Journal: Renal Failure
Article Title: Magnesium hydride protects against acetaminophen-induced acute kidney injury by inhibiting TXNIP/NLRP3/nf-κb pathway
doi: 10.1080/0886022X.2024.2330629
Figure Lengend Snippet: MgH 2 alleviates APAP-induced cytotoxicity, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction and inflammation in HK-2 cells. (A-C) HK-2 Cell viability was detected by CCK-8 assay. (A) HK-2 cells was administered with different concentrations of MgH 2 (10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 400, 600, 800 and 1000 μM); (B) HK-2 cells was administered with different concentrations of APAP (5, 10, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100 mM) with or without MgH 2 (0.4 mM); (C) HK-2 cells was administered with APAP (10 mM) with or without MgH 2 (0.2, 0.4 mM). (D) The ROS level in HK-2 cells was determined by DCFH-DA. (E) The mitochondrial function of HK-2 cells was assessed by JC-1 staining. (F, G) The protein expressions of iNOS, KIM-1 and IL-1β in HK-2 cells were detected by western blotting. The results were expressed as mean ± SEM. Statistical comparisons were performed using t -test (* p < 0.05 vs. APAP group) or Newman–Keuls test (* p < 0.05 vs. Control group, # p < 0.05 vs. APAP group).
Article Snippet: After blocking in 5% bovine serum for 2 h, the membranes were incubated at 4 °C overnight with primary antibodies against neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL; 1:1000, Cloud-Clone, China), kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1; 1:1000, Cloud-Clone, China), inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS; 1:1000, Cell Signaling Technology, USA), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α; 1:1000, Servicebio, China), interleukin-1β (IL-1β; 1:1000, Cloud-Clone, China), Bcl2-antagonist of cell death (Bad; 1:1000, Cloud-Clone, China), Bcl2 associated X protein (Bax; 1:1000, Cell Signaling Technology, USA), Caspase3 (1:1000, Proteintech, USA), cytochrome C (CytC; 1:1000, Cell Signaling Technology, USA), TXNIP (1:1000), NLRP3 (1:1000, Cell Signaling Technology, USA), NF-κB p65 (1:1000, Cell Signaling Technology, USA), p-NF-κB p65 (1:1000), β-Actin (1:1000, Cell Signaling Technology, USA), β-Tubulin (1:1000, Abways, China) and GAPDH (1:1000, Servicebio, China).
Techniques: CCK-8 Assay, Staining, Western Blot