Journal: Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity
Article Title: The Regulatory Effect of MicroRNA-101-3p on Disc Degeneration by the STC1/VEGF/MAPK Pathway.
doi: 10.1155/2021/1073458
Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 2: The effect of miR-101-3p upregulation or inhibition on NP cells. (a) The miR-101-3p transfected NP cells confirmed by Cy3, scale bar = 25 μm. (b) The miR-101-3p expression level evaluated by qRT-PCR at 48 h after transfection. n = 3 replicates per group. (c) The cell apoptosis was accessed by flow cytometry. (d) Cell viability by CCK-8. (e) The Col II and MMP 3 expression was detected by immunofluorescence. Scale bar = 50 μm. (f) The expression levels of MMP3 and Col II proteins were detected by western blots. Quantitative analysis is shown on the right. Values presented as mean ± SD. ∗∗∗p < 0:001. NP: nucleus pulposus.
Article Snippet: 5% skim milk was used to block the membranes for 2 h at room temperature, and incubate membranes overnight at 4°C with anti-STC1 antibody (AB_2608564, 1 : 1000, Invitrogen, USA), anti-VEGF antibody (AB_2212682, 1 : 1000, Invitrogen, USA), anti-MMP3 antibody (NB100-91878, 1 : 1000, Novus, USA), anti-Col II antibody (NB600-844, 1 : 1000, Novus, USA), anti-IL-1β antibody (AB_468396, 1 : 1000, Invitrogen, USA), and anti-β-actin antibody (abs118937, 1 : 3000, Absin, China) in 5% bovine serum albumin (BSA) in TBS-T overnight at 4°C.
Techniques: Inhibition, Transfection, Expressing, Quantitative RT-PCR, Cytometry, CCK-8 Assay, Western Blot