Journal: Frontiers in Microbiology
Article Title: The Pseudomonas aeruginosa Secreted Protein PA3611 Promotes Bronchial Epithelial Cell Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition via Integrin αvβ6-Mediated TGF-β1-Induced p38/NF-κB Pathway Activation
doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.763749
Figure Lengend Snippet: PA3611 but not TGF-β1 stimulated avβ6 protein expression. 16HBE14o- and RTE cells were treated with different concentrations of PA3611 (1, 5, and 10 μg/mL) for different durations (12, 24, and 48 h), and αvβ6 expression was detected by Western blotting (A–H) . 16HBE14o- and RTE cells were treated with PBS, TGF-β1 (2 ng/mL), PA3611 (10 μg/mL), and PA3611 (10 μg/mL) + TGF-β1-neutralizing antibody (10 μg/mL) for 48 h, and αvβ6 expression was detected by immunofluorescence staining (I,J) and Western blot (K,L) . The results are representative of three independent experiments. The data are presented as the mean ± SD. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001, vs. the control group; # P < 0.05, ## P < 0.01, ### P < 0.001, vs. the TGF-β1 group.
Article Snippet: Cells were then fixed with 10% formalin, permeabilized with acetone and stained with rabbit anti-α-SMA, -vimentin, - E -cadherin, -ZO-1 or -integrin αvβ6 antibodies followed by Alexa Fluor-488-goat anti-rabbit or Alexa Fluor-568-goat anti-rabbit secondary antibodies (Invitrogen).
Techniques: Expressing, Western Blot, Immunofluorescence, Staining