Journal: Frontiers in Microbiology
Article Title: Screening and identification of host signaling pathways for alleviating influenza-induced production of pro-inflammatory cytokines, IP-10, IL-8, and MCP-1, using a U937 cell-based influenza model
doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1535002
Figure Lengend Snippet: Raf/MEK/ERK and p38 signal pathways are involved in the regulation of cytokines in U937 cells. (A–C) Determination of inhibition rates on IL-8, IP-10, and MCP-1 by each compound in the MAPK group and the distribution of targets between subgroups. U937 cells were infected with influenza A/PuertoRico/8/1934 virus (MOI = 0.1) in the presence of 10 μM of each inhibitor and then incubated at 37°C for 48 h. The distribution of the targets of all the inhibitors in the MAPK group was then analyzed and categorized into subgroups. (D) U937 cells were infected with influenza A/PuertoRico/8/1934 (MOI = 0.1) in the presence of different concentrations of PD0325901 and then incubated at 37°C. The supernatants were harvested 48 h post-infection, and the levels of IL-8, MCP-1, and IP-10 were measured by AlphaLISA. (E) The cells were treated as in (C) except being lysed 24 h post-infection, and the levels of phosphorylated STAT1, p38, ERK (p-STAT1, p-p38, p-ERK), total STAT1, p38, ERK, and viral protein HA were assessed by western blot. (F) A quantitative analysis of the relative levels of the phosphorylated STAT1, p38, ERK (p-STAT1, p-p38, p-ERK) in (E) . The data are representative of at least three independent experiments. n.s. no significance; * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001.
Article Snippet: The membranes were then blotted with monoclonal antibodies against GAPDH (1:1000, ZSGB-BIO), p38, phosphor-p38, ERK, phospho-ERK, STAT1, phosphor-STAT1 (1:1000; Cell Signaling Technology), STAT3, and phosphor-STAT3 (1:1000; Cell Signaling Technology), respectively.
Techniques: Inhibition, Infection, Virus, Incubation, Western Blot