Journal: Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine
Article Title: Bilobalide attenuates lipopolysaccharide‑induced HepG2 cell injury by inhibiting TLR4‑NF‑κB signaling via the PI3K/Akt pathway
doi: 10.3892/etm.2023.12312
Figure Lengend Snippet: BB inhibits LPS-induced TLR4 mRNA expression, NF-κB activation and inflammatory cytokine release through the PI3K/Akt pathway. (A) LY294002 attenuated the inhibitory effects of BB on TLR4 mRNA expression in LPS-stimulated HepG2 cells. LY294002 abolished the effects of BB on (B) p65 DNA-binding activity, (C) IκBα phosphorylation, (D) p65 phosphorylation and (E) inflammatory cytokine release. (F) The cytoprotective effect of BB was also abolished by LY294002. The results are presented as the mean ± SEM. All the experiments were performed in triplicate and repeated three times. DMSO was used as the control. * P<0.05 vs. control; # P<0.05 vs. LPS; Δ P<0.05 vs. LPS + BB 20 µM. BB, bilobalide; TLR4, toll-like receptor 4; p-, phosphorylated; LPS, lipopolysaccharide.
Article Snippet: IL-6 (cat. no. CSB-E04638h), IL-1β (cat. no. CSB-E08053h) and TNF-α (cat. no. CSB-E04740h) ELISA kits were obtained from CUSABIO TECHNOLOGY LLC. β-actin (cat. no. 4970S), IκBα (cat. no. 4812S), NF-κB p65 (cat. no. 8242S), phosphorylated (p)-IκBα (cat. no. 2859S) and p-p65 (cat. no. 3033S) antibodies were purchased from Cell Signaling Technology, Inc. Horseradish peroxidase-conjugated anti-rabbit IgG secondary antibody (cat. no. BA1054) was purchased from Wuhan Boster Biological Technology, Ltd. TransAM NF-κB p65 kit (cat. no. 40096) was obtained from Active Motif, Inc.
Techniques: Expressing, Activation Assay, Binding Assay, Activity Assay, Phospho-proteomics, Control