Journal: Frontiers in Pharmacology
Article Title: IL6/CCL2 from M2-polarized microglia promotes breast cancer brain metastasis and the reversal effect of β-elemene
doi: 10.3389/fphar.2025.1547333
Figure Lengend Snippet: Breast cancer cell CM promoted M2-type polarization, and IL-6 and CCL2 secretion of primary microglia. (A) Schematic diagram of in vitro CM-co-culture with primary microglia model. ELISA assays of murine-derived IL6 (B) and CCL2 (C) cytokines from primary microglia cells CM-co-culture model supernatants. Cell supernatants from primary microglia cells treated with CM-coculture medium for 0, 12, 24, and 48 h were collected and measured by IL6 (D) and CCL2 (E) ELISA assays. (F) Representative images of primary microglia cells treated with CM-co-culture medium immunofluorescence staining with DAPI (blue) for nuclei, Arg1 (red) for M2-marker (left image), iNOS (red) for M1-marker (right image) (magnification: 20×). Western blot (G) and corresponding gray value analysis (H) were used to investigate the expression Arg1, CD206, and iNOS in primary microglia cells treated with CM-coculture medium for 0, 12, 24, and 48 h. (I) Relative expression of murine-derived IL6, CCL2, M1-markers (iNOS), and M2-markers (Arg1) mRNA in primary microglia cells treated with CM-coculture medium for 48 h detected by quantitative RT-PCR. GAPDH was used to normalize gene expression. Data are mean ± SD (n = 3). Significant difference versus control group, * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, and *** p < 0.001.
Article Snippet: Tocilizumab was purchased from PeproTech Inc. (Suzhou, China), IL6 was purchased from GLPbio (CA, United States), anti-mouse/human/rat CCL2 2H5 was purchased from Selleck Chemicals (Shanghai, China), temozolomide (TMZ) was purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, United States), and β-elemene was purchased from Shanghai Aladdin Biochemical Technology Co., Ltd. (Shanghai, China).
Techniques: In Vitro, Co-Culture Assay, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Derivative Assay, Immunofluorescence, Staining, Marker, Western Blot, Expressing, Quantitative RT-PCR, Gene Expression, Control