Journal: International Journal of Molecular Medicine
Article Title: Quercetin reverses TNF-α induced osteogenic damage to human periodontal ligament stem cells by suppressing the NF-κB/NLRP3 inflammasome pathway
doi: 10.3892/ijmm.2021.4872
Figure Lengend Snippet: Reversing effect of Quer on TNF-α-induced suppression of osteogenesis. hPDLSCs were treated with Quer, TNF-α, or their combination for 7 days and/or 21 days in an OIM. (A) Protein levels of COL1, ALP and RUNX2 were measured by western blot analysis on day 7. (B) Band intensities were quantified using ImageJ software. ** P<0.01, *** P<0.001 vs. control; ## P<0.01, ### P<0.001 vs. TNF-α. (C) ALP activity detection following 7 days of osteogenic induction. ** P<0.01 vs. control; ## P<0.01 vs. TNF-α. (D) mRNA expression levels of COL1 and RUNX2 were measured by RT-qPCR day 7. ** P<0.01 vs. control; ## P<0.01 vs. TNF-α. (E) ALP staining detection following osteogenic induction for 7 days (scale bar, 100 μ m). (F) Alizarin Red staining detection following 21 days of osteogenic induction (scale bar, 100 μ m). hPDLSCs, human periodontal ligament stem cells; Quer, quercetin; OIM, osteogenic induction medium; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-α; ALP, alkaline phosphatase.
Article Snippet: Blocking was performed using 5% non-fat dry milk at 22°C for 1 h, then probed with rabbit anti-human GAPDH polyclonal (1:20,000, cat. no. 10494-1-AP; ProteinTech Group, Inc.), rabbit anti-human RUNX2 monoclonal (1:1,000, cat. no. ab23981; Abcam), rabbit anti human-COL1 mono- clonal (1:1,000, cat. no. #84336; Cell Signaling Technology, Inc.), rabbit anti human-ALP monoclonal (1:5,000, cat. no. ab108337; Abcam), rabbit anti human-NLRP3 polyclonal (1:1,000, cat. no. WL02635; Wanlei Biotech Co., Ltd.), rabbit anti human-procaspase-1 polyclonal (1:500, cat. no. WL02996; Wanlei Biotech Co., Ltd., China), rabbit anti human-caspase-1 polyclonal (1:500, cat. no. WL03450; Wanlei Biotech Co., Ltd.), rabbit anti human-phosphorylated (p-)p65 polyclonal (1:500, cat. no. WL02169; Wanlei Biotech Co., Ltd.), rabbit anti human-p-IκBα polyclonal (1:500, cat. no. WL02495; Wanlei Biotech Co., Ltd.), rabbit anti human-IκBα polyclonal (1:500, cat. no. WL01936; Wanlei Biotech Co., Ltd.), rabbit anti human-p65 monoclonal (1:1,000, cat. no. #59674; Cell Signaling Technology, Inc.) at 4°C for 24 h. This was followed by incubation with a horseradish peroxidase-labeled goat anti-rabbit IgG secondary antibody (1:20,000, cat. no. 7074S; Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc.) at room temperature for 1 h. Protein detection was performed using a chemiluminescent HRP (EMD Millipore) and the expression levels of target proteins were analyzed using ImageJ 1.47V software (National Institutes of Health) and normalized to GAPDH expression.
Techniques: Western Blot, Software, Activity Assay, Expressing, Quantitative RT-PCR, Staining