Journal: FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
Article Title: Nuclear protein-1 is the common link for pathways activated by aging and obesity in chondrocytes: A potential therapeutic target for osteoarthritis
doi: 10.1096/fj.202201700RR
Figure Lengend Snippet: Oxidation of IRE1 induces Nupr1 and MMP production in human chondrocytes. (A) Human chondrocytes were treated with 25 μM of menadione for 0, 15, 30, 60,90, and 120 min, respectively, and probed for P-IRE1(Y628 or S724), total IRE1(T-IRE1), XBP1s, Nupr1, Nrf2, P-p38, and total p38 (T-p38) antibodies, respectively. (B) Human chondrocytes treated with 25 μM of menadione for 0-120 min were assessed for IRE-1:SOH by immunoblot. Densitometric analyses for protein levels of IRE-1:SOH (C) were performed on blots obtained from three independent experiments similar to the one shown in panel B. Data are shown as mean ± standard deviation of the mean. (D) Human chondrocytes were treated with 25 μM of menadione for 0 and 30 min, and probed for P-IRE1(Y628 or S724), T-IRE1, XBP1s, Nupr1, Nrf2, P-p38, and T-p38 antibodies, respectively. Inhibitors (10 μM of p38i or 60 nM of 4μ8C were added to the cells 1 h prior to the treatments as needed. (E) Human chondrocytes were transfected with control siRNA or siRNA specific for nupr1, and then treated with 25 μM of menadione overnight and probed for Nupr1, P-IRE1 (Y628), XBP1s, and Nrf2, respectively. Conditioned medium was probed for MMP3 and ADAMTS5. (F) Human chondrocytes were treated with 25 μM of menadione overnight and probed for P-IRE1(Y628 or S724), XBP1s, Nupr1, Nrf2, ATF4, CHOP, and cytochrome C (CytoC) respectively. Conditioned medium was probed for MMP3 and ADAMTS5. Inhibitors (60 nM of 4μ8C or 1 mM of PBA) were added into the cells 1 h prior to the treatments as needed. Blots were stripped and reprobed with GAPDH as a loading control. For conditioned medium, blots were stripped and reprobed with ADAMTS5 as a loading control.
Article Snippet: The following antibodies were used for immunohistochemistry: rabbit polyclonal anti-Nupr1 (bs-7106R from Bioss); rabbit monoclonal anti-CC3 (9664 from Cell Signaling Technology), and rabbit monoclonal anti-MMP3 (ab52915 from Abcam).
Techniques: Western Blot, Standard Deviation, Transfection, Control