Journal: CNS neuroscience & therapeutics
Article Title: Oral 7,8-Dihydroxyflavone Protects Retinal Ganglion Cells by Modulating the Gut-Retina Axis and Inhibiting Ferroptosis via the Indoleacrylic Acid-AhR-ALDH1A3-FSP1 Pathway.
doi: 10.1111/cns.70442
Figure Lengend Snippet: FIGURE 7 | Effects of 7,8-DHF, gut microbiota disruption, and IDA on AhR-ALDH1A3-FSP1 pathway proteins and oxidative stress in retinal tissues following ONC injury. (a) Representative western blot images for AhR-ALDH1A3-FSP1 pathway proteins. (b–d) Quantification of nAhR, ALDH1A3, and FSP1 levels relative to β-actin. 7,8-DHF increased nAhR and ALDH1A3 levels, which were reduced by antibiotics and restored by IDA. AhR inhibitors decreased nAhR and ALDH1A3, while ALDH1A3 or FSP1 inhibition had no effect on nAhR. FSP1 levels remained unchanged across groups. (e–g) Oxidative stress markers: 7,8-DHF reduced 4-HNE and MDA while increasing GSH levels, effects reversed by antibiotics and restored by IDA. Inhibitors of AhR, ALDH1A3, and FSP1 partially reversed these effects, implicating the AhR-ALDH1A3-FSP1 pathway. Data are mean ± SEM (n = 3). p values were adjusted for multiple testing by the Benjamini Hochberg method. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 vs. ONC; #p < 0.05 vs. ONC + DHF; &p < 0.05, &&p < 0.01 vs. ONC + DHF + Abx; ns (above bars), p > 0.05 vs. ONC + DHF; ns (above horizontal lines), p > 0.05 among groups below the line.
Article Snippet: IDA's impact on ferroptosis proteins and AhR, ALDH1A3, and FSP1 inhibitors was examined in vitro and in vivo using rabbit anti- AhR (1:1000, #SAB4500725, Sigma), rabbit anti- ALDH1A3 (1:1000, #ABN427, Sigma), rabbit anti- FSP1 (1:1000, #A06541- 2, Boster), rabbit anti- GPX4 (1:1000, #SAB5700944, Sigma), rabbit anti- ACSL4 (1:2000, #SAB2100035, Sigma), rabbit anti- SLC7A11 (1:1000, #SAB5700735, Sigma), rabbit anti- GCH1 (1:1000, #PA5- 103865, Invitrogen), rabbit anti- FTH1 (1:500, #ZRB2695, Sigma), rabbit anti- DHODH (1:1000, #SAB2100574, Sigma), rabbit anti- 4- HNE (1:1000, #MA5- 27570, Invitrogen), and rabbit anti- β- actin (1:2000, #AF5003, Beyotime).
Techniques: Disruption, Western Blot, Inhibition