Journal: Life Medicine
Article Title: HDAC8-selective inhibitor PCI-34051 protects against aortic dissection by attenuating ferroptosis of vascular smooth muscle cells
doi: 10.1093/lifemedi/lnag013
Figure Lengend Snippet: AP-1 (c-FOS and c-JUN) eliminated the effects of PCI-34051 on HASMC ferroptosis. All HASMCs were infected with lenti-Flag and lenti-c-FOS + lenti-c-JUN, and then these HASMCs were used for subsequent experiments. (A, B) The protein level of AP-1 (c-JUN and c-FOS) was detected by Western blot in HASMCs infected with lenti-Flag and lenti-c-JUN + lenti-c-FOS ( n = 4 per group). (C, D) The CCK8 assay showing the relative viability of HASMCs treated with DMSO and PCI-34051 after CD (C) and IKE (D) stimulation for the indicated time ( n = 5 per group). (E, F) Flow cytometry with propidium iodide (PI) staining displaying the percentage of PI-positive cells of HASMCs after treatment as described above ( n = 4 per group). (G, H) The LDH assay indicating the relative cell damage rate of HASMCs treated with described above ( n = 5 per group). (I–L) The ratio of oxidized BODIPY-C11/non-oxidized BODIPY-C11 fluorescence revealing the level of ROS of HASMCs treated with described above ( n = 4 per group). (M–P). 4-HNE immunofluorescence staining and quantitative analysis exhibiting the content of 4-HNE in HASMCs after treatment as described above ( n = 4 per group). (Q–T) Western-blot analysis and quantification performed to assess the protein levels of GPX4, FSP1, and SLC7A11 in AP-1 overexpressed HASMCs after DMSO and PCI-34051 treatment along with CD or IKE induction. β-Actin served as a loading control ( n = 4 per group). Values are means ± SD; *** P < 0.001, ** P < 0.01, * P < 0.05.
Article Snippet: The antibodies applied in this study were: β-Actin (AC026, ABclonal), FSP1 (20886-1-AP, Proteintech), GPX4 (ab125066, Abcam), c-JUN (T55290F, ABmart), c-FOS (T56596F, ABmart), Flag (F1804, Sigma-Aldrich), HDAC8 (17548-1-AP, Proteintech), SLC7A11 (26864-1-AP, Proteintech), 4-HNE (MAB3249-SP, Bio-techne), CD86 (13395-1-AP, Proteintech), α-SMA (ab7817, Abcam), α-SMA (GTX100034, Genetex), GST (AE001, Abclonal).
Techniques: Infection, Western Blot, CCK-8 Assay, Flow Cytometry, Staining, Lactate Dehydrogenase Assay, Fluorescence, Immunofluorescence, Control