Journal: Advanced Science
Article Title: Steap4 Promotes Senile Osteoporosis via Fe 2+ ‐ROS/C/EBPβ Feedback‐Driven Ferroptosis and Adipogenesis in Senescent BMSCs
doi: 10.1002/advs.202509926
Figure Lengend Snippet: The Steap4/Fe 2+ ‐ROS/C/EBPβ/Steap4 axis is involved in senescent BMSCs ferroptosis. A) Venn analysis of transcription factors and 16‐month versus 4‐month RNA‐seq results. B) FPKM of Cebpa, Cebpb, Hes1 and C‐Jun in 16‐month versus 4‐month RNA‐seq data. C) Graphical summary of the hypothesis. D) FPKM of Cebpa, Cebpb, Hes1, and C‐Jun in 16‐month VS 16‐month+DFO RNA‐seq results. E) Western blot analysis of C/EBPβ. F) RT‒qPCR of Cebpb , Steap4 , and Dmt1 . G) Images of the BMSCs after coimmunostaining: red (no‐ox‐Bodipy for non‐lipid peroxidation), green (ox‐Bodipy for lipid peroxidation) and blue (hoechst, scale bar: 20 µm). H) Quantitative analysis of ox‐Bodipy. I) Steap4, DMT1, FTL, and FTH1 protein levels, detected by western blot analysis. Quantitative analysis of J) Steap4, K) DMT1, L) FTL, and M) FTH1. N) Images of the BMSCs after coimmunostaining: red (no‐ox‐Bodipy for non‐lipid peroxidation), green (ox‐Bodipy for lipid peroxidation) and blue (hoechst, scale bar: 20 µm). O) Immunofluorescence staining of p16 (red for p16 and blue for nuclei, scale bar: 20 µm) and p21 (red for p21 and blue for nuclei, scale bar: 20 µm). P) Steap4, DMT1 and FTH1 protein levels, detected by western blot analysis. Quantitative analysis of Q) ox‐Bodipy, R) p16, S) p21, T) Steap4, U) DMT1, and V) FTH1. W) ChIP‐qPCR: Schematic diagram of three ChIP‐qPCR sites in the promoter region of the Steap4 gene, and the ChIP‐qPCR results. (The data are presented as the means ± SDs. Statistical analysis was performed using one‐way ANOVA. *** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05, n = 4.).
Article Snippet: Tissue cyclin‐dependent kinase inhibitor 2A (p16) (Proteintech, WuHan, #10883‐1‐AP), PPARG (Proteintech, WuHan, #16643‐1‐AP), OCN (ABclonal, WuHan, #A6205), Steap4 (Proteintech, WuHan, #11944‐1‐AP), solute carrier family 11 (proton divalent metal ion transporters) member 2 (Slc11a2 or DMT1) (Proteintech, WuHan, #20507‐1‐AP), and C/EBPβ (ABclonal, WuHan, #A0711) were detected.
Techniques: RNA Sequencing, Western Blot, Immunofluorescence, Staining, ChIP-qPCR