Journal: International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology
Article Title: Adenosine A2B receptor modulates intestinal barrier function under hypoxic and ischemia/reperfusion conditions
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Figure Lengend Snippet: Changes in A2BAR expression under hypoxia and intestinal I/R models. A. Caco-2 cells were exposed to normoxia or hypoxia for indicated time. Total RNA was isolated, and A2BAR mRNA levels were determined by RT-PCR. Data were calculated relative to β-actin and expressed as fold change relative to normoxia. B. Induction of intestinal epithelia A2BAR protein by hypoxia. Shown here is a representative Western blot of A2BAR following incubation for indicated periods of hypoxia, with β-actin as a control. C. Induction of intestinal epithelial A2BAR mRNA levels by IR. Results are derived from three experiments (*: Different from normoxia and Sham group, P < 0.01). F-H. Immunohistochemistry for A2BAR. A2BAR expression was detected in I/R 6 h, compared with the Sham group. F. Negative control; G. Sham group exhibit weak staining; H) The structures of intestinal villus were significantly damaged of I/R injury when compared with the sham group (n = 6 per group). I. Induction of A2BAR in Caco-2 cell lines in normoxic or hypoxic conditions. Immunocytofluorescence labeling of A2BAR (red) in Caco-2 cells cultured for 6 h under normoxia, hypoxia and hypoxia plus PSB1115 (10 μM) is shown. Cellular nuclei are labeled with DAPI (blue). The positive fluorescence of A2BAR (red) is higher under the hypoxic condition than under the normoxic condition.
Article Snippet: After blocking with 5% bovine serum albumin in TBS-T (50 mMTris–HCl [pH 7.5], 140 mM NaCl, and 0.1% Tween) for 2 h, the membranes were incubated overnight at 4°C with polyclonal rabbit antibodies against A2BAR (1:250,Santa Cruz), claudin-1 (1:500, Abcam) and ZO-1 (1:500, Santa Cruz), monoclonal anti-occludin (1:250, Santa Cruz) and anti-GAPDH (1:1000, Goodhere Biotechnology, Hangzhou, China).
Techniques: Expressing, Isolation, Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction, Western Blot, Incubation, Derivative Assay, Immunohistochemistry, Negative Control, Staining, Labeling, Cell Culture, Fluorescence