Journal: The FASEB Journal
Article Title: Luminal H 2 O 2 promotes ER Ca 2+ dysregulation and toxicity of palmitate in insulin‐secreting INS‐1E cells
doi: 10.1096/fj.202201237r
Figure Lengend Snippet: FIGURE 5 An intact GPx8 catalytic activity is required for protection against palmitate (PA)-induced ER Ca2+ dysregulation and toxicity. (A) Scheme depicting the Site-Directed Mutagenesis of GPx8 cysteine 79 by serine and cysteine 108 by alanine, respectively. (B) Immunoblot showing the expression of GPx8 mutant variants in stably transfected INS-1E cells compared to control cells. (C) Control INS-1E, GPx8-WT, GPx8C79S, and GPx8C79S/C108A transfected INS-1E cells were incubated under control conditions or with increasing PA concentrations for 24 h. Thereafter, viability was determined by MTT assay. Data are means ± SEM of 4–6 independent experiments; *p < .05, **p < .01, compared with control cells incubated under the same conditions (Student's t-test, unpaired, two-tailed). Average trace of time-dependent changes in ER- (D) and mitochondrial Ca2+ (E) in control and INS-1E cells expressing either GPx8C79S or GPx8C79S/C108A upon perifusion with PA. Data are means ± SEM of 3 independent experiments.
Article Snippet: ER- luminal and mitochondrial Ca2+ fluctuations were measured by site- specific genetically encoded FRET- based Ca2+ biosensor Camelon D1ER and 4mtD3cpv (kind gift from Amy Palmer & Roger Tsien (Addgene plasmid #36325; http://n2t.net/addge ne:36325; RRID: Addgene_36325 and Addgene plasmid #36324; http:// n2t.net/addge ne:36324; RRID: Addgene_36324)).
Techniques: Activity Assay, Mutagenesis, Western Blot, Expressing, Stable Transfection, Transfection, Control, Incubation, MTT Assay, Two Tailed Test