Journal: Frontiers in endocrinology
Article Title: Acute endurance exercise modulates growth differentiation factor 11 in cerebrospinal fluid of healthy young adults.
doi: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1137048
Figure Lengend Snippet: FIGURE 1 An acute bout of endurance exercise (90 min run) modified the levels of GDF11 in cerebrospinal fluid but not in circulation of healthy trained volunteers. GDF11 levels were assessed by immunoblotting, using three different primary antibodies: (A) GDF11-specific N-terminus antibody (CSF, n=12/12, B/R, p=0.046); (B) GDF11-specific C-terminus antibody (CSF, n=13/13, B/R, p=0.008); (C) GDF11/8 antibody (CSF, n=12/12, B/R, p=0.065); (D) GDF11-specific N-terminus antibody (serum, n= 14/14/14, B/0/R); (E) GDF11-C-terminus antibody (plasma, n=13/13/13, B/0/R); (F) GDF11- specific N-terminus antibody (plasma, n=14/14/13, B/0/R); Due to the lack of space, molecular weight ladders are not visible in Figures 1D–F and therefore, the molecular weights of GDF11 are in this case approximate, based on our validation studies of antibodies. B, Basal, before run; R, after run; A.U., signal intensity; GDF, Growth Differentiation Factor. Immunoblotting of all samples was performed under identical conditions. Statistical differences were analysed using paired Student’s t-test. *p<0.05, **p<0.01, #p<0.1 (A–C).
Article Snippet: To corroborate the findings, GDF11 C-terminus specific monoclonal antibody was used (recombinant human GDF11 aa299-407, 1:1000, R&D systems, MAB19581, USA) (sample set B, n=13; overlap between A & B sample sets: n=7, Supplementary Figure 1B).
Techniques: Western Blot, Clinical Proteomics, Molecular Weight, Biomarker Discovery