Journal: Cell Death Discovery
Article Title: Bisphenol-A disrupts mitochondrial functionality leading to senescence and apoptosis in human amniotic mesenchymal stromal cells
doi: 10.1038/s41420-025-02620-8
Figure Lengend Snippet: Expression of p53, p21 and p27 cell-cycle regulating genes was analysed by RT-PCR 24 h after exposure to increasing BPA concentrations (0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.35 and 0.4 μM). Results are presented as fold-change relative to control conditions (MetOH) ( A ). Furthermore, p21 protein expression and its nuclear translocation in hAMSC were assessed 24 h after exposure to increasing BPA concentrations (0.1, 0.2, 0.3, and 0.4 μM) using immunofluorescence analysis. Pictures were acquired at ×20 magnification (scale bar, 50 μm) ( B ). p21-positive cells were identified by a rosy-red signal, while nuclei were stained with DAPI (blue). The total number of p21 positive cells was quantified and is reported in ( C ). Fluorescence intensity of p21, measured as Normalized Integrated Density, is presented in ( D ). Histograms represent the mean values ± standard deviation from n = 4 ( A ) and n = 3 ( B ) independent experiments. Statistical analysis was performed versus the control condition represented by the MetOH: p < 0.01(**), p < 0.001(***), p < 0.0001(****).
Article Snippet: Subsequently, cells were washed three times with Tris Buffered Saline (TBS) for 5 min each. hAMSC were incubated with p21 primary antibody (Waf1/Cip1/CDKN1A p21, sc-6246, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Texas, USA), diluted 1:100 in normal goat serum (NGS, Invitrogen, Waltham USA, #10000C) and incubated overnight at 4 °C in the dark.
Techniques: Expressing, Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction, Control, Translocation Assay, Immunofluorescence, Staining, Fluorescence, Standard Deviation