Journal: Frontiers in Aging
Article Title: Metformin mitigates SASP secretion and LPS-triggered hyper-inflammation in Doxorubicin-induced senescent endothelial cells
doi: 10.3389/fragi.2023.1170434
Figure Lengend Snippet: Metformin inhibited DOX-induced upregulation of senescence markers and SA-β-gal activity in endothelial cells. (A) Schematic diagram of the experimental design. Both EA.hy926 endothelial derived cells and HUVECs were treated for 24 h with 0.5 µM DOX ± metformin (0.5–5 mM, added 24 h before DOX). Thereafter, DOX was removed and the cells were incubated in DOX-free media with or without metformin for an additional 72 h for protein expression experiments or 120 h for measurement of SA-β-gal staining. Expression levels of senescence markers including p-p53, p53, and p21 in EA.hy926 cells (B–D), and HUVECs [ (E–G) , respectively] were measured using western blot (n = 4–8). Representative images of western blots are shown. Values were normalized to α-tubulin and expressed relative to cells treated with DOX alone. (H) Images of SA-β-gal staining in control, DOX-treated, and DOX + metformin co-treated cells are shown in HUVECs. Images were analyzed and the percentage of SA-β-gal positive cells were calculated (n = 6–8). Values are presented as means ± SEM. Data were analyzed by one-way ANOVA followed by a Dunnet’s multiple comparisons test or non-parametric Kruskal–Wallis tests followed by Dunn’s post hoc test ; * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, **** p < 0.0001. Schematic diagram created with BioRender.com .
Article Snippet: Primary mouse antibodies against p53 (catalog 2,524, 1:1000 dilution) and primary rabbit antibodies against phospho-p53 (Ser15) (catalog 9284, 1:1000 dilution), p21 (catalog 2,947, 1:1000 dilution), MMP-3 (catalog 14,351, 1:1000 dilution), ICAM-1 (catalog 4915, 1:1000 dilution), phospho-SAPK/JNK (Thr183/Tyr185) (catalog 4668, 1:1000 dilution), SAPK/JNK (catalog 9252, 1:1000 dilution), phospho-p38 (Thr180/Tyr182) (catalog 4511, 1:1000 dilution), p38 (catalog 8690, 1:1000 dilution), AMPK alpha (catalog 2,532, 1:1000 dilution), phospho-NF-κB p65 (catalog 3033, 1:1000 dilution), and alpha-tubulin (catalog 2144, 1:1000 dilution) were purchased from Cell Signaling Technology (Danvers, MA, United States).
Techniques: Activity Assay, Derivative Assay, Incubation, Expressing, Staining, Western Blot, Control