Journal: Molecular Therapy
Article Title: Targeting Rap1b signaling cascades with CDNF: Mitigating platelet activation, plasma oxylipins and reperfusion injury in stroke
doi: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2024.09.005
Figure Lengend Snippet: Post-stroke systemic administration of CDNF reduced GPVI expression in PRP and downregulated ERK-cPLA 2 -TXA 2 signaling transduction in circulating platelets (A) Timetable of experiment. The rats underwent dMCAo surgery, and they were divided into two groups randomly. Fifteen minutes after reperfusion, the animals received an s.c. injection of either CDNF or PBS (vehicle). PRP or washed platelet samples were collected at 6 h and 1 day post-surgery. Behavioral functions were evaluated on days 2, 7, and 14 post-stroke. Rats were sacrificed for analysis at different time points. (B and C) By using flow cytometry, it was observed that CDNF treatment suppressed the elevated expression of GPVI + /CD61 + in PRP at 6 h after dMCAo. (C) Quantitation of GPVI + /CD61 + expression in PRP derived from naive, CDNF alone, dMCAo + vehicle and dMCAo + CDNF groups. n = 5–6 per group. ∗∗∗ p < 0.001 by Tukey’s multiple comparisons test, following one-way ANOVA. (D–F) Western blot analysis revealed that systemic administration of CDNF suppressed the upregulated expressions of p-ERK (E) and p-cPLA 2 (F) in washed platelets at 6 h post-stroke. cPLA 2 or ERK was used as an internal control for normalization. The statistical analysis of the results is presented as a fold change relative to the naive group. ∗∗ p < 0.01, ∗∗∗ p < 0.001 indicates comparison with the dMCAo + vehicle group by Dunnett’s multiple comparisons test, following one-way ANOVA. (G–I) The activity of p-cPLA 2 as well as production of TXB 2 and 12-HETE in washed platelets at 6 h after dMCAo were measured using ELISA. The findings revealed that CDNF treatment suppressed stroke-upregulated cPLA 2 activity (G) and the production of TXB 2 by platelets (H), while it had no effect on the synthesis of platelet 12-HETE (I). ∗ p < 0.05, ∗∗ p < 0.001, Holm-Šidák multiple comparisons test, following one-way ANOVA. The mean ± SEM of three independent experiments is shown.
Article Snippet: The platelet samples were then labeled with anti-P-selectin-PE (1:100 for human sample– BD Biosciences), anti-TMRM-PE (1:100 for human sample– BD Invitrogen), anti-CD61-PerCP (1:150 for human sample– BD Biosciences), anti-P-selectin-PE (1:100 for animal sample– Bio-Rad), or anti-CD61-FITC (1:100 for animal sample– Invitrogen) for 30 min in the dark and fixed with 0.1% formaldehyde.
Techniques: Expressing, Transduction, Injection, Flow Cytometry, Quantitation Assay, Derivative Assay, Western Blot, Control, Comparison, Activity Assay, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay