Journal: Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
Article Title: Recruitment of Brd3 and Brd4 to acetylated chromatin is essential for proinflammatory cytokine-induced matrix-degrading enzyme expression
doi: 10.1186/s13018-019-1091-3
Figure Lengend Snippet: The recruitment of Brd3 and Brd4 to the chromatin responsible for IL-1β- or TNF-α-induced transcription. a – d Human chondrocytes were pretreated with or without I-BET151 (1 μM), followed by addition of vehicle, IL-1β (10 ng/ml) or TNF-α (10 ng/ml) for 6 h, and ChIP assays were performed for Brd3. e – h Human chondrocytes were pretreated with or without I-BET151 (1 μM), followed by addition of vehicle, IL-1β (10 ng/ml) or TNF-α (10 ng/ml) for 6 h, and ChIP assays were performed for Brd4. The quantitative analysis of targeted promoter regions was determined by real-time PCR using specific primers for MMP1 , MMP3 , MMP13 , and ADAMTS4. Relative fold-change values were calculated in comparison with the vehicle control that was set to 1 ( n = 2)
Article Snippet: The primary antibodies used were rabbit polyclonal anti-Brd4 (1:1000; Cell Signaling Technology), rabbit monoclonal anti-Brd2 (1:1000; Abcam), mouse monoclonal anti-Brd3 (1:500; Abcam), and anti-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) (1:1000; Santa Cruz Biotechnology, INC).
Techniques: Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction