Journal: Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie
Article Title: Inhibiting Lysyl Oxidases prevents pathologic cartilage calcification.
doi: 10.1016/j.biopha.2023.116075
Figure Lengend Snippet: Fig. 6. Proposed mechanism based on the observed results. Increased LOX(L) expression and activity promotes cartilage calcification (Anx, Enpp1, Pit1, Pit2, ALP). Both classical LOX(L) role (matrix cross-links) and non-classical roles are involved. The latter encompass: increased chondrocyte hypertrophy (Runx2, COL10), increased fibrosis (Col1, Col3), increased inflammation (IL-6) and increased oxidative stress (ROS). Finally, cartilage calcification can in turn induce increased LOX (L) activity.
Article Snippet: Collagen 1 (COL1) and Collagen 3 (COL3) expression were evaluated using an anti-COL1 rabbit polyclonal antibody (Boster, PA2140–2) and an anti-COL3 rabbit polyclonal antibody (Origene, AP06517PU-N) respectively.
Techniques: Expressing, Activity Assay