Journal: Frontiers in Immunology
Article Title: The role of the C5a-C5aR pathway in iron metabolism and gastric cancer progression
doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1522181
Figure Lengend Snippet: C5a-C5aR promoted LCN2 expression via activation of ER stress in macrophages. PMA pre-treated THP-1 cells and RAW264.7 cells were stimulated with 100 ng/mL C5a for 48 hours. In certain experiments, cells were pretreated with 10 nM C5aRA or 250 ng/mL ER stress antagonist, 4-Phenylbutyric acid (4-PBA). After the 48-hour incubation period, cell samples were harvested for subsequent western blotting and quantitative RT-PCR analysis to detect LCN2 and ER stress related markers (CHOP, GRP78 and activating transcription factor 4, ATF4). (A) Relative gene expression of LCN2, ATF4, CHOP and GRP78 in THP-1 cell treated with different group (Control, C5a or C5a+C5aRA) were examined by QRT-PCR (n=3). (B) Protein levels of GRP78, CHOP and LCN2 in THP-1 cell treated with different group (Control, C5a or C5a+C5aRA) were examined using western blot analysis. (C) Relative gene expression of ATF4, CHOP, GRP78 and LCN2 in THP-1 cell treated with different group (Control, C5a or C5a+4-PBA) were examined by QRT-PCR (n=3). (D) Protein levels of GRP78, CHOP and LCN2 in THP-1 cell (Control, C5a or C5a+4-PBA) were examined using western blot analysis. (E) Relative gene expression of ATF4, CHOP, GRP78 and LCN2 in RAW264.7 cell treated with different group (Control, C5a or C5a+C5aRA) were examined by QRT-PCR (n=3). (F) Protein levels of GRP78, CHOP and LCN2 in RAW264.7 cell treated with different group (Control, C5a or C5a+C5aRA) were examined using western blot analysis. (G) Relative gene expression of ATF4, CHOP, GRP78 and LCN2 in RAW264.7 cell treated with different group (Control, C5a or C5a+4-PBA) were examined by QRT-PCR (n=3). (H) Protein levels of GRP78, CHOP and LCN2 in RAW264.7 cell treated with different group (Control, C5a or C5a+4-PBA) were examined using western blot analysis. Statistical analyses were executed with one-way ANOVA test. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation (SD). Significance levels were set at p<0.05 (denoted by *), p<0.01 (denoted by **), p<0.001 (denoted by ***), and p<0.0001 (denoted by ****).
Article Snippet: For immunohistochemistry staining, the expression of C5aR, LCN2, GRP78 and CHOP in mice tumor tissues and human gastric tissues was detected with a monoclonal rabbit anti-human/mouse C5aR antibody (1:200, Proteintech, Cat#21316-1-AP), LCN2 antibody (1:200, Proteintech, Cat#26991-1-AP), GRP78 antibody (Beyotime Biotechnology, Cat#AF0171), CHOP antibody (1:200, Beyotime Biotechnology, Cat#AF6684),.
Techniques: Expressing, Activation Assay, Incubation, Western Blot, Quantitative RT-PCR, Control, Standard Deviation