Journal: Stroke and Vascular Neurology
Article Title: Delta opioid peptide [D-ala2, D-leu5]-Enkephalin’s ability to enhance mitophagy via TRPV4 to relieve ischemia/reperfusion injury in brain microvascular endothelial cells
doi: 10.1136/svn-2023-003080
Figure Lengend Snippet: DADLE significantly ameliorates the reduction in TRPV4 expression in primary cultured BMECs caused by OGD/R. ( A ) Expressive detection of δORs in BMECs. Inverted microscope magnification: 100×, scale bar=100 µm; 200×, scale bar=50 µm. Statistical bar shows the ratio of the area of positive dual-staining signal to the area of cells (n=4). ( B ) Localisation of δORs. Laser confocal oil microscope magnification: 600×, scale bar=20 µm (n=3). ( C ) Volcano plot of next-generation high-throughput sequencing (RNAseq): red points represent upregulated genes, and green points represent downregulated genes. ( D ) The Venn diagram shows 43 intersecting genes of the two volcano plots in panel C, including TRPV4. ( E ) Western blotting validated the TRPV4 expressive change (n=4). ( F ) Western blotting examined the effect of different treatments on the expression level of δOR (n=5). Data are presented as mean±SEM and ns indicates no statistical significance, *p<0.05. δOR, δ opioid receptor; BMECs, brain microvascular endothelial cells; DADLE, [D-ala2, D-leu5]-Enkephalin; OGD/R, oxygen-glucose deprivation/reoxygenation; PBS, phosphate-buffered saline; TRPV4, transient receptor potential subfamily V member 4; vWF, von willebrand factor; DAPI, 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole.
Article Snippet: The δOR agonist, DADLE (E7131, Sigma-Aldrich), the TRPV4 agonist, GSK1016790A (HY-19608, MCE) and the TRPV4 antagonist, HC-067047 (HY-100208, MCE) were dissolved in DMSO.
Techniques: Expressing, Cell Culture, Inverted Microscopy, Staining, Microscopy, Next-Generation Sequencing, Western Blot, Saline