJQ383]this paperOJ10283Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)dgk-2(gk124);vjEx3014[pJQ411]this paperOJ10284Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)plc-2(ok1761);vjEx2035[pJQ305]this paperOJ9809Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)vjEx2936[pJQ382]this paperOJ9028Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Genetic reagent (C. elegans)flp-2(ok3351);vjEx2936[pJQ382]this paperOJ10595Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Recombinant DNA reagentPrab-3::aex-5 cDNA (plasmid)this paperpJQ298Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Recombinant DNA reagentPges-1::aex-5 cDNAthis paperpJQ299Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Recombinant DNA reagentPrab-3::flp-2 gDNAthis paperpJQ366Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Recombinant DNA reagentPges-1::flp-2 gDNAthis paperpJQ302Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Recombinant DNA reagentPges-1::aex-5::mTur2this paperpDY10Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Recombinant DNA reagentPges-1::flp-2::Venusthis paperpJQ305Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Recombinant DNA reagentPges-1::nlp-27 gDNA::Venusthis paperpJQ370Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Recombinant DNA reagentPges-1::nlp-40::mTur2this paperpDY14Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Recombinant DNA reagentPges-1::sod-1a cDNAthis paperpJQ419Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Recombinant DNA reagentPges-1::sod-3 cDNAthis paperpJQ389Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Recombinant DNA reagentPges-1::sod-3(∆MLS) cDNAthis paperpJQ408Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Recombinant DNA reagentPges-1::sod-1a cDNA::GFPthis paperpJQ420Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Recombinant DNA reagentPges-1::sod-3 cDNA::GFPthis paperpJQ407Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Recombinant DNA reagentPges-1::sod-3(∆MLS) cDNA::GFPthis paperpJQ409Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Recombinant DNA reagentPges-1::MLS::HyPer7this paperpJQ383Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Recombinant DNA reagentPges-1::tomm-20::HyPer7this paperpJQ411Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Recombinant DNA reagentPges-1::prdx-2b cDNAthis paperpJQ381Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Recombinant DNA reagentPges-1::trx-3 cDNAthis paperpJQ422Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Recombinant DNA reagentPges-1::prdx-2a cDNAthis paperpJQ380Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Recombinant DNA reagentPges-1::prdx-2c cDNAthis paperpJQ399Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Recombinant DNA reagentPges-1::pkc-2b cDNAthis paperpJQ376Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Recombinant DNA reagentPges-1::pkc-2(K375R) cDNAthis paperpJQ446Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Recombinant DNA reagentPges-1::dgk-2a cDNAthis paperpJQ460Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Recombinant DNA reagentPttx-3::MLS::HyPer7this paperpJQ382Obtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Sequence-based reagentCCCCCCGCTAGCAAAAATGAAATTAATTTTCCTGCTTTTGCTTTTTGGthis paperaex-5_FObtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Sequence-based reagentCCCCCCGGTACCTTATGACATTGTTCCCACCACTthis paperaex-5_RObtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Sequence-based reagentCCCCGCTAGCAAAAATGCAAGTTTCTGGAATCCTATCTGCthis paperflp-2_FObtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Sequence-based reagentCCCCGGTACCTTATTGGA
AGTCGTAATCTGGCAGC
this paperflp-2_RObtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Sequence-based reagentCCCCCCGGTACCTTATGACATTGTTCCCACCACTthis paperaex-5_RObtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Sequence-based reagentCCCCACCGGTTTGGAAGTCGTAATCTGGCAGCGGthis paperflp-2_RObtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Sequence-based reagentCCCCGCTAGCAAAAATGATTTCCACTTCTTCACTTCTTATCCTTthis papernlp-27_FObtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Sequence-based reagentCCCCACCGGTCTTTCCCCATCCACCGTATCCthis papernlp-27_RObtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Sequence-based reagentCCCCGCTAGCAAAAATGTT
TATGAATCTTCTCACTCAGGTCTCC
this papersod-1a_FObtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Sequence-based reagentCCCCGGTACCTCACTGGGGAGCAGCGAGAGthis papersod-1a_RObtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Sequence-based reagentCCCCGCTAGCAAAAATGCTGCAATCTACTGCTCGCthis papersod-3_FObtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Sequence-based reagentCCCCGGTACCTTATTGTCGAGCATTGGCAAATCTthis papersod-3_RObtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Sequence-based reagentCCCCGCTAGCAAAAATGAAGCACACTCTCCCAGAthis papersod-3(∆MLS)_FObtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Sequence-based reagentCCCCCCCGGGCTGGGGAGCAGCGAGAGCAAthis papersod-1_RObtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Sequence-based reagentCCCCCCCGGGTTGTCGAGCATTGGCAAATCTCthis papersod-3_RObtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Sequence-based reagentCCCCGCTAGCAAAAATGTA
TAGACAGATGTCGAAAGCATTC
this paperprdx-2b_FObtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Sequence-based reagentCCCCGGTACCTTAGTGCT
TCTTGAAGTACTCTTGG
this paperprdx-2a/b/c_RObtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Sequence-based reagentCCCCGCTAGCAAAAATGG
CTAAGAACTTTTTCTCCGGA
this papertrx-3_FObtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Sequence-based reagentCCCCGGTACCTTATGCACGGATTCTCTCGAGATTthis papertrx-3_RObtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Sequence-based reagentCCCCGCTAGCAAAAATGTCGAAAGCATTCATCGGAAthis paperprdx-2a_FObtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Sequence-based reagentCCCCGCTAGCAAAAATG
TCTCTCGCTCCAAAGATG
this paperprdx-2c_FObtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Sequence-based reagentCCCCGCTAGCAAAAATGTCGTTGAGCACGAACAGCthis paperpkc-2b_FObtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Sequence-based reagentCCCCGATATCTCACGGTTCTACATCTTTGACATAAAACthis paperpkc-2b_RObtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Sequence-based reagentATTTCCTCACTGTTCTTGGAAGAGGATCGTTTGthis paperpkc-2b(K375R)_FObtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Sequence-based reagentACACTTTTCCAAACGATCCTCTTCCAAGAACAthis paperpkc-2b(K375R)_RObtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Sequence-based reagentCCCCGCTAGCAAAAATGGAAAT
GGACGTGTATGATGAATTATTG
this paperdgk-2a_FObtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Sequence-based reagentCCCCGGTACCTTAGAAG
AACATCCCACATCCGG
this paperdgk-2a_RObtained from Derek Sieburth lab
Software, algorithmEthoJames Thomas LabDefecation motor program analysishttp://depts.washington.edu/jtlab/software/otherSoftware.html
Software, algorithmMetamorph 7.0Universal 709 Imaging/Molecular DevicesImage capture
Software, algorithmGraphPad Prism 9PrismStatistical analysis

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  1. Qi Jia
  2. Drew Young
  3. Qixin Zhang
  4. Derek Sieburth
(2024)
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