Journal: Journal of hazardous materials
Article Title: Regulation of calcium signaling prevents neuronal death mediated by NIST DEP in xenoferroptotic cell death conditions.
doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.137374
Figure Lengend Snippet: Fig. 5. HT22 ferroptotic cell death induced by RSL-3 and NIST DEP is alleviated by inhibition of mitochondrial calcium uptake. (A) PI/Hoechst 33342 double-stained fluorescence images at 40x magnification after 17 hrs exposure to NIST DEP, RSL-3, calcium regulators MCUi4 (5 μM) and CyPPA (10 μM) alone or in combination. Red: dead cells, Blue: nucleus (scale bar =100 μm). (B) Quantitative analysis of PI-positive cells was performed based on 10 fluorescent images per condition (mean ± SD). The percentage of dead cells in the control group was defined as 100 %. (C) MTT assay for the viability of HT22 cells after 17 hrs exposure to NIST DEP, RSL-3, calcium regulators MCUi4 (5 μM) and CyPPA (10 μM) alone or in combination. The cell viability of the control group was defined as 100 %. Statistical analysis was performed using one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s post hoc multiple comparison test. ****p < 0.0001. All experiments were repeated at least three times as biological replicates.
Article Snippet: Ferroptosis inducer RSL-3 (#S8155, Selleckchem, USA), specific ferroptosis inhibitor Ferrostatin-1 (Fer-1; #SML0583, Sigma-Aldrich, Germany), apoptosis inhibitor QVD (#1135695–98–5, MP Biomedicine, USA), mitochondrial L. Zhang et al. Journal of Hazardous Materials 488 (2025) 137374 calcium uniporter (MCU) inhibitor MCUi4 (#7195, Tocris bioscience, UK) and small conductance calcium-activated potassium (SK) channel activator CyPPA (#73029–73–9, Tocris bioscience, UK) were added to HT22 cells for co-treatment.
Techniques: Inhibition, Staining, Fluorescence, Control, MTT Assay, Comparison