Journal: Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
Article Title: Autocrine GDF10 Inhibits Hepatic Stellate Cell Activation via BMPR2/ALK3 Receptor to Prevent Liver Fibrosis.
doi: 10.1002/advs.202500616
Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 7. BMPR2:ALK3-Fc prevents the antifibrotic effect of GDF10 in the liver. A) Schematic drawing of the experimental procedure in 3-month-old male LoxP and Gdf10TG mice. B) Representative images of H&E, Sirius Red, and ACTA2 IHC staining, scale bars, 50 μm (n = 3). C) Hydroxyproline assay analysis of the total liver collagen of mice treated as in (A) (n = 6). D,E) qPCR (D) (n = 6) and Western blot (E) analysis of indicated genes in the liver of mice treated as in (A). F,G) qPCR (F) (n = 6) and Western blot (G) analysis of indicated genes in the HSCs from mice treated as in (A) (n = 3). H,I) IF staining (H) and Western blot (I) analysis of indicated protein in the HSCs from mice treated as in (A), scale bars, 5 μm. Data are mean ± SEM. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001 by the one-way ANOVA (C,E,G,I) or two-way ANOVA (D,F).
Article Snippet: For Western blot analysis, the following primary antibodies were employed: β-Actin (AC026; ABclonal), GDF10 (ab235005; Abcam), ACTA2 (A17910; ABclonal), COL1A1 (A22089; ABclonal), phospho-SMAD2-S467 (AP0269; ABclonal), SMAD2 (A19114; ABclonal), phospho-SMAD3-S423/S425 (AP1263; ABclonal), SMAD3 (A19115; ABclonal), phospho-SMAD1/5/8 (#13 820; Cell Signaling Technology), SMAD15/8 (A17439; ABclonal), BMPR2 (sc-393304; Santa Cruz Biotechnology), ALK3 (sc-134285; Santa Cruz Biotechnology), SMAD7 (sc-365846; Santa Cruz Biotechnology).
Techniques: Immunohistochemistry, Hydroxyproline Assay, Western Blot, Staining