Journal: Frontiers in Pharmacology
Article Title: Huanshaodan regulates microglial glucose metabolism reprogramming to alleviate neuroinflammation in AD mice through mTOR/HIF-1α signaling pathway
doi: 10.3389/fphar.2024.1434568
Figure Lengend Snippet: The expression levels of p-mTOR/mTOR ratio, HIF-1α, and IL-1β in BV2 cells tested by western blot, the levels of GLU, LD, ATP, LDH and PDH quantified by biochemical test kit and the levels of polarization biomarkers of CD86 and CD206 detected by flow cytometry, the expression levels of IL-6 and TNF-α in BV2 cells tested by ELISA. (A) Blotting of p-mTOR, mTOR and HIF-1α protein in BV2 cells in each group; (B, C) Expression levels of p-mTOR/mTOR ratio and HIF-1α in BV2 cells in each group. (D) GLU content analysis chart; (E) LD content analysis chart; (F) ATP content analysis chart; (G) . LDH activity analysis graph; (H) PDH activity analysis graph. (I) Flow cytometry analysis charts; (J) Flow cytograms of BV2 cells in each group; (K) Blotting of IL-1β protein in BV2 cells in each group; (L) Expression level of IL-1β in BV2 cells in each group. (M, N) Expression level of IL-6 and TNF-α in BV2 cells in each group. Model group compared with control group * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, HSD-containing serum-treated group compared with the model group $ p < 0.05, $$ p < 0.01, $$$ p < 0.001, Reverse validation group compared with the HSD-containing serum-treated group & p < 0.05, && p < 0.01, &&& p < 0.001.
Article Snippet: The main materials that were used in this study were LPS (L8880, Solarbio), MHY1485 (MHY) (M9050-5MG, AbMole), RIPA buffer (high) (R0010, Solarbio), primary antibodies β-Actin and CD86 (42kDa, BM0627; 70kDa, BM4121, BOSTER), Arg1 and mTOR (40kDa, GB11285-100; 289kDa, GB111839-100, Servicebio), p-mTOR and HIF-1α (289kDa, 5536T; 120kDa, 48085S, Cell Signaling Technology), IL-1β (31kDa, 16806-1-AP, Proteintech), Horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-linked secondary antibodies against rabbit and mouse IgG of the primary antibodies (ZB-2301; ZB-2305, Beijing Zhong Shan-Golden Bridge Biological Technology), Glucose (GLU) Assay Kit, Lactic Acid (LD) assay kit, ATP assay kit, Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) assay kit (A154-1-1; A019-2-1; A095-1-1; A020-2-2, Nanjing Jiancheng Bioengineering Institute), Pyruvate Dehydrogenase (PDH) Activity Assay Kit (E-BC-K650-M, Elabscience), BCA Protein Assay Kit (PC0020, Solarbio), ELISA Kit for Hexokinase 2 (HK2) activity based on enzyme standard of HK2, ELISA Kit for Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha (TNF-α) (MM-45418M1; MM-0132M1, MEIMIAN), ELISA Kit for Interleukin 6 (IL-6) (E-MSEL-M0001, Elabscience) and ELISA Kit for Pyruvate kinase isozymes M2 (PKM2) (SEA588Mu, Cloud Clone Corp), Cell Staining Buffer, PE Anti-Mouse F4/80 Antibody [CI:A3-1], PE/Cyanine7 Anti-Mouse CD86 Antibody [GL-1], Intracellular Fixation/Permeabilization Buffer Kit and APC Anti-Mouse CD206 Antibody (E-CK-A107; E-AB-F0995D; E-AB-F0994H; E-CK-A109; E-AB-F1135E, Elabscience).
Techniques: Expressing, Western Blot, Flow Cytometry, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Activity Assay, Control, Biomarker Discovery