Journal: BioMed Research International
Article Title: Ultrashort Wave Combined with Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cell (HUC-MSC) Transplantation Inhibits NLRP3 Inflammasome and Improves Spinal Cord Injury via MK2/TTP Signalling Pathway
doi: 10.1155/2020/3021750
Figure Lengend Snippet: MK2 upregulation blocks the microglia polarisation promoted by combination therapy: (a) iNOS and arg-1 expression levels detected using Western Blotting; (b) contents of inflammatory factors (IL-6 and IL-10) determined using ELISA; (c) Western Blotting was performed on to determine the expression levels of TTP, NLRP3, pro-IL-1 β , and pro-IL-18; (d) contents of IL-1 β and IL-18 in cellular supernatant were quantified with ELISA. “ ∗ , #, &” indicated significant difference ( p < 0.05), “ ∗ ” vs. Sham group, “#” vs. SCI group, and “&” vs. rats treated with monotherapies and combination therapy.
Article Snippet: Membranes were then incubated with diluted primary antibodies against MK2 (ab131531, Abcam, UK), p-MK2 (ab131504, Abcam, UK), TTP (ab124024, Abcam, UK), NLRP3 (ab263899, Abcam, UK), pro-caspase-1 (ab179515, Abcam, UK), pro-IL-1 β (ab205924, Abcam, UK), iNOS (ab15323, Abcam, UK), arg-1 (ab272887, Abcam, UK), and GAPDH (ab8245, Abcam, UK) as loading internal control at 4°C for 12 h. On the next day, membranes were incubated with HRP-conjugated secondary antibody for 1 h at room temperature after rinse with TBST buffer solution for 3 changes.
Techniques: Expressing, Western Blot, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay