Journal: iScience
Article Title: Protective effect of Zymosan-A against radiation-induced premature ovarian insufficiency in a murine model
doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2026.115027
Figure Lengend Snippet: The TLR2-NF-κB signaling pathway plays a critical role in the radioprotective effect of Zymosan-A (A) Heatmap of differential gene expression between wild-type mice and Zymosan-A mice. (B) Scatterplot of differently expressed genes in ovary tissue after Zymosan-A treatment. Each dot stands for a gene. Red and green color dots indicate an increase or decrease, respectively. (C) Pathway enrichment analysis of KEGG pathways within the core network. (D) RNA level to verify the expression of DEGs, including TLR2, CCL3, CCL5, AKT1, MYD88, and IκBκB. (E) The expression of TLR2-NF-κB pathway-related proteins. (F) The serum E2 level, AMH level, FSH level, and LH level were measured at TLR2 KO + IR + NS group and TLR2 KO + IR + Zymosan-A group. (G) The cell viability in siTLR2 + NS + IR group and siTLR2 + Zymosan-A + IR group (error bars represent the mean ± SD of independent experiments; N.S., no statistical difference, ∗ p < 0.05, ∗∗ p < 0.01, ∗∗∗ p < 0.001; n = 3).
Article Snippet: The following antibodies were used: TLR2 (Cat no: 17236-1-AP, 1:1000, Proteintech), BCL-2 (Cat no: 60178-1-Ig, 1:1000, Proteintech), BAX (Cat no: 60267-1-Ig, 1:1000, Proteintech), PCNA (Cat no: 13110, 1:1000, CST), Cleaved Caspase-3 (Cat no: 9661, 1:1000, CST) and GAPDH (Cat no:5174, 1:1000, CST), p -IKKα/β (Cat no: 2697, 1:1000, CST), p-P65 (Cat no: 3033, 1:1000, CST), TLR2 (Cat no: 66645-1-Ig, 1:1000, Proteintech), Myd88 (Cat no: 50010, 1:1000, CST).
Techniques: Gene Expression, Expressing