Journal: Frontiers in immunology
Article Title: Benzo[ a ]pyrene induces NLRP1 expression and promotes prolonged inflammasome signaling.
doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1154857
Figure Lengend Snippet: FIGURE 5 ROS generation is involved in the BaP-induced NLRP1 expression. The involvement of ROS was measured in BaP-treated A549 cells using NAC as an antioxidant. (A, B) NAC was added to the cells at a concentration of 5 mM 1 h prior to BaP application. Abrogated BaP-induced NLRP1 and p20 expression after NAC treatment were analyzed. Densitometry analysis of the western blot data of NLRP1 and p20 is shown in the bar graphs. Expression of NLRP1 mRNA (C) and protein (D) under H2O2 treatment (1 mM). (E) Analysis of components of the inflammasome protein complex in the H2O2-treated A549. The cells were then exposed to H2O2 at 1 mM for 9 h. Representative images (scale bar = 10 mm) of confocal microscopic observations of H2O2-treated cells. (F, G) AhR KD and control cells were exposed to BaP (F) at 2 µM and FICZ (G) at 500 nM for four days. The induced ROS were analyzed using flow cytometry, and the fold production of ROS was represented as the mean fluorescence intensity of DCF. Data are presented as the mean ± standard error. n = 3–4 independent experiments. *p<0.05, **p<0.01; NAC, N-acetyl-l-cysteine.; gMFI, geometric mean fluorescence intensity; DCF, dichlorofluorescein.
Article Snippet: Monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies against NLRP1 (R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA), Frontiers in Immunology 03 NLRP3 (Abclonal Biotechnology, Wuhan, China), AhR (BioLegend, San Diego, CA), ASC (Abclonal Biotechnology), procaspase-1, p20, p53 (R&D Systems), phosphorylated p53 (Ser 37, Cell Signaling, Beverly, MA, USA), actin, and vinculin were primary antibodies.
Techniques: Expressing, Concentration Assay, Western Blot, Control, Cytometry