Journal: Heliyon
Article Title: Heat stress suppresses MnSOD expression via p53-Sp1 interaction and induces oxidative stress damage in endothelial cells: Protective effects of MitoQ10 and Pifithrin-α
doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e22805
Figure Lengend Snippet: Heat stress activates p53 and inhibits SP1 to downregulate MnSOD expression in mouse endothelial cells A) MAECs were transfected with siRNA targeting Sp1 and Tp53 , or lentivirus particles targeting Sp1 prior to heat stress treatment. B) The transfection efficiency was validated using siRNA-FITC. Scale bar: 200 μm. C) The expression of Sp1 protein in both Sp1 knockdown and overexpression groups using western blotting. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001. D) The scatter plot showed a positive correlation between the protein expression levels of Sp1 and MnSOD. The correlation coefficient is 0.8511 and p -value is < 0.0001. E, F) Cell viability and apoptosis assay were tested in control, siRNA- Tp53 , SP1 overexpression, and siRNA- Tp53-Sp1 groups under heat stress conditions. ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001. G) Mitochondrial ROS level was determined using flow cytometry in control, siRNA- Tp53 , SP1 overexpression, and siRNA- Tp53-Sp1 groups under heat stress conditions. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01. H) Mice were treated with MitoQ10 (500 μM/day) or saline 3 weeks prior to heat stress. I) Rectal temperature was measured in both control and MitoQ10 treated groups under normal and heat stress conditions. *** p < 0.001. n = 6 in each group. J) Mitochondrial ROS level was determined using flow cytometry in both control and MitoQ10 treated groups under normal and heat stress conditions. ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001. K) The measurement of Plasma ROS was conducted by a microplate reader in both control and MitoQ10 treated groups under normal and heat stress conditions. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01. L): P53 interacts with Sp1 in co-IP assays in MAECs incubated under heat stress conditions.
Article Snippet: Lentiviral particles targeting Sod2 (sc-423070-LAC, Santa Cruz), Sp1 (sc-423094-LAC, Santa Cruz), or Tp53 (sc-423509-LAC, Santa Cruz) were added to 5 μg/mL polybrene in the complete medium.
Techniques: Expressing, Transfection, Knockdown, Over Expression, Western Blot, Apoptosis Assay, Control, Flow Cytometry, Saline, Clinical Proteomics, Co-Immunoprecipitation Assay, Incubation