Journal: PLOS One
Article Title: Cysteine dioxygenase knockout and taurine deficiency impair mouse uterine adenogenesis by inhibiting epithelial cell proliferation and enhancing apoptosis
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0329503
Figure Lengend Snippet: (a-d) 10 days taurine supplementation to the Cdo KO mice (KO+Tau) increases the taurine level (a), the number of uterine glands marked by Foxa2 (b, c) and Foxa2 mRNA levels (d) in the uterine tissue. (e) Western Blot detection and analysis of PCNA protein levels in the uteri of the WT, Cdo KO and KO + Tau mice (n ≥ 3). (f) Western blot detection of BAX/BCL2 protein levels (up) and the analysis of BAX/BCL2 ration (down) in the uteri of the WT, Cdo KO and KO + Tau mice. WT: wild type. KO: Cdo KO. PND: Postnatal day. Scale bar represents 20 μm. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001.
Article Snippet: The membrane was blocked with 5% (w/v) nonfat dry milk in 0.05 mol/L pH 7.4 Tris buffered saline (TBS) for 1 h and incubated with rabbit anti-CDO antibody (ab53436, abcam, Cambridge, UK; 1:2000), mouse anti- proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) antibody (60097–1-Ig, Proteintech Group, Inc., IL, USA; 1:2000), rabbit anti-BCL2-Associated X Protein (BAX) antibody ( T40051 , Abmart Shanghai Co.,Ltd., China, 1:2000), rabbit anti-BCL2-Associated X Protein (BAX) antibody (ab182858, abcam, Cambridge, UK; 1:2000), and internal control rabbit anti-Tubulin antibody (K006154P, Beijing Solarbio Science & Technology Co.,Ltd., China, 1:2000) overnight at 4°C.
Techniques: Western Blot