Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: The dietary emulsifier polysorbate-80 induces lipid accumulation and cell death in intestinal epithelial cells via ferroptosis
doi: 10.1101/2025.08.29.673091
Figure Lengend Snippet: (a) ROS by H₂DCFDA flow cytometry. Left: FITC-A (H₂DCFDA, 488) fluorescence (a.u.) density histograms (bi-exponential) for live singlets after 0, 1, 3, 6, 10, 24 h with 0.25% p80 vs NT. Right: ROS MFI (FITC), normalized to NT (=1). % ROS-positive (FMO-defined) is provided in Supplementary Fig. 6. (b) Confocal ROS images of HT29 cells after 1 h and 3 h 0.25% p80; ROS, green; nuclei, Hoechst (blue). Scale bar, 100 µm. (c) Seahorse XF Cell Mito Stress Test after 3 h p80. Bars show OCR (pmol O₂·min⁻¹) parameters: basal respiration, maximal respiration, proton leak, spare respiratory capacity, non-mitochondrial OCR, and ATP production. (d) ΔΨm by JC-1 flow cytometry. Left: FITC (530/30; JC-1 monomers, green) and PE-TxRed (610/20; JC-1 aggregates, red) histograms (bi-exponential) for live singlets. Right: JC-1 red/green ratio = median(PE-TxRed 610/20 ÷ FITC 530/30) per cell, normalized to NT (=1). Detail on Supplementary Fig. 6. (e) Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) ultrastructure of HT29 cells treated with 0.25% p80 for 3, 6 and 10 h; orange arrows mark mitochondria structural changes. Scale bar, 1 µm. (f) Lipid peroxidation by BODIPY 581/591 C11. Left: density histograms (bi-exponential) for live singlets showing oxidized (FITC 530/30) and non-oxidized (PE 585/42) C11 signals over 0–24 h after 0.25% p80 vs NT). Detail on Supplementary Fig. 6. (g) Confocal BODIPY 581/591 C11 at 1, 3, and 6 h: oxidized (green, 510 nm) and non-oxidized (red, 590 nm); nuclei Hoechst. Scale bar, 200 µm. Unless stated otherwise, graphs show mean ± SD from ≥3 independent experiments. One-way ANOVA (Tukey): *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001, ***p < 0.0001 vs NT.
Article Snippet: Human intestinal epithelial cell lines HT29 (ATCC HTB-38), C2BBe1 (ATCC CRL-2102) and DLD-1 (ATCC CCL-221), were obtained from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC).
Techniques: Flow Cytometry, Fluorescence, Transmission Assay, Electron Microscopy