Journal: Oncotarget

Article Title: Estrogen/ERα signaling axis participates in osteoblast maturation via upregulating chromosomal and mitochondrial complex gene expressions

doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.23453

Figure Lengend Snippet: Human osteoblast-like U2OS cells were exposed to 10 nM of estradiol for 1, 6, 12, and 24 h. Cell morphology was observed with a light microscope (A) . Cell proliferation was analyzed using a trypan blue exclusion assay (B) . After drug administration, cellular proteins were prepared for immunoblot analyses. Levels of ERα and ERβ were immunodetected (C and E, top panels) . Amounts of β-actin were analyzed as the internal standard (C and E, bottom panels) . These protein bands were quantified and statistically analyzed (D and F) . Each value represents the mean ± SEM for n = 6. The symbol * indicates that the values significantly ( p < 0.05) differed from the respective control group, p < 0.05.

Article Snippet: Briefly, human osteoblast-like U2OS cells, derived from a female osteosarcoma patient, were purchase from Bioresource Collection and Research Center (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

Techniques: Light Microscopy, Trypan Blue Exclusion Assay, Western Blot, Control

Journal: Oncotarget

Article Title: Estrogen/ERα signaling axis participates in osteoblast maturation via upregulating chromosomal and mitochondrial complex gene expressions

doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.23453

Figure Lengend Snippet: Human osteoblast-like U2OS cells were exposed to 10 nM of estradiol for 1, 6, 12, and 24 h. Distribution of the ERα protein in human osteoblasts was immunodetected using an antibody with Cy3-conjugated streptavidin ( A , top panel). Cellular nuclei were stained with 4’,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) (middle panel). The merged signals indicated that the ERα protein had been translocated into nuclei (bottom panel). These merged fluorescent signals were quantified and statistically analyzed (B) . Each value represents the mean ± SEM for n = 6. The symbol * indicates that the value significantly differed from the respective control group, p < 0.05.

Article Snippet: Briefly, human osteoblast-like U2OS cells, derived from a female osteosarcoma patient, were purchase from Bioresource Collection and Research Center (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

Techniques: Staining, Control

Journal: Oncotarget

Article Title: Estrogen/ERα signaling axis participates in osteoblast maturation via upregulating chromosomal and mitochondrial complex gene expressions

doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.23453

Figure Lengend Snippet: Human osteoblast-like U2OS cells were treated with 10 nM of estradiol for 48 h. Total RNA were isolated for analysis of mitochondrial energy metabolism genes using a PCR array, containing 84 genomic genes encoding certain mitochondrial enzymes for ATP synthesis and 12 loading controls (A) . Differential expressions of these genes were measured and shown as a hot map in the order of genes indicated in panel A (B) . Percentages of upregulated, downregulated, and unchanged expressions of these genes were further statistically analyzed (C) . Also, the major genomic complex genes upregulated by estradiol in human osteoblasts were summarized (D) .

Article Snippet: Briefly, human osteoblast-like U2OS cells, derived from a female osteosarcoma patient, were purchase from Bioresource Collection and Research Center (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

Techniques: Isolation

Journal: Oncotarget

Article Title: Estrogen/ERα signaling axis participates in osteoblast maturation via upregulating chromosomal and mitochondrial complex gene expressions

doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.23453

Figure Lengend Snippet: Human osteoblast-like U2OS cells were exposed to 10 nM of estradiol for 1, 6, 12, and 24 h. Distribution of the ERα protein in human osteoblasts was immunodetected using an antibody with Cy3-conjugated streptavidin ( A , top panel). Mitochondria of human osteoblasts were stained with 3,3′-dihexyloxacarbocyanine (DiOC6), a positively charged dye (middle panel). Merged signals indicated that the ERα protein had been translocated into mitochondria (bottom panels). These fluorescent signals were quantified and statistically analyzed (B) . Each value represents the mean ± SEM for n = 6. The symbol * indicates that the value significantly differed from the respective control group, p < 0.05.

