Journal: American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Article Title: Enhanced large conductance K + channel activity contributes to the impaired myogenic response in the cerebral vasculature of Fawn Hooded Hypertensive rats

doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00636.2013

Figure Lengend Snippet: Comparison of BK-α- and BK-β-subunit expression in cerebral vessel homogenates isolated from FHH and FHH.1BN rats. BK-α- and BK-β-subunits were probed on different blots. The same blots were then reprobed for β-actin. A: representative bands corresponding to the molecular weight of the BK-α-subunit (∼100 kDa), BK-β-subunit (∼25 kDa), and β-actin (∼42 kDa) in cerebral vessels obtained from FHH and FHH.1BN rats (n = 8 animals each; 3 sets of experiments). B: a comparison of the expression of α- and β-subunits. Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of samples studied.

Article Snippet: After transfer, the membrane was blocked with TBS-T buffer containing 20 mM Tris pH 7.5, 150 mM NaCl, 0.05% Tween, and a 5% blocking powder (Bio-Rad) at 4°C for 1 h. The blot was probed with primary antibody against BK α- and β-subunit [1:500 and 1:200, respectively; polyclonal rabbit Anti-K Ca 1.1, to amino acids 1184–1200 and Anti-sloβ1 (KCNMB1); Alomone Labs, Jerusalem, Israel] overnight at 4°C.

Techniques: Expressing, Isolation, Molecular Weight

Journal: Bioactive materials

Article Title: Calcium phosphate-based materials regulate osteoclast-mediated osseointegration.

doi: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2021.05.003

Figure Lengend Snippet: Fig. 5. Effect of Ca/P ratio in CPC on RANKL-RANK signaling. (a) Immunofluorescence analysis of RANK expression (red) in osteoclasts on surface of CPC scaffold. (b) Concentration of RANK was analysis by ELISA. The concentration of RANK was measured after inducing BMMs for 1 days. (c) Affinity between RANKL and RANK was measured in BIAcore T200 system. Human-RANK anchored on the chip was applied to interact with the human-RANKL dissolved into the CPC extract. The vehicle means MEM-α medium. (d) 1.67CPC promoted RANKL-induced phosphorylation of NF-κB p65, and degradation of IκBα. (e) p-p65 and (f) IκBα intensity of Western blot bands was calculated with normalizing to β-actin. The untreated medium was treated as control. (g–l) Relative mRNA expression of osteoclast was measured after inducing BMMs for 7 days in CPC extract. BMMs cultured with untreated medium was treated as control. (*P ＜ 0.05, **P ＜ 0.01,***P ＜ 0.001).

Article Snippet: The concentration of RANK was measured by Mouse RANK ELISA Kit (Boster Biological Technology, China), according to the manufacturer’s instructions and the total protein concentration was measured by BCA Protein Assay Kit (Beyotime, China), which was used to normalize the expression of RANK.

Techniques: Immunofluorescence, Expressing, Concentration Assay, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Phospho-proteomics, Western Blot, Control, Cell Culture

Journal: Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)

Article Title: Inosine Prevents Colorectal Cancer Progression by Inducing M1 Phenotypic Polarization of Macrophages.

doi: 10.3390/molecules30010123

Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 1. Inosine promoted macrophage polarization toward the M1 phenotype. (A) RAW264.7 cells were treated with inosine (0–40 mM) for 24 h; then, an MTT assay was performed to observe cell viability. RAW264.7 cells were administrated with inosine (1.25, 2.5, and 5 mM) in the absence or presence of LPS+IFN-γ or IL-4. (B,C) The proportions of CD86 and CD206-positive cells were determined by a flow cytometer. (D,E) The expression levels of CD86 and CD206 mRNA were detected by RT-qPCR. (F–H) Levels of CD86 and iNOS were measured by WB. Compared to the control group: * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001; Compared with the LPS+IFN-γ induced M1 group: # p < 0.05, ## p < 0.01, ### p < 0.001; Compared with the IL-4 induced M2 group: ∆∆∆p < 0.001.

Article Snippet: Primary antibodies against CD86 (1:1000, 26903-1-AP, Proteintech, Wuhan, China), iNOS (1:300, 22226-1-AP, Proteintech, Wuhan, China), β-actin (1:2000, GB15003-100, Servicebio, Wuhan, China) and secondary antibody against HRP Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG (1:5000, AS014, ABclonal, Wuhan, China) were used, respectively.

Techniques: MTT Assay, Flow Cytometry, Expressing, Quantitative RT-PCR, Control

Journal: Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)

Article Title: Inosine Prevents Colorectal Cancer Progression by Inducing M1 Phenotypic Polarization of Macrophages.

doi: 10.3390/molecules30010123

Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 4. Effects of inosine on immune factors in the CT26 tumor microenvironment. (A) Effect of inosine on Ki-67 expression in tumor tissues (Scale: 100 µm; 400× and 200×). (B) Statistics of Ki-67 protein positive expression in tumor tissues (n = 3). (C) Fluorescence co-localization fluorogram of M1- type macrophage marker F4/80 + CD86 (scale: 100 µm; 200×). (D) F4/80 + CD86 expression statistics in tumor tissues. (E) M2 type macrophage marker F4/80 + CD206 fluorescence co-localization fluorogram (scale: 100 µm; 200×). (F) F4/80 + CD206 expression statistics in tumor tissues. Note: 5-Fu are 5-Fu (12 mg/kg) groups. IS-L and IS-H are inosine low and high-dose (5 mg/kg and 50 mg/kg) groups, respectively. Yellow arrows represent positive positions. Compared with the model group: ## p < 0.01; Compared with the 5-Fu group: △p < 0.05.

Article Snippet: Primary antibodies against CD86 (1:1000, 26903-1-AP, Proteintech, Wuhan, China), iNOS (1:300, 22226-1-AP, Proteintech, Wuhan, China), β-actin (1:2000, GB15003-100, Servicebio, Wuhan, China) and secondary antibody against HRP Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG (1:5000, AS014, ABclonal, Wuhan, China) were used, respectively.

Techniques: Expressing, Fluorescence, Marker