Journal: Cell Death Discovery
Article Title: Irisin inhibits adipogenic differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells through the SIRT1/RANBP2/FTO signaling axis and protects against osteoporosis
doi: 10.1038/s41420-026-02976-5
Figure Lengend Snippet: A The effects of 10 μM, 25 μM, 50 μM, 75 μM, 100 μM, and 125 μM concentrations of irisin on the proliferation of BMMSCs were detected on days 12 h, 24 h, 36 h, and 48 h using the CCK-8 assay. B Flow chart of experiments to detect the osteogenic differentiation of BMMSCs. C Representative images of ARS staining during osteogenic (Osteo) differentiation in BMMSCs, and quantitative analysis of ARS staining. D Representative images of ALP staining during osteogenic (Osteo) differentiation in BMMSCs, and quantitative analysis of ALP staining. E After the addition of irisin, qRT-PCR was performed to analyze the mRNA levels of osteogenic (Osteo) related genes ( Runx2 , Col1 , and BMP2 ) in BMMSCs during the osteogenic differentiation. F Flow chart of experiments to detect the adipogenic differentiation of BMMSCs. G After the addition of irisin, qRT-PCR was performed to analyse the mRNA levels of adipogenic (Adipo) related genes ( Pparγ , C/ebpα , and C/ebpβ ) in BMMSCs during the adipogenic differentiation. H Representative images of Oil red O staining after adding irisin, and quantitative analysis of Oil red O staining. I After the addition of irisin, the levels of adipogenic (Adipo) related protein (PPARγ, C/EBPα, and C/EBPβ) in BMMSCs during the adipogenic differentiation were measured by western blotting. The values are mean ± SD of at least three independent experiments; n.s. p > 0.05, * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, **** p < 0.0001.
Article Snippet: In brief, equal amounts of protein samples were separated on polyacrylamide gels and transferred to nitrocellulose membranes, which were closed for 1 h using 5% skimmed milk powder, and the membranes obtained were incubated with anti-FNDC5 antibody (#23995-1-AP, 1:1000, Proteintech, China), anti-PPARγ antibody (#7273, 1:1000, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, USA), anti-C/EBPα antibody (#2295, 1:1000, Cell Signaling Technology, USA), anti-C/EBPβ antibody (#3087, 1:1000, Cell Signaling Technology, USA), anti-SIRT1 antibody (#8469, 1:1000, Cell Signaling Technology, USA), anti-FTO antibody (#27226-1-AP, Proteintech, China), anti-RANBP2 antibody (#ab315458, 1:1000, Abcam, USA), and anti-GAPDH antibody (#10494-1, 1:1000, proteintech, China) were incubated at 4 °C overnight.
Techniques: CCK-8 Assay, Staining, Quantitative RT-PCR, Western Blot