Journal: Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
Article Title: Targeted Activation of OGG1 Inhibits Paraptosis in Lens Epithelial Cells of Early Age-Related Cortical Cataract.
doi: 10.1167/iovs.66.1.29
Figure Lengend Snippet: FIGURE 3. Activation of OGG1 inhibits ROS-induced LEC paraptosis. (A) Representative immunofluorescence images of indicated LECs against 8-oxoG. (B) Quantification and statistical analysis of 8-oxoG fluorescence intensity. (C, D) The Western blot images and statistical analysis display the relative protein expression levels of OGG1, normalized to β-actin, after treatment with 50 μM H2O2 for 24 hours. (E) Representative confocal images of OGG1-mCherry LECs following treatment at the indicated time points after laser micro-irradiation sites pointed by white arrows. (F) Connecting lines of mean values representing OGG1-mCherry recruitment kinetics. (G, H) The Western blot images and statistical analysis display the relative protein expression levels of ALIX, GRP78, p-ERK, and p-P38, normalized to β-actin. (I) ER and mitochondria were labeled with ER-Tracker green and Mito-Tracker red, respectively, after LECs were treated as indicated. Red arrowheads indicate the dilated ER. (K) Quantification and statistical analysis of intracellular vesicles. (J, L) Representative images of ROS generation and statistical results of indicated LECs treated with 50 μM H2O2 and 10 μM TH10785. Data are displayed as mean ± SEM from three independent experiments. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001, ****P < 0.0001.
Article Snippet: TH10785 (MCE), an OGG1 activator, was used at 10 μM for 8 hours.
Techniques: Activation Assay, Immunofluorescence, Fluorescence, Western Blot, Expressing, Irradiation, Labeling