Journal: BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Article Title: Notch1 activation of Jagged1 contributes to differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells into endothelial cells under cigarette smoke extract exposure
doi: 10.1186/s12890-022-01913-3
Figure Lengend Snippet: Jagged1 expression is regulated by Notch signaling in mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). A , B Efficiency of Notch-1 knockdown in MSCs by lentiviral vectors harboring shRNA. MSCs were infected with lentiviral vectors GV248-Notch-1-shRNA1, 2, and 3 targeting Notch-1 or a scrambled shRNA vector (Mock) as detailed in Materials and Methods. Notch-1 protein expression was determined by western blotting assays. Notch-1 protein expression was normalized to β-actin levels. * P < 0.05 compared with non-infected MSCs. C – F The Notch signaling pathway was inhibited by incubation with CSE; N1ICD overexpression increased expression levels of Hey1, HeyL, Hes3, and Hes5, which were decreased after transfection with GV248-Notch-1-shRNA2. G , H CSE treatment downregulated Hey1 and Jagged1 expression levels; N1ICD overexpression rescued the decrease in MSCs, whereas the expression levels of Hey1 and Jagged1 were markedly decreased in GV-248-Notch1-shRNA2 transfected MSCs. * P < 0.05 vs. control group, # P < 0.05 vs. CSE group; CSE, cigarette smoke extract
Article Snippet: Fetal bovine serum (FBS), Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium: Nutrient mixture F-12 (D-MEM/F-12, Gibco, USA), bovine serum albumin (BSA), and trypsin/EDTA (Gibco-BRL); EGM-2 Bullet Kit (mixture of ascorbic acid, hydrocortisone, EGF, IGF-I, heparin, VEGF, and FGF2,; Lonza); insulin-transferrin-selenium sodium pyruvate (ITS; Invitrogen); Jagged1 Fc Chimera (599-JG; R&D Systems); rat immunoglobulin G (IgG) (I4131; Sigma Aldrich); PE-mouse anti-Rat CD31 (BD PharmingenTM); anti-Hif-1α antibody (Proteintech); R-PE-conjugated Donkey Anti-Goat IgG(H + L) (Proteintech); anti-Jagged-1 antibody (Affinity); anti-N1ICD antibody (CST); anti-Hey1 antibody (Abcam); anti-VEGF receptor2 antibody (Abcam); anti-Von Willebrand factor (vWF) antibody (Abcam); goat anti-rabbit IgG Alexa Fluor 594 (Invitrogen); TRIzol (Takara, Biotechnology, Dalian, China); 4,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI; Molecular Probes); reverse Q-PCR kit, and RT-PCR kit, protein lysis buffer kit (Beyotime Biotechnology); anti-actin antibody (Sigma); horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-conjugated goat anti-rabbit and goat anti-mouse IgG (Beyotime Biotechnology); Matrigel (Corning); Dual-GLO Luciferase Assay System (Promega); Fugen6 (Roche).
Techniques: Expressing, Knockdown, shRNA, Infection, Plasmid Preparation, Western Blot, Incubation, Over Expression, Transfection, Control