Journal: Protein & Cell
Article Title: IL-24 promotes atopic dermatitis-like inflammation through driving MRSA-induced allergic responses
doi: 10.1093/procel/pwae030
Figure Lengend Snippet: IL-24 activates JAK-STAT pathway in keratinocytes. (A) Characterization of different signaling pathways determined by luciferase reporter assay in HEK293T cells co-expressing the receptors. AP-1, activator protein-1; CREB, cyclic-AMP response binding protein; IFN-β, interferon-β; ISRE, interferon-stimulated response elements; m67-SIE, m67-sis inducible element; NF-κB, nuclear factor-κB. n = 4, mean ± SEM. *** P < 0.001 by unpaired t -test. ns, not significant. (B) Luciferase reporter assay of m67-SIE responding to rhIL-24 or rmIL-24 stimulation in HEK293T cells co-expressing the receptors. Relative luciferase activities driven by m67-SIE were measured at 12 h post rIL-24 treatment. n = 4, mean ± SEM. **** P < 0.0001 by unpaired t -test. ns, not significant. (C) Immunoblot analysis of HEK293T cells expressing indicated receptors responding to rhIL-24 stimulation. (D) Immunoblot analysis of skin samples from wild-type mice treated with indicated rIL-24 or vehicle-control. (E–H) Representative immunofluorescent images showing the skin of rhIL-24-treated group and vehicle-treated control group for 1 h. Zoomed views on the right indicate the regions outlined by orange dashed rectangles. Quantification was shown in (F and H) indicating the phosphorylation of STAT3 and STAT1, respectively. Antikeratin 14 antibody was used to label K14 + keratinocytes. n = 3–4 mice, mean ± SEM. * P < 0.05, *** P < 0.001 by unpaired t -test. Dashed lines indicate the border of epidermis.
Article Snippet: Primary antibodies include rabbit anti-p-STAT1 (Cell Signaling Technology; Cat# 9167; RRID: AB_561284 ), rabbit anti-p-STAT3 (Cell Signaling Technology; Cat# 9145; RRID: AB_2491009 ), rabbit anti-STAT3 (Cell Signaling Technology; Cat# 12640; RRID: AB_2629499 ), rabbit anti-GAPDH (Cell Signaling Technology; Cat# 5174; RRID: AB_10622025 ), rabbit anti-β-Actin (BioLegend; Cat# 622102; RRID: AB_315946 ), mouse antikeratin 14 (Santa Cruz Biotechnology; Cat# sc-53253; RRID: AB_2134820 ).
Techniques: Protein-Protein interactions, Luciferase, Reporter Assay, Expressing, Binding Assay, Western Blot, Control, Phospho-proteomics