Journal: Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica
Article Title: Tim-1-mediated extracellular matrix promotes the development of hepatocellular carcinoma.
doi: 10.3724/abbs.2024191
Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 6. Tim-1 enhances cytokine secretion in hepatic stellate cells via NF-κB-related signaling pathways A plasmid construct designed to overexpress Tim-1 was generated and transduced into the JS1 cell line via lentivirus. (A) Fluorescence microscopy examination of Tim-1 protein expression in the JS1 cell line following stable overexpression. (B) Western blot analysis confirmed Tim-1 protein overexpression. (C) Quantification of Tim-1 protein levels in (B) by calculating the relative grayscale values using ImageJ. (D) CCK8 assay was used to evaluate cell proliferation before and after Tim-1 overexpression. These Tim-1-overexpressing cells were analyzed for the levels of intracellular Th1-type TNF-α (E), INF-γ (F), and IL-1β (G) and Th2-type TGF-β (H), MMP2 (I), and IL-4 (J) using corresponding ELISA kits. A comprehensive analysis of the bulk RNA-seq data obtained from JS1 cells displaying high Tim-1 expression was performed (n=3 each). (K,L) Heatmaps showing upregulated and downregulated genes. (M,O) GO enrichment analysis of upregulated and downregulated genes. (N,P) KEGG pathway enrichment analysis of upregulated and downregulated genes. (Q) JS1 cells with high Tim-1 expression were subjected to western blot analysis with antibodies against phosphorylated Akt, phosphorylated NF-κB p65, Akt, and NF-κB p65. (R) Quantification of the relative levels of phosphorylated Akt and phosphorylated NF-κB p65 in (Q) by calculating the relative grayscale values via ImageJ. **P<0.01; ***P<0.001.
Article Snippet: The membrane was incubated overnight at 4°C with specific antibodies, including antibodies against Tim-1 (sc-518008; 1:1000) and COL1A2 (sc-393573; 1:1000) (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Santa Cruz, USA), phospho-Akt (Ser473) (1:5000; #4060), Akt (1:1000; #9272), phospho-NF-κB p65 (Ser536) (1:1000; #3033), NF-κB p65 (1:1000; #4764), and GAPDH (1:2000; #5174) (Cell Signaling Technology, Danvers, USA).
Techniques: Protein-Protein interactions, Plasmid Preparation, Construct, Generated, Fluorescence, Microscopy, Expressing, Over Expression, Western Blot, CCK-8 Assay, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, RNA Sequencing