Journal: Journal of Sport and Health Science

Article Title: Influence of diet-induced obesity and voluntary exercise training on cardiac lipids and mitochondrial function in mice

doi: 10.1016/j.jshs.2025.101095

Figure Lengend Snippet: Voluntary exercise alters left ventricle gene and protein expression related to mitochondrial biogenesis and dynamics in high fat- and chow-fed mice. (A) Western blot analysis to assess purity of crude mitochondria isolation where left ventricle mitochondrial pellet expresses mitochondrial marker TOM70 and COXIV and supernatant expresses calnexin. Protein expression of (B) LCLAT1 and (C) MFN2 in left ventricle-isolated crude mitochondria and (D) LCLAT1, (E) PGC-1α, and (F) MFN2 in left ventricle tissue from male VET or sedentary mice fed an HFD or chow diet. Left ventricle mRNA expression of (G) OPA1 and (H) DRP1 in male VET or sedentary mice fed an HFD or chow diet. Values were calculated relative to 18S housekeeper. Calnexin and β-actin were used as internal controls of protein loading in left ventricle samples and COXIV as internal control of protein loading in crude mitochondria samples. Analysis was performed using two-way analysis of variance with Tukey’s post hoc test for multiple comparisons. Data are expressed as mean ± standard error of the mean. (B–C) n : 5–6 per group. (D–F) n = 7 per group. (G and H) n = 9 per group. CE = chow exercise; CS = chow sedentary; COXIV = cytochrome c oxidase subunit 4; DRP1 = dynamin-related protein 1; HE = high fat diet exercise; HFD = high fat diet; HS = high fat diet sedentary; LCLAT1 = lysocardiolipin acyltransferase 1; MFN2 = mitofusin-2; OPA1 = optic atrophy 1; PGC-1α = peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator-1α; TOM70 = translocase of outer mitochondria membrane 70; VET = voluntary exercise training.

Article Snippet: Immunoblotting was performed with antibodies against lysocardiolipin acyltransferase 1(LCLAT1, PA5-25627; Thermo Fisher Scientific), PGC-1α (ab191838; Abcam, Cambridge, UK), MFN2 (PA5-118059; Thermo Fisher Scientific), ANP (sc-18811; Santa Cruz, Dallas, TX, USA), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα, 3707; Cell Signaling, Danvers, MA, USA), phosphorylated adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK, 2531; Cell Signaling), AMPKα (2532; Cell Signaling), Perilipin 5 (PA1-46215; Thermo Fisher Scientific), translocase of outer mitochondria membrane 70 (TOM70, 65675; Cell Signaling), cytochrome c oxidase subunit 4 (COXIV, 4844; Cell Signaling), and calnexin (208880; Merck, Rahway, NJ, USA).

Techniques: Expressing, Western Blot, Isolation, Marker, Control, Membrane

Journal: Regenerative Therapy

Article Title: Prednisolone attenuates the immunomodulatory capacity and reshapes the functional phenotype of canine adipose-derived mesenchymal stromal cells

doi: 10.1016/j.reth.2026.101184

Figure Lengend Snippet: Effects of prednisolone on macrophage polarization and regulatory T (Treg) cell induction mediated by cADSCs. (a) Representative flow cytometry plots showing cluster designation (CD) 80 and CD206 expression in CD14 + DH82 cells. Cells cultured alone under control conditions or stimulated with interleukin (IL)-4/IL-13 or lipopolysaccharide (LPS)/interferon (IFN)-γ are shown, together with DH82 cells co-cultured with cADSCs pretreated with prednisolone at the indicated concentrations (0–100 μM) under LPS/IFN-γ stimulation. (b) Quantitative analysis of macrophage subsets, defined as CD14 + CD80 + CD206 - , CD14 + CD80 − CD206 + , CD14 + CD80 + CD206 + , and CD14 + CD80 − CD206 - cells. IL-4/IL-13 stimulation was included as an M2-polarizing control, whereas LPS/IFN-γ stimulation induced M1-like polarization. (c) Representative flow cytometry plots showing CD25 and Foxp3 expression in CD4 + T cells after co-culture of PBMCs with cADSCs pretreated with prednisolone. Red boxes indicate CD25 + Foxp3 + Treg cells. (d) Quantification of CD25 + Foxp3 + Treg cells within the CD4 + T-cell population. Data are presented as mean ± SD from three independent experiments using cADSCs derived from three independent donors. * p < 0.05 vs. control or PBMCs alone; † p < 0.05 vs. LPS/IFN-γ.

Article Snippet: To induce macrophage polarization, either a combination of 50 ng/mL lipopolysaccharide (LPS; Sigma-Aldrich) and 20 ng/mL recombinant canine interferon (IFN)-γ (R&D Systems), or a combination of 40 ng/mL recombinant human interleukin (IL)-4 (Thermo Fisher Scientific) and 40 ng/mL recombinant human IL-13 (Thermo Fisher Scientific), was added to the cultures, followed by incubation at 37 °C in 5% CO 2 for 72 h. At the end of the co-culture period, cells were collected, washed with FACS buffer, and incubated on ice with canine Fc receptor binding inhibitor.

Techniques: Flow Cytometry, Expressing, Cell Culture, Control, Analysis, Co-culture Assay, Derivative Assay