Journal: Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis
Article Title: Oxymatrine, a novel TLR2 agonist, promotes megakaryopoiesis and thrombopoiesis through the STING/NF-κB pathway
doi: 10.1016/j.jpha.2024.101054
Figure Lengend Snippet: The effect of megakaryocyte (MK) differentiation induced by oxymatrine was block by toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) inhibitor C29 and stimulator of interferon genes (STING) inhibitor C-176. (A) Representative images of oxymatrine treated Meg-01 cells with oxymatrine (40 μM), C29 (50 μM), oxymatrine (40 μM) + C29 (50 μM), C-176 (10 μM), and oxymatrine (40 μM) + C-176 (10 μM) for five days. (B) The histogram represents the number of MKs in each group ( n = 3 per group). (C) Phalloidin-labeled cytospin in Meg-01 cells intervened with oxymatrine (40 μM), C29 (50 μM), oxymatrine (40 μM) + C29 (50 μM), C-176 (10 μM), and oxymatrine (40 μM) + C-176 (10 μM) for five days under a fluorescence Microscope. Excitation wavelength: 560 nm for phalloidin and 405 nm for 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI). (D) The histogram represents the relative mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) of F-actin in each group ( n = 3 per group). (E) Flow cytometry analysis exhibits the percentage of CD41 + /CD42 + cells after the treatment of oxymatrine (40 μM), C29 (50 μM), oxymatrine (40 μM) + C29 (50 μM), C-176 (10 μM), and oxymatrine (40 μM) + C-176 (10 μM) for five days. (F) The histogram represents the percentage of CD41 + /CD42b + expression in each group ( n = 3 per group). (G–J) Representative immunoblot images (G) and biochemical quantification of TLR2 (H), STING (I), and nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-κB) (J) after the treatment of oxymatrine (40 μM), C29 (50 μM), and oxymatrine (40 μM) + C29 (50 μM) for five days ( n = 3 per group). (K–N) Representative immunoblot images (K) and biochemical quantification of TLR2 (L), STING (M), and NF-κB (N) after the treatment of oxymatrine (40 μM), C-176 (10 μM), and oxymatrine (40 μM) + C-176 (10 μM) for five days ( n = 3 per group). Data represent the mean ± standard deviation (SD) of three independent experiments. ∗ P < 0.05, ∗∗ P < 0.01, and ∗∗∗ P < 0.001 vs. the oxymatrine group. ns: no significance. PE: phycoerythrin; FITC: fluorescein isothiocyanate; FOV: field of view; GAPDH: glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase.
Article Snippet: The cells were then treated with 8 μM fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-conjugated anti-CD41 (Beijing 4A Biotech Co., Ltd., Beijing, China) and 8 μM phycoerythrin (PE)-conjugated anti-CD42b (Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA) in 100 μL of PBS.
Techniques: Blocking Assay, Labeling, Fluorescence, Microscopy, Flow Cytometry, Expressing, Western Blot, Standard Deviation