Journal: Drug Development Research
Article Title: Dihydroartemisinin Attenuates Radiation‐Induced Lung Injury by Inhibiting the cGAS/STING/NF‐κB Signaling Pathway
doi: 10.1002/ddr.70090
Figure Lengend Snippet: Downregulating cGAS further enhances the alleviating effects of DHA on radiation‐induced lung injury. (A) Relative mRNA expression and (B) Western blot of cGAS in BEAS‐2B cells after siRNA transfection. (C) The cell viability of BEAS‐2B cells transfected with siRNA after 8 Gy irradiation was detected by CCK‐8. (D) Western blot of cGAS, STING, NF‐κB and p‐NF‐κB proteins after siRNA transfection. Corresponding quantification of various proteins, and β‐actin as the loading control. (E) Relative mRNA expression of cGAS, STING, TGF‐β, IL‐6 and TNF‐α in BEAS‐2B cells after siRNA transfection. (F) The levels of TGF‐β, IL‐6 and TNF‐α in the culture medium of BEAS‐2B cells after siRNA transfection were detected by ELISA. CCK‐8, Cell Counting Kit‐8; DHA, dihydroartemisinin; IR, irradiation; siRNA, small interfering RNA. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, **** p < 0.0001.
Article Snippet: For IHC, the paraffin sections were incubated overnight at 4°C with primary antibodies against cGAS (1:1000, Cell Signaling Technology), STING (1:1000, Cell Signaling Technology), TGF‐β (1:100, Servicebio), IL‐6 (1:500, Servicebio) and TNF‐α (1:500, Servicebio), succeeded by incubation at 37°C for 60 min with mouse secondary antibody (1:200; Servicebio).
Techniques: Expressing, Western Blot, Transfection, Irradiation, CCK-8 Assay, Control, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Cell Counting, Small Interfering RNA