Journal: American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology
Article Title: Glutathione suppresses TGF-?-induced PAI-1 expression by inhibiting p38 and JNK MAPK and the binding of AP-1, SP-1, and Smad to the PAI-1 promoter
doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00128.2007
Figure Lengend Snippet: AP-1, SP-1, or Smad decoy ODN abrogates GSH inhibitory effect on TGF-β-induced PAI-1 promoter activity and inhibits TGF-β-induced PAI-1 expression. A: NIH/3T3 cells were cotransfected with luciferase reporter constructs driven by 187 bp, 549 bp, or 800 bp of human PAI-1 promoter region, as shown in Fig. 1, and pRL-TK Renilla luciferase reporter construct (transfection control). After transfection, the cells were treated with TGF-β in the presence or absence of GSH (5 mM) for 24 h. The luciferase activities (firefly luciferase and Renilla luciferase) in the cell lysates were determined using the Dual Luciferase Reporter Assay System (Promega), and the results were normalized based on transfection controls in each experiment. a, Significantly different from the corresponding (transfected with the same reporter construct) untreated control; b, significantly different from the corresponding TGF-β-alone treated cells (P < 0.05, n = 5–9). B: NIH/3T3 cells were transfected with p800luc reporter construct and pRL-TK-luciferase construct (transfection control) as well as specific ODN for AP-1, SP-1, or Smad (final concentration 315 nM) as indicated and then stimulated with TGF-β (1 ng/ml) for 24 h in the presence or absence of 5 mM GSH. The luciferase activities in cell lysates were measured as described above. a, Significantly different from the untreated ODN control group (bar 1); b, significantly different from TGF-β-treated ODN control group (bar 5) (P < 0.05, n = 5–9). C: NIH/3T3 cells were transfected with AP-1, SP-1, or Smad ODN at a final concentration of 315 nM and then treated with 1 ng/ml TGF-β in a serum-free medium for 24 h. The conditioned media were collected, and PAI-1 protein was determined by ELISA. a, Significantly different from the untreated control group; b, significantly different from TGF-β-alone treated group (P < 0.05, n = 4).
Article Snippet: The wells were washed and then incubated with 100 µl of 1:5,000 diluted rabbit polyclonal anti-mouse PAI-1 antibody (cat. no. ASMPAI-GF, Molecular Innovations) at 25°C for 30 min. After washing, 100 µl of HRP-conjugated anti-rabbit antibody (1:10,000, Santa Cruz Biotechnology) was added to each well, and the plate was incubated for another 30 min at room temperature.
Techniques: Activity Assay, Expressing, Luciferase, Construct, Transfection, Reporter Assay, Concentration Assay, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay