Journal: Journal of Advanced Research
Article Title: OTUD1 delays wound healing by regulating endothelial function and angiogenesis in diabetic mice
doi: 10.1016/j.jare.2025.04.038
Figure Lengend Snippet: Endothelial OTUD1 is significantly upregulated in diabetic wound tissues. (A) Real-time qPCR analysis for mRNA levels of OTU subfamily members in the skin wound tissues from control and T2DM mice (n = 7). (B) Immunoblotting and densitometric quantification analyses illustrating OTUD1 protein expression in skin wound tissues from both control and T2DM mice (n = 3). (C) Representative immunohistochemical images and (D) quantitative analysis of showing OTUD1-positive cells (brown) in the skin wound tissues of mice. Black arrowheads indicate positive OTUD1 signals (Scale bar = 50 μm; n = 7). (E) Immunoblot and quantitative analysis of OTUD1 protein expression in HUVECs, HaCaT, HDFa, and MPM cells (n = 4). (F) Representative immunofluorescence images displaying the colocalization of CD31 (red) and OTUD1 (green) in mouse skin wound tissues, with white arrowheads showing OTUD1 and CD31 colocalization sites. Tissues were counterstained with DAPI (blue; Scale bar = 50 μm). (G) Immunofluorescence staining and (H) quantitative analysis of OTUD1-positive cells (red) in both control and HG + PA-treated HUVECs for 4 h, counterstained with DAPI (blue; Scale bar = 50 μm). (I) Time-course study of OTUD1 expression in response to HG + PA in HUVECs, including immunoblot analysis and quantitative measurement (n = 3). Data are shown as mean ± SEM. Statistical analyses were performed using a two-tailed unpaired Student's t -test (A, B, D), Welch’s t test (H), and one-way ANOVA analysis followed by Bonferroni post-hoc test (E, I). HG + PA indicates treatment with 50 mM HG and 300 μM PA, unless specified otherwise. Abbreviations: Ctrl, control; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus; OTU, ovarian tumor protease; HUVECs, human umbilical vein endothelial cells; HaCaT, human keratinocytes; HDFa, human dermal fibroblasts-adult; MPMs, mouse primary peritoneal macrophages; DAPI, 4ʹ,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole; HG + PA, high glucose plus palmitic acid; and OTUD1, ovarian tumor deubiquitinase 1.
Article Snippet: After one hour of blocking with rabbit serum (G1209, Servicebio), primary antibodies against CD31 (AF3628, R&D Systems, Minnesota, USA) were incubated for the whole night at 4 °C.
Techniques: Control, Western Blot, Expressing, Immunohistochemical staining, Immunofluorescence, Staining, Two Tailed Test