Journal: Molecular metabolism
Article Title: Bitter-tasting drugs tune GDF15 and GLP-1 expression via bitter taste or motilin receptors in the intestine of patients with obesity.
doi: 10.1016/j.molmet.2024.102002
Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 2: Distribution and characterization of GDF15 expressing epithelial cells in the proximal gut of normal-weight individuals and patients with obesity. A) Relative mRNA expression (efficiencyDDCt method) of GDF15 in resection specimens from the fundus (nNW ¼ 7, nOB ¼ 10), corpus (nNW ¼ 5, nOB ¼ 8), antrum (nNW ¼ 5, nOB ¼ 8), and jejunum (nNW ¼ 5, nOB ¼ 7) of normal-weight individuals and patients with obesity. (Proc Mixed Model with Sidák correction for multiple comparisons). B) Representative single-immunofluorescence staining for GDF15 in jejunal sections (10 mm) of a normal-weight individual and a patient with obesity. GDF15þ cells were stained with Cy3 (green) and nuclei were stained with DAPI (blue). Scale bars: 25 mm. C) Average number and intensity of GDF15þ cells in jejunal tissue sections from both normal-weight individuals and patients with obesity (nNW ¼ 5, nOB ¼ 5; two-tailed unpaired Student’s t-test). DeH) Representative double-immunofluorescence staining for GDF15 (green [Cy3 or Alexa594]) with markers for (D) goblet (MUC2: red [Cy5]), (E) Paneth (a-defensin 6: red [Cy5]) or (FeG) enteroendocrine (CHGA: red [Alexa488]) and ghrelin (red [Alexa488]) cells in jejunal sections (10 mm) from normal-weight individuals. Arrows indicate co-localization. Normal rabbit serum was used as negative control. Nuclei were labeled with DAPI (blue). Scale bars: 25 mm. NW: normal-weight, OB: obese. Data of figure A, C represent mean SEM and single values are plotted. *P < 0.05: versus jejunum in normal-weight individuals, $$$P < 0.001: versus jejunum in patients with obesity, #P < 0.05, ###P < 0.001: versus normal-weight individuals.
Article Snippet: GDF15 protein levels in the cell culture supernatant and cell lysate were measured using a Human GDF-15 ELISA Kit (Boster Biological Technology), following the manufacturer’s protocol.
Techniques: Expressing, Staining, Two Tailed Test, Negative Control, Labeling