Journal: Journal of neuroimmunology
Article Title: TGF-β1/Smad2/3/Foxp3 signaling is required for chronic stress-induced immune suppression
doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2017.11.005
Figure Lengend Snippet: Critical role of TGF-β1/Smad2/3 signaling on chronic stress-induced FoxP3 and the numbers of CD25+Foxp3+ cells. (A) After stress of the indicated time periods, spleens were harvested. The expression of Foxp3 in the nucleus was examined by Western blot analysis. (B) WT mice were administrated with SB203580 (1mg/kg body weight, i.p.), SB431542 (4.2mg/kg body weight, i.p.), ISI3(2.5mg/kg body weight, i.p.), peptide P60 (4.8mg/kg body weight, i.p.) for 1 h, 2 h, 2 h and 2 h respectively, before the initiation of stress. Foxp3 expression in spleens was determined by Western blot analysis. (C) After treated the mice as protocol (B), the mice were subjected to chronic stress for 2 days of 12 h. The spleens were harvested and isolated CD4+ cells by CD4+ isolation kit, stained the isolated cells with FICT-Foxp3 and PE-CD25 and determined the cells gated on CD25+Foxp3+ staining cells by flow cytometry. (N = 5 per group. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001 compared with indicated groups.
Article Snippet: P38 inhibitor SB203580 (1mg/kg body weight, Calbiochem, La Jolla, CA), TGF-β inhibitor SB431542 (4.2mg/kg body weight, Sigma-Aldrich), Smad3 inhibitor ISI3 (2.5mg/kg body weight, Cayman Chemical, Michigan), and Foxp3 inhibitor peptide P60 (50 nmol/mouse (i.p., Abbiotec, San Diego, CA) were administered via i.p.1 h (for SB203580) or 2 h (for SB431542, ISI3 and peptide P60) before the initiation of stress ( Caraci et al., 2015 ; Casares et al., 2010 ; Hu et al., 2014 ; Li et al., 2010 ; Wang et al., 2013 ).
Techniques: Expressing, Western Blot, Isolation, Staining, Flow Cytometry