Journal: Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica. B
Article Title: Augmentation of PRDX1–DOK3 interaction alleviates rheumatoid arthritis progression by suppressing plasma cell differentiation
doi: 10.1016/j.apsb.2025.06.006
Figure Lengend Snippet: PRDX1 suppresses plasma cell differentiation by reducing the degradation of DOK3 in the autophagy–lysosome pathway. (A–D) WT B cells were treated with vehicle or siDOK3 and induced with anti-mouse CD40 antibody, murine IL-21, and IL-4. (A) The proportion of plasma cells was analyzed by flow cytometry. (B) A quantitative analysis of plasma cell counts in (A) ( n = 3). (C) Immunoblot analysis was performed to assess the efficiency of DOK3 knockdown and JNK phosphorylation. (D) Relative protein levels of DOK3 and P-JNK in the (C) ( n = 3). (E–H) Representative Western blot showing DOK3, phosphor-JNK, total JNK, and PRDX1 expression in WT, Prdx1- OE (E), and Prdx1 −/− B cells (G) treated with anti-mouse CD40 antibody, murine IL-21, and IL-4 for 5 days, with GAPDH as a loading control. (F, H) Relative protein levels of DOK3, phosphor-JNK in WT, Prdx1 -OE and Prdx1 −/− B cells ( n = 3). (I) Representative images of Duolink in situ PLA using rabbit anti-PRDX1, mouse anti-DOK3 antibody, and PLA probes in B cells from the spleen of the WT and PRDX1 -OE mice, followed by anti-mouse CD40 antibody, murine IL-21, and IL-4. Scale bar, 50 μm. (J) Relative intensity of fluorescence of Duolink in situ PLA in B cells from the spleen of the WT and Prdx1 -OE B cells ( n = 3). (K) WT B cells were stimulated with anti-mouse CD40 antibody, murine IL-2, and IL-4 for the indicated times, and immunoblot analysis was performed to assess DOK3 and JNK phosphorylation. (L) Relative protein levels of DOK3 and P-JNK in WT B cells stimulated with anti-mouse CD40 antibody, murine IL-21, and IL-4 for the indicated times ( n = 3). (M) WT B cells were treated with the lysosome inhibitor CQ following stimulation with anti-mouse CD40 antibody, murine IL-21, and IL-4 for 2 h, and immunoblot analysis was performed to assess DOK3. (N) Relative protein levels of DOK3 in WT B cells treated with the lysosome inhibitor CQ ( n = 3). Data are shown as mean ± SEM, ∗ P < 0.05, ∗∗ P < 0.01, ∗∗∗ P < 0.001, ∗∗∗∗ P < 0.0001, and ns indicates no significance.
Article Snippet: After in vitro stimulation of B cells, the Duolink assay was performed according to the manufacturer's instructions using Duolink Detection reagents Far Red (Sigma–Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA) and anti-PRDX1 rabbit (Proteintech, 15816-1-AP, Wuhan, China) and anti-DOK3 mouse primary antibodies (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, SC-390007, Santa Cruz, CA, USA).
Techniques: Clinical Proteomics, Cell Differentiation, Flow Cytometry, Western Blot, Knockdown, Phospho-proteomics, Expressing, Control, In Situ, Fluorescence