Journal: Neural Regeneration Research
Article Title: Porcine decellularized nerve matrix hydrogel attenuates neuroinflammation after peripheral nerve injury by inhibiting the TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB axis
doi: 10.4103/NRR.NRR-D-24-00302
Figure Lengend Snippet: TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB pathway plays an indispensable role in regulating pDNM-gel-mediated macrophage polarization and anti-inflammatory reactions in vitro . (A) WB detection of TLR4, MyD88, p-NF-κB, NF-κB, p-IκBα, and IκBα in RAW264.7 cells treated with LPS (100 ng/mL) + pDNM-gel (0.5%) for 24 hours, followed by the addition of CRX-527 (500 µM), TAK242 (100 nM), CL075 (2 µM), or T6167923 (100 µM) for another 24 hours. (B–E) Quantitative analysis of the expression levels of these four proteins from A. (F, G) Co-staining of CD68 (red) with iNOS (green) or Arg1 (green) in the LPS + pDNM-gel, LPS + pDNM-gel + CRX-527, LPS + pDNM-gel + TAK242, LPS + pDNM-gel + CL075, and LPS + pDNM-gel + T6167923 treatment groups. Nuclei were stained with DAPI (blue). Scale bars: 10 μm. (H, I) Quantification of the fluorescence intensity of iNOS and Arg1 from F and G. (J, K) Flow cytometry detection of M1-type and M2-type macrophages in each group. (L, M) Quantitative analysis of the percentages of double-positive CD68 + CD86 + and CD68 + CD206 + cells from J and K. (N, O) qRT-PCR analysis of the mRNA expression of pro-inflammatory signature genes TNF-α , IL-1 β, and IL-6 , and anti-inflammatory signature genes IL-4 , IL-10 , and TGF- β, in each group. (P, Q) ELISAs of inflammatory cytokine levels in RAW264.7 cell culture supernatants in each group. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM from three independent assays in vitro ; * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001. Arg1: Arginase 1; CD206: cluster of differentiation protein 206; CD68: cluster of differentiation protein 68; CD86: cluster of differentiation protein 86; DAPI: 4′,6-Diamidino-2-phenylindole; ELISA: Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; IL-10: interleukin-10; IL-1β: interleukin-1β; IL-4: interleukin-4; IL-6: interleukin-6; iNOS: inducible nitric oxide synthase; IκBα: nuclear factor kappa B inhibitory protein alpha; LPS: lipopolysaccharides; MyD88: myeloid differentiation factor 88; NF-κB: nuclear factor-κB; n.s,: not significant; pDNM-gel: porcine decellularized nerve matrix hydrogel; p-IκBα: phosphorylated nuclear factor kappa B inhibitory protein alpha; p-NF-κB: phosphorylated nuclear factor-κB; qRT-PCR: quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction; TGF-β: transforming growth factor-beta; TLR4: Toll-like receptor 4; TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor-alpha.
Article Snippet: Then, the medium was added with one of the following agonists/inhibitors and treated the cells for a further 24 hours: 500 μM CRX-527 (InvivoGen, Toulouse, France, Cat# tlrl-crx527), 100 nM TAK242 (MedChemExpress, Monmouth Junction, NJ, USA, Cat# HY-11109), 2 μM CL075 (MedChemExpress, Cat# HY-117066), or 100 μM T6167923 (MedChemExpress, Cat# HY-19744; Additional Figure 3 ).
Techniques: In Vitro, Expressing, Staining, Fluorescence, Flow Cytometry, Quantitative RT-PCR, Cell Culture, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Reverse Transcription, Polymerase Chain Reaction