Journal: Cellular physiology and biochemistry : international journal of experimental cellular physiology, biochemistry, and pharmacology
Article Title: The Role of Matrix Metalloproteinase-13 (MMP13) in TGFβ/BMP Pathway Regulation of Fibro-Adipogenic Progenitor (FAP) Differentiation.
doi: 10.33594/000000596
Figure Lengend Snippet: Fig. 4. A) The typical images of FAPs from wildtype and MMP13 KO mice treated with TGFβ-1, TGFβ in- hibitor, or 0.1% DMSO in a standard medium for 2 weeks. B) TGFβ-1 significantly decreased the number of perilipin (+) cells and the TGFβ inhibitor significantly increased the number of perilipin (+) cells in FAP WT mice, but not in FAPs from MMP13 KO mice. C) TGFβ-1 significantly increased the number of αSMA (+) cells and the TGFβ inhibitor significantly decreased the number of αSMA (+) cells in FAPs from WT mice, but not in FAPs from MMP13 KO mice. D) & E) Real time PCR results showed that TGFβ-1 significantly decreased the expression of adipogenesis-related genes and increased fibrogenesis-related gene expression of FAPs in WT mice, while the TGFβ inhibitor had an opposite effect. However, the effect of the TGFβ-1 and TGFβ inhibitors had no effect on their expression in FAPs from MMP13 KO mice ( * p<0.05). F) Exogenous MMP13 added to the TGFβ inhibitor treatment group in both WT mice and MMP13 KO mice. Exogenous MMP13 added to the MMP-13 KO mice as a control. G) Quantification of the percentage of the number of Perilipin A(+) cells and αSMA (+) cells out of total number of cells.
Article Snippet: MMP13 treatment Recombinant Human MMP13 (R&D systems, 511-MM-010, Minneapolis, MN, USA) were first activated with 1 μM APMA p-Aminophenylmercuric acetate (APMA), (Sigma, Catalog # A-9563, MO, USA) at 37°C for 2 hours.
Techniques: Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Expressing, Gene Expression, Control