Journal: Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy
Article Title: Establishment of a medial arterial calcification model in C57BL/6J mice via arterial intimal injury
doi: 10.21037/cdt-2025-435
Figure Lengend Snippet: Pro-inflammatory milieu in calcified arteries and the impact of guide wires with different diameters on MAC model generation. (A) Representative IF staining results showed that CD68 (green color) and CD86 (red color) expression was low in the mice from the sham operation group and significantly higher in the mice from the experimental group in terms of the fluorescence density and intensity. Individual channels are presented separately for clarity. Nuclei were counterstained with DAPI (not shown). (B) Representative IHC staining results showed that the IL-1β and IL-6 expression in the calcified blood vessel from the experimental group was significantly higher than that in the sham operation group, with slightly higher intensity. (C) Incidence rates of ossification caused by the 0.35, 0.40, and 0.45 mm diameter guide wires. (D) According to the MAC histopathological grading criteria , the MAC grading ratios for the MAC caused by the 0.35, 0.40, and 0.45 mm diameter guide wires in the mouse MAC. Sample sizes were: n=10 for Sham group, n=12 for 0.35 mm group, and n=13 for 0.40 mm group, n=15 for 0.45 mm group. (E) Image of rough guide wires with diameters of 0.35, 0.40, or 0.45 mm. DAPI, 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole; IF, immunofluorescent; IHC, immunohistochemistry; IL-1β, Interleukin-1 beta; IL-6, Interleukin-6; MAC, medial arterial calcification.
Article Snippet: Subsequently, samples were incubated with rabbit anti-CD86 polyclonal antibody (1:100; Cat #19589; Cell Signaling Technology, Danvers, USA) diluted in 1% BSA/PBS at 4 °C overnight.
Techniques: Staining, Expressing, Fluorescence, Immunohistochemistry