Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Tirzepatide reduces diet-induced senescence and NETosis-mediated liver fibrosis in mice
doi: 10.1101/2025.05.27.656284
Figure Lengend Snippet: a-k, Male C57BL/6J mice were fed CD or HFD for 7 weeks, followed by treatment with TZP or vehicle for the subsequent 10 weeks along with the respective diets ( a ), and bulk RNA-seq was performed on the liver tissue from these mice ( n = 3 per group) ( g-k ). b, Representative images of liver interstitial fibrosis revealed by Masson’s trichrome (left) and quantification of area of interstitial fibrosis (%) (middle) on the FFPE liver sections. Level of liver fibrosis assessed by hydroxyproline content (µg per g liver) (right). For quantification of area of interstitial fibrosis (%), left to right on the bar chart, n = 8, 6, 8, 7. For hydroxyproline assay, left to right on the bar chart, n = 3, 5, 5, 5. Scale bar, 50 µm. c, Representative images of lipofuscin stained by SBB (left) and quantification of area of SBB (%) (right) of the liver sections. Left to right on the bar chart, n = 7, 7, 8, 8. Scale bar, 50 µm. d, Representative Western blots (top) and quantification of CXCL5 levels (bottom) in the liver. RPLP0 served as the loading control. Left to right on the bar chart, n = 4, 4, 5, 5. e, Immunofluorescence staining for neutrophil recruitment (Ly6G + cells) in the liver (left) and quantification of neutrophils in 12 high-power fields (right). Left to right on the bar chart, n = 5, 5, 8, 8. Scale bar, 50 µm. Statistical comparisons were made using two-tailed unpaired t-test ( b,d,e ) or Mann-Whitney test ( c ). * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01 and *** P < 0.001. Data are mean ± s.e.m. f, Single-plane confocal images of neutrophils and NETs in the liver of HFD-fed mice treated with vehicle or TZP. Top, yellow arrows indicate NETs; bottom, non-NETing neutrophils. Regions outlined by the white dotted boxes are magnified on the immediate right. Scale bars, 5 µm (left) and 2 µm (right). g, Principal component analysis of the bulk RNA-seq data from the liver of mice with different treatments. h, Top 20 enriched GO terms based on adjusted p-value in the liver of mice fed HFD with and without TZP treatment. i-k, Heatmap of DEGs in fibrosis-related pathways (extracellular matrix organization, transforming growth factor beta receptor signaling pathway, fibroblast proliferation, collagen biosynthetic process, wound healing) ( i ), lipofuscin-related pathways (autophagosome-lysosome fusion, response to oxidative stress, cellular response to oxidative stress, intrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway in response to oxidative stress, lipid oxidation, macroautophagy, TOR signaling) ( j ), and neutrophil-related pathways (neutrophil activation, neutrophil chemotaxis, neutrophil migration) ( k ).
Article Snippet: To examine the effect of CXCL5 on NETosis, HL-60 were differentiated with DMSO for 6 days, and then exposed to 50 ng/mL recombinant human CXCL5 (PeproTech, 300-22) for 24 hours.
Techniques: RNA Sequencing, Hydroxyproline Assay, Staining, Western Blot, Control, Immunofluorescence, Two Tailed Test, MANN-WHITNEY, Activation Assay, Chemotaxis Assay, Migration