Journal: Molecular Biomedicine
Article Title: Obestatin treatment links mitochondrial homeostasis and skeletal muscle repair in Duchenne muscle dystrophy
doi: 10.1186/s43556-025-00370-8
Figure Lengend Snippet: Obestatin promotes activation of NFTAc1. a Comparation of the effect of obestatin (10 nM) and insulin (1.72 µM) on utrophin, ß-dystroglycan, and α7-integrin protein expression on differentiating human DMD cells. b Analysis of pNFATc1(S172) and NFATc1 after obestatin (10 nM) or insulin (1.72 µM) administration on differentiating human DMD cells. c Representative immunofluorescence images of obestatin- or control-treated human DMD myotubes showing NFATc1 cellular location. Right panel , measurement of the number of nuclei showing NFATc1 location. Data are shown as mean ± SEM (* P < 0.05). d Representative images of vehicle- and obestatin-treated TAs showing NFATc1 expression. Right panel , measurement of the number of nuclei showing NFATc1 location. Data are shown as mean ± SEM (* P < 0.05). e Immunoblot analysis of PPP3 catalytic subunit (PPP3CA), pNFATc1(S172), NFATc1, utrophin, slow-MHC, fast-MHC, β-dystroglycan, α-syntrophin, NOS1, β1D-integrin, and α7-integrin in extracts of DMD cells transfected with control or PPP3CA siRNAs after obestatin treatment (10 nM). The inset shows Proposed model by which obestatin signalling triggers PPP3 to regulate the transcriptional activity of NFATc1. Data were expressed as mean ± SEM ( n = 3 per group; *, # P < 0.05)
Article Snippet: To knockdown PPP3 expression in human DMD cells, siRNA specifically targeting human PPP3 catalytic subunit alpha (sc-36303, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, CA, US) was used.
Techniques: Activation Assay, Expressing, Immunofluorescence, Control, Western Blot, Transfection, Activity Assay