Journal: Bone Research
Article Title: Spatially resolved osteoblast-traced transcriptomics uncovers TGF-β as a combination target with sclerostin in osteoporosis
doi: 10.1038/s41413-026-00521-9
Figure Lengend Snippet: Dual inhibition of TGF-β and sclerostin increases bone mass in a hindlimb unloading model. a Experimental timeline of hindlimb unloading using C57B1/6 J mice and treatment with TGFβ-Ab, Scl-Ab, or both. Mice euthanized at week 12. b Representative μCT images of femoral diaphysis. c Representative confocal images of trabecular bone showing calcein (green), alizarin (red) signals, and DAPI (blue). Scale bar = 100 μm. d Representative images of TRAP-stained femur sections; violet = TRAP-positive, green = counterstain. Scale bar = 200 μm. e – h Bar plot of trabecular bone volume/total volume (Tra. BV/TV, e ), trabecular thickness (Tb. Th, f ), trabecular separation (Tb. Sp, g ), and trabecular number (Tb. N, h ) from μCT. Data = mean ± standard deviation. i , j Bar plot of mineral apposition rate (Tra. MAR, i ) and trabecular bone formation rate per bone surface (Tra. BFR/BS, j ) from labeling images. Data = mean ± standard deviation k Box plot of TRAP+ osteoclasts per bone surface (OC.N/BS), measured through ImageJ from TRAP-stained slides. l – n Box plot of serum P1NP ( l ) and TRAP ( m ) levels, and RANKL/OPG ratio ( n ). Group sizes: Control ( n = 5), Un_con ( n = 5), Scl-Ab ( n = 6), TGFβ-Ab ( n = 6), and Scl-Ab+TGFβ-Ab ( n = 7). Each point represents an individual mouse. ANOVA was used for statistics; * P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01; *** P < 0.001; **** P < 0.000 1; ns not significant
Article Snippet: Serum levels of P1NP, CTx1, TRAcP, OPG, RANKL, and TGF-β1 were measured via an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) performed using ELISA kit for mouse P1NP (AC-33F1, Immunodiagnostic Systems, UK), mouse CTx1 (AC-06F1, Immunodiagnostic Systems, UK), mouse TRAcP 5b (SB-TR103, Immunodiagnostic Systems, UK), mouse OPG (MOP00, R&D systems, USA), mouse RANKL (MTR00, R&D systems, USA), and mouse TGF-β1 (DY1679-05 and DY007B, R&D systems, USA) according to the manufacturer’s instruction.
Techniques: Inhibition, Staining, Standard Deviation, Labeling, Control