Figure 4: Hh regulation of autophagy is Gli2 dependent.

(a) Wild-type Gli+/+ or Gli1−/−, Gli2−/− and Gli3−/− MEFs were treated with 100 mM trehalose alone or in combination with 10 μM of Pmph for 24 h, or left untreated. Total cell lysates were subjected to immunoblot with anti-LC3 and anti–actin antibodies. (b) Gli2−/− MEFs were transfected for 48 h with either empty vector or Gli2 DNA construct and treated as in a. (c) LC3-II levels were detected by western blotting of total lysates from wild-type and Gli2−/− mice embryos (E12.5). For quantification, LC3-II levels from a total of five wild-type and five Gli2−/− embryos were normalized to actin, wild-type was set to 100. Graphs show mean values and error bars represent s.d. Statistical analysis were performed by two-tail Student’s t-test **P<0.01. Pmph, purmorphamine.