Journal: Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica. B
Article Title: NAT10 inhibition alleviates astrocyte autophagy by impeding ac4C acetylation of Timp1 mRNA in ischemic stroke
doi: 10.1016/j.apsb.2025.03.042
Figure Lengend Snippet: TIMP1 mediates the detrimental effect of NAT10 on functional recovery in PT mice. (A) Schematic of the experimental timeline. Lentivirus (LV; LV-CRISPR-dCasRx-Nat10 plus LV-gRNA-511 or LV-gRNA-612) was injected into the prospective stroke site in the cortex 7 days prior to stroke. Behavioral performances were examined at the pre-stroke baseline and on Day 7 after stroke. Nissl staining was performed on Day 8 after stroke. (B, C) Representative Nissl-stained sections from PT + scrambled + CRISPR-dCasRx-Nat10, PT + gRNA-511+CRISPR-dCasRx-Nat10, or PT + gRNA-612+CRISPR-dCasRx-Nat10 mice on Day 8 post-stroke. n = 7 animals/group. ∗∗ P < 0.01 vs. the PT + Scr + CRISPR-dCasRx-Nat10 group, one-way ANOVA followed by Holm–Sidak post hoc multiple-comparisons test. (D–F) The effect of co-microinjection of CRISPR-dCasRx-Nat10 and gRNA-511 or gRNA-612 on behavioral recovery on Day 7 after stroke, as measured by the grid-walking test (D), cylinder test of forelimb function (E), and adhesive removal test (F). n = 7 or 8 animals/group. ∗∗∗ P < 0.001 vs. the Sham + PBS group; # P < 0.05, ## P < 0.01, ### P < 0.001 vs. the PT + Scr + dCasRx-Nat10 group; two-way repeated-measures ANOVA followed by Holm–Sidak post hoc multiple-comparisons test. (G, H) Immunoreactivity for astrocytic marker GFAP under different treatment conditions on Day 8 after stroke. n = 6 animals/group. ∗ P < 0.05, ∗∗ P < 0.01 vs. PT + Scr + CRISPR-dCasRx-Nat10 group, one-way ANOVA followed by Holm–Sidak post hoc multiple-comparisons test. Scale bar, 100 μm. (I, J) The effect of co-microinjection of CRISPR-dCasRx-Nat10 and gRNA-511 or gRNA-612 on the expression of GFAP, LC3B-II and p62. The tissue in the peri-infarct region was collected on Day 8 after injury. n = 6 animals/group. ∗ P < 0.05, ∗∗∗ P < 0.001 vs. the Sham + PBS group; # P < 0.05, ## P < 0.01 vs. the PT + Scr + dCasRx-Nat10 group; two-way ANOVA followed by Holm–Sidak post hoc multiple-comparisons test. All data are presented as the mean ± SEM.
Article Snippet: After separation on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels (10% and 12%), the proteins were transferred onto polyvinylidene fluoride membranes with electrophoretic equipment and incubated overnight at 4 °C with rabbit anti-NAT10 antibody (1:1000), mouse anti-NeuN antibody (1:1000), mouse anti-GFAP antibody (1:1000), rabbit anti-C3 antibody (1:1000, ab200999, Abcam), rabbit anti-p62 antibody (1:1000, 18420-1-AP, Proteintech), rabbit anti-LC3B antibody (1:1000, L7543, Sigma–Aldrich), rabbit anti-TIMP1 antibody (1:1000, 26847-1-AP, Proteintech), rabbit anti- β -tubulin antibody (1:3000, 66240-1-Ig, Proteintech) or mouse anti- β -actin antibody (1:3000, 66009-1-lg, Proteintech).
Techniques: Functional Assay, CRISPR, Injection, Staining, Microinjection, Adhesive, Marker, Expressing