Journal: Antioxidants
Article Title: MARCKS Is an Essential Regulator of Reactive Oxygen Species Production in the Monocytic Cell Type
doi: 10.3390/antiox11081600
Figure Lengend Snippet: Generation and characterization of MARCKS KO cells. Monocytic THP-1 cells were modified using the CRISPR/Cas9 technique to generate MARCKS KO cells. The resulting WT, IM, and KO clones were characterized in terms of allelic integrity, MARCKS protein expression, proliferation, monocytic differentiation, cytokine expression, and phagocytosis. ( A ) The table summarizes the condition of the 3 MARCKS alleles in MARCKS WT, IM, and KO clones as determined by Sanger sequencing. ( B ) MARCKS protein levels were detected in whole cell extracts of MARCKS WT, IM, and KO clones. Loading control: GAPDH (representative experiment, n > 3). ( C ) MARCKS WT and KO cells were synchronized for 3 d in minimal growth medium. Afterwards, cells were transferred into standard growth medium and cell numbers were counted daily (mean ± SD, n = 3). ( D ) Following calcitriol-induced differentiation (100 nM) for 3 d, CD14 expression on the cell surface was assessed using flow cytometry (dashed line: isotype control; representative experiment, n > 10). ( E ) Five-day calcitriol-differentiated MARCKS WT and KO cells were incubated with 80 ng/mL TNF for 2 h or 48 h (TNF added at day 3), and the IL-8 mRNA level was determined by qRT-PCR. The IL-8 level in differentiated control cells (i.e., in the absence of TNF) was set as 1 (mean ± SD, representative experiment determined in triplicates; n = 3). ( F ) Five-day differentiated THP-1 as well as MARCKS WT and KO cells were incubated with opsonized eFlour670-labeled bacteria for 1 h (>5 bacteria per cell; mean ± SD, representative experiment, determined in duplicates; n = 4). During the incubation with bacteria, control cells were kept on ice. Phagocytosis was analyzed using flow cytometry. The phagocytic activity (i.e., the geometric mean fluorescence intensity) of living and bacteria-positive cells was calculated, and the value obtained in differentiated MARCKS WT cells was set as 100% (dashed line).
Article Snippet: For protein detection, membranes were incubated (4 °C, overnight) with primary antibodies specific for MARCKS (D88D11 XP ® ), phosphorylated (p)-MARCKS (Ser167/170; D13E4 XP ® ), PKCβ (D3E70), Akt (C67E7), or p-Akt (Thr308; D25E6 XP ® ; Cell Signaling Technology, Danvers, MA, USA) and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH; Sigma Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA).
Techniques: Modification, CRISPR, Clone Assay, Expressing, Sequencing, Control, Flow Cytometry, Incubation, Quantitative RT-PCR, Labeling, Bacteria, Activity Assay, Fluorescence