Article Snippet: Briefly, human osteoblast-like U2OS cells, derived from a female osteosarcoma patient, were purchase from Bioresource Collection and Research Center (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

Techniques: Staining, Control

Journal: Oncotarget

Article Title: Estrogen/ERα signaling axis participates in osteoblast maturation via upregulating chromosomal and mitochondrial complex gene expressions

doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.23453

Figure Lengend Snippet: Human osteoblast-like U2OS cells were exposed to 10 nM of estradiol for 1, 3, 6, 12, 18, and 24 h. Levels of COX I and II mRNA were analyzed using an RT-PCR ( A and C , top panels). Amounts of β-actin mRNA were assayed as the internal standard (bottom panel). These bands were quantified and statistically analyzed (B and D) . A quantitative real-time PCR analysis was carried out to confirm expression of COX I mRNA in U2OS cells and rat calvarial osteoblasts (E) . Each value represents the mean ± SEM for n = 6. The symbol * indicates that the value significantly differed from the respective control group, p < 0.05.

Article Snippet: Briefly, human osteoblast-like U2OS cells, derived from a female osteosarcoma patient, were purchase from Bioresource Collection and Research Center (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

Techniques: Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction, Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Expressing, Control

Journal: Oncotarget

Article Title: Estrogen/ERα signaling axis participates in osteoblast maturation via upregulating chromosomal and mitochondrial complex gene expressions

doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.23453

Figure Lengend Snippet: Human osteoblast-like U2OS cells were exposed to 10 nM of estradiol for 1, 6, 12, and 24 h. Levels of COX I and II proteins were immunodetected (A and C, top panels) . Amounts of β-actin were analyzed as the internal standard (A and C, bottom panels) . These protein bands were quantified and statistically analyzed ( B and D ). Mitochondria of human osteoblasts were stained with 3,3′-dihexyloxacarbocyanine (DiOC6), a positively charged dye. The mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) of human osteoblasts was determined by quantifying DiOC6-positive signals (E) . The mitochondrial enzyme activity was assayed using a colorimetric method (F) . Cellular ATP levels were quantified using a bioluminescence assay (G) . Each value represents the mean ± SEM for n = 6. The symbol * indicates that the value significantly differed from the respective control group, p < 0.05. FI, fluorescent intensity.

Article Snippet: Briefly, human osteoblast-like U2OS cells, derived from a female osteosarcoma patient, were purchase from Bioresource Collection and Research Center (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

Techniques: Staining, Membrane, Activity Assay, ATP Bioluminescent Assay, Control

Journal: Oncotarget

Article Title: Estrogen/ERα signaling axis participates in osteoblast maturation via upregulating chromosomal and mitochondrial complex gene expressions

doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.23453

Figure Lengend Snippet: Human osteoblast-like U2OS cells were treated with ERα siRNA for 24 and 48 h. Scrambled siRNA was administered to control cells as the negative standard. Levels of ERα were immunodetected ( A , top panel). Amounts of β-actin were analyzed as the internal standard (bottom panel). These protein bands were quantified and statistically analyzed (B) . After knocking-down ERα translation for 24 h, human osteoblasts were treated with estradiol for another 6 h. A quantitative PCR analysis was conducted to determine COX I mRNA expression (C) . Each value represents the mean ± SEM, n = 3. The symbols * and # indicate that a value significantly ( p < 0.05) differed from the control and estradiol-treated groups, respectively.

Article Snippet: Briefly, human osteoblast-like U2OS cells, derived from a female osteosarcoma patient, were purchase from Bioresource Collection and Research Center (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

Techniques: Control, Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Expressing

Journal: Materials

Article Title: The Biocompatibility and Self-Healing Effect of a Biopolymer’s Coating on Zn Alloy for Biomedical Applications

doi: 10.3390/ma16237486

Figure Lengend Snippet: Confocal images of U2OS cells with DAPI-stained nucleus after 7 days of incubation on casein-based layer (2cas1h) on tested materials: ZnMg3.2 alloy ( a ); casein coating (2cas1h) ( b ). Additional 3D visualization from Immaris software (Bitplane Scientific Software; version 10.0.0; Olympus, Zurich, Switzerland) for ZnMg3.2 alloy ( c ), casein coating (2cas1h) ( d ).

Article Snippet: Biological characterization was based on a human osteosarcoma cell line U2OS (cat. No. 92022711; Merck, Rahway, NJ, USA).

Techniques: Staining, Incubation, Software