Journal: American Journal of Translational Research
Article Title: Cathepsin D protects renal tubular cells from damage induced by high glucose independent of its enzymatic activity
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Figure Lengend Snippet: Protection of HK2 cells by CatD, independent of its catalytic activity. (A, B) CatD-transduced HK2 cells were cultured with 5 mM (A), or 25 mM (B) glucose in the absence or presence of pepstatin A, and cell proliferation was analyzed using RTCA in a real-time manner. (C) CatD-transduced HK2 cells were cultured with 5 mM (NG), or 25 mM (HG) glucose in the absence or presence of pepstatin A, and DNA synthesis was measured using EdU incorporation experiments. (D) HK2 cells were treated with AGEs in the absence or presence of pepstatin A, and cell viability was measured using the MTT assay. (E) HK2 cells were infected with empty lentivirus vector, lentivirus containing wild-type CatD (WT-CatD), or lentivirus containing an inactive mutant of CatD (D295N-CatD), and transduction efficiency was observed using fluorescence microscopy. (F) HK2 cells were infected with empty lentivirus vector, lentivirus containing wild-type CatD (WT-CatD), or lentivirus containing an inactive mutant of CatD (D295N-CatD), and CatD expression was analyzed using western blot analysis. (G) HK2 cells were infected with empty lentivirus vector, lentivirus containing wild-type CatD (WT-CatD), or lentivirus containing an inactive mutant of CatD (D295N-CatD) for 72 h, and treated with AGEs for another 24 h, following which cell viability was measured using the MTT assay. *, P<0.05; N.S., not significant.
Article Snippet: Transduction of CatD into HK2 cells using lentiviral vectors Lentiviral plasmids containing CatD cDNA and a GFP expression cassette were produced by GeneChem Corporation (Shanghai, China).
Techniques: Activity Assay, Cell Culture, DNA Synthesis, MTT Assay, Infection, Plasmid Preparation, Mutagenesis, Transduction, Fluorescence, Microscopy, Expressing, Western Blot