Journal: Journal of Biomedical Research

Article Title: RAF1 in AgRP neurons involved in the regulation of energy metabolism via the MAPK signaling pathway

doi: 10.7555/JBR.39.20250114

Figure Lengend Snippet: Raf1 regulated MAPK signaling under insulin stimulation. A: Relative mRNA levels of Raf1 , Agrp , and Npy in the hypothalamus of control and AgRP- Raf1 -OE mice fed an NCD ( n = 5–6 mice). B: Western blotting analysis of protein levels of FLAG, MEK1/2, pMEK1/2, ERK1/2, pERK1/2, CREB, and pCREB in the N42 Raf1 -overexpression cells. β-Actin served as the internal control ( n = 3). C: Phosphorylation levels of MEK1/2, ERK1/2, and CREB proteins in the N42 Raf1 -overexpression cells. D: Western blotting analysis of protein levels of RAF1, MEK1/2, pMEK1/2, ERK1/2, pERK1/2, and pCREB in the N42 Raf1 -knockout cells. β-Actin served as the internal control ( n = 3). E: Phosphorylation levels of MEK1/2, ERK1/2, and CREB proteins in the N42 Raf1 -knockout cells. F: Representative IF staining of pCREB in AgRP neurons of control and AgRP- Raf1 -OE mice following 2 mU insulin (icv) stimulation ( n = 3 mice; scale bars, 100 μm). G: Fluorescence intensity quantification of pCREB co-localized with HA/mCherry ( n = 3 mice; AAV-DIO-mCherry, N = 77; AAV-DIO- Raf1 -HA, N = 105). N represents the cell number, and n represents the mouse number. Data are presented as the mean ± standard error of the mean. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, and *** P < 0.001 by unpaired t -tests (A, C, E, and G). Abbreviations: AgRP, agouti-related peptide; CREB, cAMP response element-binding protein; ERK1/2, extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2; icv, intra-cerebroventricular injection; IF, immunofluorescence; MEK1/2, mitogen-activated protein kinase kinases 1 and 2; NCD, normal chow diet; NPY, neuropeptide Y; OE, overexpression; p-CREB, phospho-CREB; p-ERK1/2, phospho-ERK1/2; p-MEK1/2, phospho-MEK1/2; RAF1, v-raf-leukemia viral oncogene 1.

Article Snippet: The membranes were blocked with 5% non-fat milk and incubated overnight at 4 °C with primary antibodies, including mouse anti-RAF1 mAb (1∶1000, Cat. #66592-1-Ig, Proteintech, Wuhan, China), rabbit anti-ERK1/2 polyclonal antibody (1∶500, Cat. #BS2265, Bioworld, China), rabbit anti-ERK1/2 (phospho-T202/Y204) polyclonal antibody (1∶5000, Cat. #AP0484, Bioworld), rabbit anti-MEK1/2 polyclonal antibody (1∶500, Cat. #BS3599, Bioworld), rabbit anti-MEK1/2 (phospho-S2218/222) polyclonal antibody (1∶500, Cat. #BS4733, Bioworld), rabbit anti-CREB1 polyclonal antibody (1∶1000, Cat. #12208-1-AP, Proteintech), anti-CREB (phospho S133) (1∶1000, Cat. #ab32096, Abcam, Cambridge, UK), and mouse anti-β-actin mAb (1∶5000, Cat. #BS6007M, Bioworld).

Techniques: Control, Western Blot, Over Expression, Phospho-proteomics, Knock-Out, Staining, Fluorescence, Binding Assay, Injection, Immunofluorescence