Journal: Journal of Orthopaedic Translation
Article Title: Upregulation of ACSL1 in synovial macrophages promotes lipid peroxidation via the IκB/NF-κB pathway to accelerate osteoarthritis
doi: 10.1016/j.jot.2025.04.016
Figure Lengend Snippet: Supernatant from macrophages affected chondrocyte homeostasis. (A) Toluidine blue (TB) staining and immunofluorescence staining for COL2, ADAMTS5, and MMP13 in cartilage explants from 3-week-old C57BL/6 mice co-cultured with supernatants from shACSL1-BMDMs (shACSL1 transfection followed by addition of LPS stimulation) and control supernatants (shNC transfection with LPS stimulation). n = 6 per group. Scale bar: 50 μm. (B) Quantification of COL2, ADAMTS5, and MMP13 positive cells in (A). (C) TB staining, SA-β-galactosidase (SA-β-Gal) staining, and immunofluorescence staining for γH2AX in primary chondrocytes treated with supernatants from shACSL1 BMDMs and control. n = 6 per group. Scale bar: 20 μm, 200 μm. (D) Quantification of SA-β-Gal positive cells, γH2AX positive cells, and ROS fluorescence intensity in (C). (E) qRT-PCR analysis of mRNA expression levels of Mmp3, Mmp13, Sox9, and Adamts5 in primary chondrocytes treated with supernatants from shACSL1 BMDMs and control. (F) Western blot analysis of senescence markers (P16, P21), degradation markers (ADAMTS5, MMP13), and synthesis markers (SOX9, COL2) in primary chondrocytes treated with supernatants from shACSL1 BMDMs and control. n = 6 per group. (G) Quantification of protein expression levels normalized to GAPDH in (F). ∗P < 0.05, ∗∗P < 0.01, ns not significant. Data are shown as means ± SD. Statistical significance was determined by unpaired Student's t-test for two-group comparisons.
Article Snippet: Antibodies used for western blotting were: mouse anti-iNOS (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, 1:1000, #sc-7271, USA), rabbit anti-ACSL1 (Proteintech, 1:1000, #13989-1-AP, China), rabbit anti-TNFα (Abcam, 1:1000, #ab6671, USA), rabbit anti-MMP13 (Abcam, 1:1000, #ab39012, USA), rabbit anti-p16 (Proteintech, 1:1000, #10883-1-AP, China), rabbit anti-p21 (Proteintech, 1:1000, #10355-1-AP, China), rabbit anti-SOX9 (Abcam, 1:1000, #ab185966, USA), rabbit anti-p65 (Cell Signaling Technology, 1:1000, #8242, USA), rabbit anti-IκBα (Cell Signaling Technology, 1:1000, #9242, USA), and species-matched horseradish peroxidase-conjugated secondary antibodies (Jackson ImmunoResearch Laboratories, West Grove, PA, USA).
Techniques: Staining, Immunofluorescence, Cell Culture, Transfection, Control, Fluorescence, Quantitative RT-PCR, Expressing, Western Blot