Immunoelectron microscopy of larsb-knockout larvae under Tg[fabp10:mcherry] background. (A–C) Immunoelectron microscopy of the liver, skeletal muscle, and spinal cord of larsb+/+ larva. (D–I) Immunoelectron microscopy of the liver, skeletal muscle, and spinal cord of larsb−/− larva. The bottom row shows higher magnification images (G–I). Large vacuoles in the livers of larsb−/− larvae (asterisks) were composed of numerous irregular membranous structures, which showed immunoreactivity against both Lc3b (black arrows) and mCherry (black arrowheads) (D,G). Scale bar: 5.0 µm for (A,D); 1.0 µm for B and E; 500 nm for (C,F,H); 100 nm for (G,I). AP: autophagosome, N: nucleus, Larsb: leucyl-tRNA synthetase, Lc3b: microtubule-associated protein 1A/1B-light chain 3.
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