Journal: Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
Article Title: Gut Metabolite Indole-3-Propionic Acid Regulates Macrophage Autophagy Through PPT1 Inhibiting Aging-Related Myocardial Fibrosis.
doi: 10.1002/advs.202501070
Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 5. Transgenic knockout of macrophage PPT1 improves cardiac inflammatory infiltration and myocardial fibrosis in D-gal induce-aged mice. A) Schematic of the experimental design. B) Representative echocardiographic graphs. C–J) Echocardiographic measurements of LVEF, LVFS, LVIDd, LVIDs, LVPWd, LVPWs, IVSd, and IVSs. K) H&E staining of left ventricles. Magnification: 200×, scale bar = 50 μm. L) Masson’s staining of left ventricles. Magnification: 200×, scale bar = 50 μm. M,N) Representative images of IHC staining with MCP-1 and 𝛼-SMA antibody. Magnification: 200×, scale bar = 50 μm. O) Statistical graphs of Masson’s staining. P,Q) Statistical graphs of IHC staining with MCP-1 and 𝛼-SMA antibody. R) Representative images of the immunofluorescence of CD68, PPT1, and DAPI in mice heart. Magnification: 200×, scale bar = 20 μm. S) Statistical analysis of COL3A1, COL1A1, PPT1, IL-6, and TNF-𝛼mRNA level. T,U) Representative images and statistical analysis of COL3A1, COL1A1, PPT1, IL-6, and TNF-𝛼at protein level. (n = 5–6, data are expressed as mean ± SEM, **p < 0.01 vs the WT group; #p < 0.05, ##p < 0.01 vs the D-gal group).
Article Snippet: The antibody resources are as follows: ANP primary antibody (Proteintech, 27426-1-Ig, USA), β-tubulin primary antibody (Proteintech, 10094-1-Ig, USA), STING primary antibody (Proteintech, 19851-1-Ig, USA), AKT primary antibody (Proteintech, 60203-2-Ig, USA), PPT1 primary antibody (Proteintech, 29653-1-Ig, USA), COL1A1 primary antibody (Proteintech, 66761-1-Ig, USA), TNF-α primary antibody (Proteintech, 60291-1-Ig, USA), cGAS primary antibody (ABclonal, A8335, China), PI3K primary antibody (Affinity Biosciences, AF6241, China), p-PI3K primary antibody (CST, 4228S, USA), p-AKT primary antibody (Affinity Biosciences, AF0016, China), MCP-1 primary Adv.
Techniques: Transgenic Assay, Knock-Out, Staining, Immunohistochemistry