Journal: Biomolecules
Article Title: Melatonin as an Alleviator in Decabromodiphenyl Ether-Induced Aberrant Hippocampal Neurogenesis and Synaptogenesis: The Role of Wnt7a
doi: 10.3390/biom15081087
Figure Lengend Snippet: Melatonin triggered Wnt7a/FZD5 signaling target genes thus promoted synaptogenesis of P35 BDE-209-exposed rats. ( A – C ) Protein expression of Wnt3a, Wnt7a, DVL1, and downstream phos-GSK3β (Ser9) and total GSK3β. ( D , E ) Phos-β-catenin (Ser33/37/Thr41), total β-catenin, and nuclear translocation. ( F ) Wnt7a target genes Dlg4 , Nertin1 , and Crmp3/Dpysl4 transcriptional level. ( G , H ) Protein expression of PSD95, Netrin1, CRMP3, and mature neurons’ marker MAP2. GAPDH and PCNA were used for internal reference of total protein and nuclear protein, respectively. ( I ) Co-immunoprecipitation analysis of FZD5 binding to Wnt7a in the hippocampus of P35 rats. ( J ) Immunofluorescence labeling for Wnt7a (Mu, Red), MAP2 (Rb, Green), and DAPI (blue) in hippocampal DG at P35 rats. Scale bar: upper—50 μm; lower—20 μm. Data are presented as the mean ± SD (n = 3–4 rats per group). * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01 vs. the control; && p < 0.01 vs. 30 mg/kg group; # p < 0.05, ## p < 0.01 vs. 100 mg/kg BDE209 group. ns, no significance.
Article Snippet: Primary antibodies with dilution used were as follows: the phospho-β-catenin (Ser33/37/Thr41) antibody was from CST (#9561); rabbit polyclonal antibodies, β-catenin (1:5000, #51067-2-AP), PSD95 (1:2000), MAP2 (1:2000, #17490-1-AP), Prox1(1:1000, #11067-2-AP), and NeuroD1 (1:1000, #12081-1-AP) were from Proteintech (Wuhan, China); Neurog2 (#A19800), Netrin1 (#A16236), CRMP3 (#A17615), Dvl1 (#A10536), phospho-GSK3β-Ser9 (#AP0039), and GSK3β (#A2081, 1:1000) were from Abclonal (Wuhan, China); and Wnt3a (#sc-136163) was from Santa Cruz (Dallas, TX, USA).
Techniques: Expressing, Translocation Assay, Marker, Immunoprecipitation, Binding Assay, Immunofluorescence, Labeling, Control