Journal: NPJ Science of Food
Article Title: Haematococcus pluvialis ameliorates renal fibrosis by restoring mitophagy via PINK1-Parkin-p62-LC3 signaling
doi: 10.1038/s41538-025-00654-x
Figure Lengend Snippet: A Blue: Nuclei. Purple: Mitochondrial. Red: PINK1/Parkin/p62/LC3B. IF staining was performed to detect PINK1, Parkin, p62, and LC3B protein levels (magnification: 100×, scale bar: 15 μm). B Colocalization analysis of p62, LC3B, and mitochondria was performed using ImageJ software. C Colocalization Pearson correlation coefficient analysis were obtained based on IF images of p62 and LC3B ( n = 6). D Western blot analysis of PINK1 and LC3B expression in renal cortical tissues from different experimental groups. Quantification of gray values for Western blotting results in ( D ) was performed using ImageJ ( n = 3). E Blue: Nuclei. Red: E-cadherin/N-cadherin/Vimentin. IF assay was performed to detect E-cadherin, N-cadherin and Vimentin protein levels (magnification: 100×, scale bar: 15 μm). F Quantitative analysis of fluorescence intensity using ImageJ software ( n = 6). G ELISA quantification of CTGF and PDGF secretion in HK-2 cells ( n = 3). H Western blot analysis of E-cadherin, N-cadherin and Vimentin expression in TGF-β1-induced HK-2 cells. Quantification of gray values for Western blotting results in ( H ) was performed using ImageJ ( n = 3). I Representative flow cytometry plots showing the detection of MMP. J Quantitative analysis of flow cytometry fluorescence intensity of ROS ( n = 3). * p < 0.05 vs. Con group, # p < 0.05 vs. TGF-β1 group. a p < 0.05 vs. HP group, b p < 0.05 vs. AST group.
Article Snippet: The cells were then resuspended in 1× JC-1 (C2003S, Beyotime, Shanghai, China) staining solution or 50 μM ROS staining solution (KeyGen Biotech Co., Ltd., Jiangsu, China), and incubated at 37 °C in the dark for 20 and 30 min followed by two washing steps with HBSS.
Techniques: Staining, Software, Western Blot, Expressing, Fluorescence, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Flow Cytometry