Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Myeloid-specific TFAM deficiency drives mitochondrial DNA stress and exacerbates allergic airway inflammation
doi: 10.1101/2025.05.27.654580
Figure Lengend Snippet: Pharmacological inhibition of senescence improves asthmatic inflammation from DRA-challenged mice. (A) qRT-PCR quantification of the levels of Irf4, Ccl17, Arg1 in BMDM from WT. BMDM were treated with indicated concentrations of ABT-263 (ABT), stimulated with IL-4 and TGFβ. (B) Schematic illustration of ABT-263 (ABT, 1 mg/kg) treatment in DRA-induced mouse asthma model. Total cells and eosinophils influx in BALF were counted based on total amount of BAL cells in WT mice, analyzed by flow cytometry. (C) Total number of cells in DRA-exposed WT and TFAM KO mice. (D) Level of cytokines in BALF of ABT-263 (ABT, 1 mg/kg) treated DRA-exposed WT and TFAM KO mice by ELISA. (E) Lung SA-β-gal activity was measured from WT and TFAM KO using SA-β-gal activity kit. Graphs are plotted as mean ± SD. p-Values were obtained using one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s multiple comparison tests. *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001, ****p<0.0001.
Article Snippet: Senescence associated-β-galactosidase (SA-β-gal) activity from cells and homogenized lung tissues [ , ] were measured quantitatively using cellular senescence activity assay kit (Cell Signaling Technology) according to the manufacturer’s protocol.
Techniques: Inhibition, Quantitative RT-PCR, Flow Cytometry, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Activity Assay, Comparison