Journal: The Journal of Biological Chemistry
Article Title: The antiviral protein viperin regulates chondrogenic differentiation via CXCL10 protein secretion
doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA119.007356
Figure Lengend Snippet: TGF-β/SMAD2/3 activity is controlled by the viperin secretome and CXCL10. At day 5 in ATDC5 chondrogenic differentiation, viperin expression was either reduced by transfection of a viperin-specific siRNA duplex (Viperin siRNA) or a scrambled control siRNA duplex (Scrambled siRNA) or further induced by transfection of a p3xFLAG-viperin plasmid (FLAG-Viperin) or the empty p3xFLAG plasmid (FLAG-empty). The cells were then further differentiated until day 7, and viperin expression levels were determined ( A ). Conditioned culture supernatants (CM) from these day 7 cultures were collected. Proliferating ATDC5 were used as a TGF-β/SMAD2/3 bioassay by co-transfecting a CAGA-12 firefly luciferase TGF-β/SMAD3 reporter and pGluc-CMV plasmid. The TGF-β/SMAD2/3 bioassay was then exposed to the CM supernatants for 24 h, and supernatant and cells were collected for bioluminescence analyses. Firefly bioluminescence was normalized to the Gaussia signal ( B ). Gene expression of downstream TGF-β target genes Pai1 and Smad7 was determined on samples from B /C ( C and D ). ATDC5 cells were differentiated and co-transfected with a CAGA-12 firefly luciferase TGF-β/SMAD3 reporter and pGluc-CMV plasmid on day 5 in chondrogenic differentiation. At day 6 in differentiation, the cells were exposed to 0.5, 5, 50, or 200 ng/ml recombinant mouse CXCL10 for 24 h until day 7. Culture supernatant and cells were collected for bioluminescence analyses. Firefly bioluminescence was normalized to the Gaussia signal ( E ). ATDC5 cells were differentiated until day 5 and then exposed to 0.5, 5, 50, or 200 ng/ml mouse CXCL10 until day 7. Protein extracts were separated by SDS-PAGE and electroblotted on membranes, followed by pSMAD2C immunodetection. GAPDH was used as a loading control ( F ). All quantitative data were acquired from four biological replicates. RT-qPCR data were normalized to β-actin mRNA levels, and individual normalized values are presented in dot plots. Bioluminescence data are presented as normalized RLUs. RLUs of controls were set at 1, and RLUs of conditions were calculated relative to the control RLUs. For statistical evaluation, an independent samples t test was performed relative to the corresponding controls using GraphPad Prism 5. The p values are indicated, and error bars represent means ± S.E. Graphs are representative examples of three individual experiments.
Article Snippet: To determine CXCL10 protein concentrations in media, the mouse CXCL10/IP-10/CRG-2 DuoSet ELISA (R&D catalog no. DY466) and the human CXCL10/IP-10 Duoset ELISA (R&D catalog no. DY266) were utilized according to the manufacturer's protocol.
Techniques: Activity Assay, Expressing, Transfection, Control, Plasmid Preparation, Bioassay, Luciferase, Gene Expression, Recombinant, SDS Page, Immunodetection, Quantitative RT-PCR