Journal: Clinical and Translational Medicine
Article Title: Oestrogen suppresses the adipogenesis of fibro/adipogenic progenitors through reactivating the METTL3–ESR1‐mediated loop in post‐menopausal females
doi: 10.1002/ctm2.70206
Figure Lengend Snippet: Oestrogen receptor 1 (ESR1) enhanced expression of methyltransferase‐like 3 (METTL3) in turn by serving as a transcription factor in fibro/adipogenic progenitors (FAPs). (A, B) Dot blot and quantitative assessment of relative N6‐methyladenosine (m6A) methylation levels in FAPs from peri‐menopausal (Peri) and post‐menopausal patients (Post; n = 3 patients/group). (C, D) Dot blot and quantitative assessment of relative m6A methylation levels in FAPs from sham mouse (Control) and FAPs from ovariectomy (OVX) mouse ( n = 3 mice/group). (E) The sequence logo of potential ESR1 binding sites on the METTL3 promoter was predicted using JASPAR. (F) Scheme of wild type (WT) and mutant (Mut) pGL3‐METTL3 promoter reporter plasmids. (G, H) Protein levels and quantitative assessment of ESR1 and GAPDH in female FAPs transfected with vector (Vector) and ESR1 overexpression (ESR1 OE) plasmids ( n = 3 per condition). (I) Relative luciferase activity after transfection of WT and mutant (Mut) pGL3‐METTL3 promoter reporter plasmids in female FAPs transfected with ESR1 overexpression plasmid ( n = 3 per condition). (J) Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP)‐qPCR for ESR1 binding to the METTL3 promoter in female FAPs under incubation with IgG or anti‐ESR1 antibodies ( n = 3 per condition). Data were shown as mean ± standard deviation (SD), ns indicated no significant differences, * indicated p < .05, *** indicated p < .001.
Article Snippet: The chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) experiment was conducted with the SimpleChIP Plus Kit (CST, cat#9005S).
Techniques: Expressing, Dot Blot, Methylation, Control, Sequencing, Binding Assay, Mutagenesis, Transfection, Plasmid Preparation, Over Expression, Luciferase, Activity Assay, Chromatin Immunoprecipitation, ChIP-qPCR, Incubation, Standard Deviation