Journal: Molecular Biomedicine
Article Title: Deleting fibroblast growth factor 2 in macrophages aggravates septic acute lung injury by increasing M1 polarization and inflammatory cytokine secretion
doi: 10.1186/s43556-024-00203-0
Figure Lengend Snippet: FGF2 deletion in macrophages aggravates lung injury in CLP mice. a - c Clodronate liposomes were injected intravenously to deplete macrophages, followed by quantification of F4/80 + spleen cells using flow cytometry to measure macrophage clearance. * p < 0.05 vs. control. d - f Levels of the inflammatory cytokines IL1β, TNFα, and IL6 in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) from the four groups were quantified via ELISA. The four groups were Clo + WT + Sham, Clo + WT + CLP, Clo + FGF2 KO + Sham, and Clo + FGF2 KO + CLP. g The lung wet-to-dry weight ratios were measured in the four groups. h - i The total cells and total protein in BALF were evaluated in the four groups. j The OD value of Evans blue in the lung tissues from the four groups. k - l HE staining of lung tissue from the four groups and their Smith score. (m-o) Blood gas analysis was performed using abdominal aortic blood from the four groups. Bar is 250 μm. * p < 0.05 vs. WT; Δ p < 0.05 vs. WT + LPS; # p < 0.05 vs. FGF2 KO
Article Snippet: Briefly, BMDM were stimulated with 10 ng/ml LPS or 10 ng/ml IL4 for 24 h. After fixation with 4% paraformaldehyde (Cat No.BL539A, Labgic, Beijing, China) for 10 min, the cells were blocked with normal goat serum (Cat No. A7007, Beyotime, Jiangsu, China) for 30 min at room temperature, followed by incubation with either FGF2 antibody (1:100, Cat No. MA00121, Boster, Wuhan, China) or P65 antibody (1:500, Cat No.8242, CST, USA) for 1 h at 37 °C.
Techniques: Liposomes, Injection, Flow Cytometry, Control, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Staining