Journal: NPJ Aging
Article Title: Human fibroblasts from aged individuals exhibit chromosomal instability through replication stress caused by oxidative stress
doi: 10.1038/s41514-025-00299-w
Figure Lengend Snippet: A Cells were synchronized by RO-3306 for 12 h, released and treated with MG132 for 3 h, and either fixed directly or after cold treatment for 10 min. Cells were stained with an antibody against α-tubulin, and relative fluorescence intensity on the spindle at 10 min compared with that at 0 min was quantified for 5–7 cells for each cell. The average value of four young or old individuals at the time 0 is set to 1. P -value was obtained using the Student’s t -test. B Cells were treated with NAC for 48 h. Relative fluorescence intensity was quantified as in ( A ) for 10-24 cells for each cell. C Cells were supplemented with nucleosides for 48 h. Relative fluorescence intensity was quantified as in ( A ) for 10-27 cells for each cell. D Cells were treated with UMK57 for 24 h. Relative fluorescence intensity was quantified as in (A) for 10-28 cells for each cell. E Cells were treated with UMK57 for 24 h, fixed, and stained with DAPI. 251-534 cells were counted for each cell. The average value of four young or old individuals at the time 0 is set to 1. F Cells were treated as in ( D ), fixed, and stained with an antibody against γ-H2AX. 49-70 cells were analyzed for each cell and displayed as box and dot plots. P -values were obtained using the Steel-Dwass multiple comparison test. G Cells were treated as in ( D ), and fixed and stained with an antibody against 53BP1. 261-416 cells were analyzed for each cell. H Schematic of the mechanism of CIN in fibroblasts from aged individuals suggested in this study. See text for details. In all the graphs, red, blue, or black-filled circles represent skin fibroblasts, while yellow-filled circles represent lung fibroblasts. In ( B ), ( C ), ( D ), ( E ), and ( G ), P -values were obtained using the Tukey–Kramer multiple comparison test. Error bars represent S.D. n.s., not statistically significant. Scale bars: 5 μm.
Article Snippet: For nucleoside supplementation, a mix of deoxycytidine (Tokyo Chemical Industry, D3583), deoxyadenosine (Tokyo Chemical Industry, D0046), thymidine (Tokyo Chemical Industry, T0233) and deoxyguanosine (Tokyo Chemical Industry, D0052) was applied at 20 μM for 48 h. Rabbit polyclonal antibodies for 53BP1 (NOVUS Biologicals, NB100-304) and PICH (ERCC6L; Proteintech, 15688-1-AP) were used for immunofluorescence at 1:1,000.
Techniques: Staining, Fluorescence, Comparison