Journal: Frontiers in immunology
Article Title: Blockade of XCL1/Lymphotactin Ameliorates Severity of Periprosthetic Osteolysis Triggered by Polyethylene-Particles.
doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01720
Figure Lengend Snippet: FIGURE 6 | Effect of XCL1 on osteoblast activation and function. (A) Effect of XCL1 on the gene expression of inflammatory and osteoclastogenic factors in differentiated osteoblasts. Results represent the means ± SEM of triplicates and *indicates a significant difference, as determined by the Tukey’s multiple comparisons test (p ≤0.05). (B) Effects of stimulation by recombinant proteins on NFKB, SAPK/JNK, P42/p44-MAPK (Erk1/2), and P38- activities. Human osteoblasts were cultured in a differentiation medium supplemented with either XCL1 or TNFα (positive control) and harvested for the gene expression analysis by qRT-PCR or for protein analysis by western blotting.
Article Snippet: For the XCL1-induced osteolysis model, collagen sponges of the single layer type (PELNAC, Tokyo, Japan) were soaked in 1 or 2 μg of recombinant mouse XCL1 (R&D system) or PBS (n = 6 for each group) and transplanted subcutaneously onto the calvariae for 7 days (13).
Techniques: Activation Assay, Gene Expression, Recombinant, Cell Culture, Positive Control, Quantitative RT-PCR, Western Blot