Journal: Cell Proliferation
Article Title: Cholestyramine alleviates bone and muscle loss in irritable bowel syndrome via regulating bile acid metabolism
doi: 10.1111/cpr.13638
Figure Lengend Snippet: Cholestyramine alleviates IBS‐induced bone and muscle loss in mice. (A) Representative μCT images of distal femoral metaphyseal trabecular bone. (B) Quantitative analysis of bone mass, including BMD, BV/TV, Tb. Th and Tb. N ( N = 8). Scale bar, 500 μm. (C,D) Representative images (C) and quantification (D) of new bone formation assessed by dynamic histomorphometric analyses ( N = 8). Scale bar, 25 μm. (E,F) Representative images (E) of OSX (green) and OPN (red) immunostainings and quantification (F) of OPN + and OSX + area on distal femurs ( N = 8). Scale bar, 100 and 25 μm, respectively. (G) mRNA Expressions of Atrogin‐1 and Murf‐1 in gastrocnemius, tested by qPCR ( N = 3). (H,I) Representative images of H&E staining in gastrocnemius cross‐sections (H) and frequency distribution of CSA (I) ( N = 8). Scale bar, 100 μm. (J) Representative immunofluorescence images to visualize specific types of muscle fibres. Type I (purple), type IIA (green), type IIX (not shown) and type IIB (red) ( N = 8). Scale bar, 100 μm. (K) Fibre type composition ( N = 8). Values are represented as the average ± standard deviation. The significance level ( p value) was determined through one‐way ANOVA. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001; **** p < 0.0001.
Article Snippet: For cholestyramine group, mice were intragastric administrated with cholestyramine (Medchemexpress, HY‐104081, 800 mg/kg/d) during the model induction period.
Techniques: Staining, Immunofluorescence, Standard Deviation