Journal: International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Article Title: Nitric Oxide Affects Heme Oxygenase-1, Hepcidin, and Transferrin Receptor Expression in the Placenta
doi: 10.3390/ijms24065887
Figure Lengend Snippet: The effect of NO on iron handling genes in syncytialized BeWo cells. ( A – E ), qPCR results, and ( E – J ) protein analyses. Representative blots are shown in ( K ). HO-1 and HAMP mRNA levels are significantly increased in the group treated with NO compared to the untreated controls. Protein abundance of HO-1 is significantly increased in the group treated with NO compared to the untreated controls. No significant change in expression is seen in the rest of the genes studied. HO-1: heme oxygenase 1, HAMP: hepcidin antimicrobial peptide, TfR: transferrin receptor, DMT1: divalent metal transporter 1, FPN: ferroportin 1. Data are reported from at least three independent experiments as mean ± SD, ** p < 0.01, **** p < 0.0001, ns = not significant.
Article Snippet: The antibodies used were actin (catalog #3700S) and HO-1 (catalog #70081S) from Cell Signaling Technologies (Danvers, MA, USA); transferrin (catalog #NB500-418), ferroportin (catalog #NBP1-21502), and transferrin receptor (catalog #NBP2-32945) from Novus Biologicals (Centennial, CO, USA); DMT (catalog #PA5-35136) from Thermo Fisher Scientific (Waltham, MA, USA); and hepcidin (catalog #SAB1405228) from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, USA).
Techniques: Quantitative Proteomics, Expressing