Journal: Immunity, Inflammation and Disease
Article Title: Alleviating effect of Nexrutine on mucosal inflammation in mice with ulcerative colitis: Involvement of the RELA suppression
doi: 10.1002/iid3.1147
Figure Lengend Snippet: Nexrutine alleviates inflammation and colonic mucosal barrier damage in mice with UC. A mouse model of UC was induced by administration of 3% DSS in drinking water. The model mice were treated with Nexrutine (300 mg/kg or 600 mg/kg) or the positive control regimen Mesalazine (195 mg/kg). (A) Body weight change of mice in each group; (B) DAI score of mice in each group; (C) length of whole colon of mice in each group; (D) pathological injury score in mouse colon tissues evaluated by HE staining; (E) concentrations of IL‐1β, IL‐6, TNF‐α, and IL‐10 in mouse colon tissues analyzed by ELISA kits; (F) expression of MUC3, Claudin‐1, and ZO‐1 in mouse colon tissues determined by IHC assay. In each group, n = 8. Differences were analyzed by the one‐way (B, C, D) or two‐way (A, E, F) ANOVA. * p < .05 versus the control group; # p < .05 versus the DSS group. DAI, disease activity index; DSS, dextran sulfate sodium; HE, hematoxylin and eosin; IHC, immunohistochemistry; UC, ulcerative colitis.
Article Snippet: Subsequently, the sections were incubated with antibodies of mucin 3 (MUC3; 1:500, PAB031Mu01; Cloud‐Clone Corp.), Claudin‐1 (1:500, ab211737; Abcam Inc.), and tight junction protein 1 (ZO‐1, 1:500, ab276131; Abcam) overnight at 4°C, followed by incubation with goat anti‐rabbit IgG (1: 1,000, ab6721; Abcam) at 37°C for 20 min.
Techniques: Positive Control, Staining, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Expressing, Activity Assay, Immunohistochemistry