Journal: Frontiers in Pharmacology
Article Title: Vitamin D/vitamin D receptor protects intestinal barrier against colitis by positively regulating Notch pathway
doi: 10.3389/fphar.2024.1421577
Figure Lengend Snippet: VD/VDR signaling positively regulates the Notch-1/Hes1 pathway. (A) Representative IF staining image of claudin-1 ( green ), claudin-3 ( green ), N1ICD ( red ), and Hes1 ( red ) in cultured intestinal organoids (scale bar = 10 μm). (B) Western blot analysis of N1ICD and Hes1 proteins in cultured intestinal organoids from WT and VDR KO mice. (C) Real-time PCR analysis of the expression of Notch ligands, receptors, and Hes1 in cultured intestinal organoids from WT and VDR KO mice. (D) Real-time PCR analysis of the expression of Notch ligands, receptors, and Hes1 in Caco-2 cells after TNF-α intervention. (E, F) Real-time PCR analysis of the expression of Notch ligands, receptors, and Hes1 in Caco-2 cells after downregulation of VDR with siVDR (E) or activation of VDR with PAR (F) . Data are presented as the mean ± SEM from three separate experiments, the statistical analysis performed with paired t -test. *: p < 0.05, **: p < 0.01, ***: p < 0.001.
Article Snippet: The sections were blocked in 5% goat serum (SL038; Solarbio) at 37°C for 1 h and were then incubated overnight with anti-claudin-1 (1:100; YT0942; Immunoway, TX, United States), anti-claudin-3 (1:100; 34–1700; Invitrogen, Shanghai, China), anti-cleaved Notch-1 (1:100; YC0067; N1ICD, Immunoway), and anti-Hes1 (1:200; GTX108356; GeneTex, Alton, IL, United States) antibodies in a humid environment at 4°C.
Techniques: Staining, Cell Culture, Western Blot, Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Expressing, Activation Assay