Journal: Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine
Article Title: Cinnamaldehyde inhibits the NLRP3 inflammasome and inflammatory response by reducing oxidative stress in Neisseria gonorrhoeae-infected macrophages
doi: 10.1016/j.jtcme.2025.06.003
Figure Lengend Snippet: Effect of CA on MAPK phosphorylation and NF-κB activation in N. gonorrhoeae -infected macrophages. J774A.1 macrophages were incubated with CA (5–20 μM) or vehicle for 0.5 h before N. gonorrhoeae infection for an additional 4 h. The phosphorylation levels of ERK1/2 (A) , JNK1/2 (B), p38 (C) , IKKα/β (D) and IκBα (E) in the cell lysates were analysed by Western blotting. (F) J-Blue cells were incubated with CA (5–20 μM) or vehicle for 0.5 h before N. gonorrhoeae infection for an additional 24 h. The transcriptional activity of NF-κB was analysed by an NF-κB reporter assay. The Western blotting images are representative of different experiments, and the accompanying histogram illustrates the quantification achieved by analyzing band intensity using ImageJ software, expressed as the mean ± SD for these three experiments. The NF-κB reporter assay results are expressed as the mean ± SD of three separate experiments. ∗ p < 0.05 compared to N. gonorrhoeae -infected macrophages.
Article Snippet: The mouse macrophage cell line J774A.1 was obtained from the American Type Culture Collection (Rockville, MD).
Techniques: Phospho-proteomics, Activation Assay, Infection, Incubation, Western Blot, Activity Assay, Reporter Assay, Software