Journal: Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity

Article Title: Pro-BDNF Contributes to Hypoxia/Reoxygenation Injury in Myocardial Microvascular Endothelial Cells: Roles of Receptors p75 NTR and Sortilin and Activation of JNK and Caspase 3

doi: 10.1155/2018/3091424

Figure Lengend Snippet: Effects of the anti-pro-BDNF antibody on apoptosis, migration, and capillary-like-structure formation among MMECs after exposure to HG and H/R. (a) Effects of pro-BDNF on apoptosis were analyzed by flow cytometry of MMECs after different treatments: control, H/R, H/R + anti-pro-BDNF, and H/R + vehicle. (b, c) The functional effects of pro-BDNF on MMECs were assessed by capillary-like-structure formation and cell scratch assays. (d) Relative apoptosis levels and fold changes are expressed in relation to the control group. The H/R group showed markedly increased relative apoptosis levels, decreased capillary-like-structure formation, and reduced cell migration when compared with the control group. These effects were reversed by treatment with the anti-pro-BDNF antibody to the levels similar to those in the control group. The data were subjected to one-way ANOVA. The error bars represent SEM. ∗ P < 0.05 as compared with the control group; # P < 0.05 as compared with the H/R group or the H/R + vehicle group.

Article Snippet: After blocking in 5% fat-free dry milk, antibodies against pro-BDNF (Alomone, 1 : 400), BDNF (Abcam, 1 : 500), P75 (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Santa Cruz, CA, USA; 1 : 100), sortilin (Abcam, 1 : 500), JNK (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, 1 : 100), cleaved caspase 3 (Asp175, Cell Signaling Technology, 1 : 1000), caspase 3, and β -actin (Santa Cruz Biotechnology) were employed.

Techniques: Migration, Flow Cytometry, Control, Functional Assay

Journal: Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity

Article Title: Pro-BDNF Contributes to Hypoxia/Reoxygenation Injury in Myocardial Microvascular Endothelial Cells: Roles of Receptors p75 NTR and Sortilin and Activation of JNK and Caspase 3

doi: 10.1155/2018/3091424

Figure Lengend Snippet: Effects of the anti-pro-BDNF antibody on the expression of p75 NTR and sortilin and apoptosis-related proteins. (a) Representative immunofluorescent images of pro-BDNF (red, first column), p-JNK (green, second column), BDNF (red, fourth column), JNK (green, fifth column), sortilin (red, seventh column), and p75 NTR (green, eighth column) in groups control, H/R, H/R + anti-pro-BDNF, and H/R + vehicle. (b–e) Representative Western blots and quantitative analysis of pro-BDNF, BDNF (b), p75 NTR , sortilin (c), JNK, p-JNK (d), caspase 3 and cleaved-caspase 3 expression (e) in response to different treatments. All the data were normalized to β -actin, and fold changes are expressed in relation to the control group. Exposure of MMECs to H/R resulted in significantly higher expression levels of pro-BDNF, p75 NTR , and sortilin and in activation of JNK and caspase 3 as compared with MMECs maintained under normal conditions (control). Nonetheless, there were no significant differences in BDNF, JNK, and caspase 3 expression levels after H/R. Treatment with the anti-pro-BDNF antibody significantly reversed the increase in the protein expression of pro-BDNF, p75 NTR , sortilin, p-JNK, and cleaved caspase 3 in MMECs after exposure to HG and H/R (H/R + anti-pro-BDNF). The data were subjected to one-way ANOVA. The error bars represent SEM. ∗ P < 0.05 as compared with the control group; # P < 0.05 as compared with the H/R or H/R + vehicle group.

Article Snippet: After blocking in 5% fat-free dry milk, antibodies against pro-BDNF (Alomone, 1 : 400), BDNF (Abcam, 1 : 500), P75 (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Santa Cruz, CA, USA; 1 : 100), sortilin (Abcam, 1 : 500), JNK (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, 1 : 100), cleaved caspase 3 (Asp175, Cell Signaling Technology, 1 : 1000), caspase 3, and β -actin (Santa Cruz Biotechnology) were employed.

Techniques: Expressing, Control, Western Blot, Activation Assay