Journal: Bioactive Materials
Article Title: Development of a PTEN -siRNA activated scaffold to promote axonal regrowth following spinal cord injury
doi: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2026.01.022
Figure Lengend Snippet: Scaffold-mediated siRNA delivery does not affect the viability of neurons, results in prolonged downregulation of PTEN, and stimulates increased expression of BCL2 and GAP43 mRNA . (A) The metabolic activity of NSC34 neurons cultured on PTEN -siRNA activated scaffolds peaked by day 3 post-transfection [t(2) = 4.0599, p = 0.05565, 95 % CI 93.954 0.1; • = p ≤ 0.1, ∗ = p ≤ 0.05, ∗∗ = p ≤ 0.01, ∗∗∗ = p ≤ 0.001, ∗∗∗∗ = p ≤ 0.0001.
Article Snippet: NSC34 neuronal culture and transfections: NSC34 neurons (Cedarlane Cat No. CLU140), a hybrid cell line produced by the fusion of motor neuron enriched embryonic mouse spinal cord cells with mouse neuroblastoma cells, were cultured in growth medium Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium (DMEM; Sigma-Aldrich, Ireland) supplemented with 10 % fetal bovine serum (FBS; Labtech UK), 1 % (v/v) L-Glutamine (Sigma-Aldrich, Ireland), and 1 % (v/v) Penicillin- Streptomycin Solution (Sigma-Aldrich, Ireland) in a T-175 cell culture flask (37 °C, 5 % CO 2 ).
Techniques: Expressing, Activity Assay, Cell Culture, Transfection, Control, Lactate Dehydrogenase Assay, Gene Expression, One-tailed Test