Journal: PLoS ONE
Article Title: Additive Regulation of Adiponectin Expression by the Mediterranean Diet Olive Oil Components Oleic Acid and Hydroxytyrosol in Human Adipocytes
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128218
Figure Lengend Snippet: SGBS cells were treated with scrambled negative control siRNA (siControl), JNK1 siRNA (siJNK1), JNK2 siRNA (siJNK2), or JNK1 plus JNK2 siRNA, for 72 h. The mRNA expression levels of JNK1 and JNK2 were measured by qPCR, normalized to 18S RNA, and expressed as fold induction over scrambled negative control siRNA (A). JNK1 and JNK2 intracellular protein levels were assayed by Western blotting, normalized to β-actin, and expressed as percent of scrambled negative control siRNA (B). Bars represent means ± SD. # p <0.05 versus siControl. After 72 h of transfection, cells were stimulated with 10 ng/mL TNF-α for further 24 h. Adiponectin mRNA were determined by qPCR (C), while adiponectin intracellular and secreted protein levels were determined by Western analysis (D) and ELISA (E), respectively. Bars represent means ± SD. # p <0.05 versus siControl without TNF-α. * p <0.05 versus siControl with TNF-α.
Article Snippet: 3T3-L1 adipocytes grown in 24-well plates on coverslips (Thermanox, ProSciTech, Thuringowa, Queensland, Australia) were pretreated with HT or OA before TNF-α stimulation for 24 h. The specimens were fixed with cold acetone and then incubated overnight with a rabbit polyclonal antibody against adiponectin (Millipore, Billerica, MA, USA).
Techniques: Negative Control, Expressing, Western Blot, Transfection, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay