Journal: The World Journal of Men's Health
Article Title: Blocking TSP1 Ameliorates Diabetes Mellitus-Induced Erectile Dysfunction by Inhibiting the TGF-β/SMAD Pathway
doi: 10.5534/wjmh.240065
Figure Lengend Snippet: LSKL suppresses TSP1/TGF-β/SMAD pathway and fibrosis induced by TSP1 in CCSMCs. (A) Representative immunoblot of p-SMAD2/3, SMAD2/3, and collagen IV in CCSMCs of the four groups after TSP1 treatment. Semi-quantification of the ratio of SMAD2/3 to their phosphorylated forms (B), SMAD2/3 (C), and collagen IV (D) in CC of the four groups. (F) Representative immunoblot of p-SMAD2/3, SMAD2/3, and collagen IV in CCSMCs of the three groups after TSP1 and LSKL treatment. Semi-quantification of the ratio of SMAD2/3 to their phosphorylated forms (E), SMAD2/3 (G), and collagen IV (H) in CCSMCs of the three groups. Representative immunofluorescence (I) and semi-quantification (J) of collagen IV among the groups in CCSMCs. a p<0.05, compared to control; b p<0.05, compared to HG. TSP1: thrombospondin-1, LSKL: Leu-Ser-Lys-Leu, TGF: transforming growth factor, CC: corpus cavernosum, SMCs: smooth muscle cells.
Article Snippet: The membranes were incubated overnight at 4°C with primary antibodies against TSP1 (1:1,000, #37879; Cell Signaling Technology), TGF-β1 (1:1,000, # AB179695 ; Abcam), phospho-SMAD2/3 (Ser1177) (1:500, #8685; Cell Signaling Technology), collagen IV (1:1,000, #19674-1-AP; Proteintech), SMAD2/3 (1:2,000, #8828; Cell Signaling Technology), and β-actin (1:10,000, #66009-1-Ig; Proteintech).
Techniques: Western Blot, Immunofluorescence, Control