Journal: Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
Article Title: USP7 Attenuates Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and NF- κ B Signaling to Modulate Chondrocyte Proliferation, Apoptosis, and Inflammatory Response under Inflammation
doi: 10.1155/2022/1835900
Figure Lengend Snippet: ERS signaling inhibitor 4-PBA reverses chondrocyte proliferation, apoptosis, and inflammation caused by USP7 knockdown under TNF- α -induced inflammation. (a) Relative BiP and CHOP mRNA expression in USP7 knockdown and its control groups under TNF- α -induced inflammation after 48 h chondrogenic induction, with and without 4-PBA. (b) p-eIF2 α , eIF2 α , ATF4, CHOP, p-p65, and p65 protein expression in USP7 knockdown and its control groups under TNF- α -induced inflammation after 48 h chondrogenic induction, with and without 4-PBA. (c) Quantitative measurement of (b). (d) Alcian blue and toluidine blue staining in USP7 knockdown and its control groups under TNF- α -induced inflammation after 48 h chondrogenic induction, with and without 4-PBA. Scale bars = 100 μ m. (e) Growth curves in USP7 knockdown and its control groups under TNF- α -induced inflammation after 48 h chondrogenic induction, with and without 4-PBA, measured by CCK8-assay. (f) Relative Col2a1 and Sox9 mRNA expression in USP7 knockdown and its control groups under TNF- α -induced inflammation after 48 h chondrogenic induction, with and without 4-PBA. (g) Col2a1, Sox9, Cleaved Caspase-3, Bax, and Bcl-2 protein expression in USP7 knockdown and its control groups under TNF- α -induced inflammation after 48 h chondrogenic induction, with and without 4-PBA. (h) Quantitative measurement of (g). (i) Relative Caspase-3 activity in USP7 knockdown and its control groups under TNF- α -induced inflammation after 48 h chondrogenic induction, with and without 4-PBA. (j) TUNEL staining in USP7 knockdown and its control groups under TNF- α -induced inflammation after 48 h chondrogenic induction, with and without 4-PBA. White arrows indicate TUNEL-positive cells. Scale bars = 50 μ m. (k) Quantitative measurement of (j). (l) Relative IL-6 , COX , NOS2 , and MMP13 mRNA expression of in USP7 knockdown and its control groups under TNF- α -induced inflammation after 48 h chondrogenic induction, with and without 4-PBA. (m) IL-6 expression in USP7 knockdown and its control group supernatant under TNF- α -induced inflammation after 48 h chondrogenic induction, with and without 4-PBA. ∗ p < 0.05, ∗∗ p < 0.01, ∗∗∗ p < 0.001, and ∗∗∗∗ p < 0.0001.
Article Snippet: The PVDF membranes were blocked with 5% milk and incubated overnight at 4°C with primary antibodies against GAPDH (1 : 2000, ZSGBBIO, Beijing, China), USP7 (1 : 1000, HUABIO, Hangzhou, China), collagen type II alpha 1 chain (Col2a1, 1 : 1000, HUABIO, Hangzhou, China), sex-determining region Y-box 9 (Sox9, 1 : 2000, Abcam, Cambridge, UK), Cleaved Caspase-3 (1 : 1000, CST, MA, USA), Bcl-2 (1 : 1000, ABclonal, Wuhan, China), Bcl-2-associated X (Bax, 1 : 1000, ABclonal, Wuhan, China), eIF2 α (1 : 1000, ABclonal, Wuhan, China), eIF2 α phosphorylation (p-eIF2 α , 1 : 1000, ABclonal, Wuhan, China), activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4, 1 : 1000, HUABIO, Hangzhou, China), CHOP (1 : 300, Santa Cruz, CA, USA), p65 (1 : 1000, CST, MA, USA), p65 phosphorylation (p-p65, 1 : 1000, CST, MA, USA), and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA, 1 : 1000, HUABIO, Hangzhou, China).
Techniques: Expressing, Staining, CCK-8 Assay, Activity Assay, TUNEL Assay