Journal: iScience
Article Title: FOXE1 promotes the progression of pulp inflammation by activating PANoptosis in dental pulp cells
doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2026.115204
Figure Lengend Snippet: Mixed infection with S.m. and F.n. induced PANoptosis in DPCs (A–H) Dental pulp cells were infected with S.m. (MOI = 100), F.n. (MOI = 100), or a combination of S.m. (MOI = 100) and F.n. (MOI = 100) or treated with PBS (negative control, NC) for 8 h. (A) Dental pulp cells were treated with PBS, S.m. , F.n. , or a combination of S.m. and F.n. ( n = 5 experiments in each group), and cell death was quantified by measuring LDH release. (B) Dental pulp cells were treated with PBS, S.m. , F.n. , or a combination of S.m. and F.n . Treated DPCs were stained with PI, fixed, counterstained with DAPI, and visualized under a microscope. Scale bars, 100 μm. (C) Quantification of the proportions of PI-positive cells in B ( n = 6 experiments in each group). (D) Dental pulp cells were treated as indicated and analyzed by flow cytometry. (E) PANoptotic DPCs were quantified by determining the percentages of PI + /annexin V + cells ( n = 3 experiments in each group). (F) The protein levels of cleaved caspase-3 p17, cleaved GSDMD NT, and p -MLKL were assessed by Western blot. (G) Immunofluorescence staining of PANoptotic markers in infected DPCs, as visualized using a confocal microscope. Scale bars, 10 μm. (H) Quantification of PANoptotic cell proportions in DPCs treated with PBS, S.m. , F.n. , or a combination of S.m. and F.n. ( n = 8 samples in each group), corresponding to (G). Data are represented as mean ± SEM. ∗∗ p < 0.01, ∗∗∗ p < 0.001, and ∗∗∗∗ p < 0.0001 by one-way ANOVA (A, C, and E) or by Kruskal-Wallis test (H).
Article Snippet: The following primary antibodies were used in this study: human and mouse vimentin (1:200, #ab92547, Abcam), human cleaved caspase-3 (1:100, #9664, CST), human cleaved GSDMD (1:100, #36425, CST), human p-MLKL (1:100, #PA5-105678, Invitrogen), mouse cleaved caspase-3 (1:100, #BF0711, Affinity), mouse cleaved GSDMD (1:100, #ab255603, Abcam), mouse p-MLKL (1:100, #ab196436, Abcam) and mouse FOXE1 (1:50, #55363-1-AP, Proteintech).
Techniques: Infection, Negative Control, Staining, Microscopy, Flow Cytometry, Western Blot, Immunofluorescence