Journal: Scientific Reports
Article Title: Numb mitigates intestinal epithelial cell senescence induced by radiation through a PLK1-dependent pathway
doi: 10.1038/s41598-026-44793-x
Figure Lengend Snippet: Inhibition of Numb expression enhanced radiation-induced senescence in intestinal epithelial cells. (A-C) Immunohistochemical staining of intestinal sections and western blotting using intestinal mucosal extracts to assess active caspase-3, γH2AX, and p21 expression on days 3 and 7 after 13 Gy WAI. Representative images are displayed. Scale bar = 100 μm. Quantitative analysis of the western blotting results are presented in the form of statistical bars on the right panel of the corresponding immunohistochemistry images. n = 3 mice in each group. (D) Frozen sections of the intestine were stained for senescence-associated β-galactosidase (SA-β-gal) activity in intestinal epithelial cells on days 3 and 7 following 13 Gy WAI. SA- β-galactosidase levels were quantified via western blotting using intestinal mucosal extracts and are presented on the right panel. n = 3 mice in each group. The values are presented as the means ± SEMs. ** P < 0.01, * P < 0.05.
Article Snippet: After blocking with TBST containing 5% nonfat dry milk, specific primary antibodies against Numb (Abcam, Ab220362 ), p53 (Abcam, Ab131442 ), p21 (Santa Cruz, sc-377515), p16 (Abcam, ab211542), γH2AX (Santa Cruz, sc-517348), Cyclin B (Santa Cruz, sc-166210), Plk1 (Abcam, ab12157) and β-galactosidase (CST, #27198) were incubated with the membranes at 4 °C overnight, followed by incubation with the respective secondary antibodies.
Techniques: Inhibition, Expressing, Immunohistochemical staining, Staining, Western Blot, Immunohistochemistry, Activity Assay