Journal: International Journal of Molecular Medicine
Article Title: SPP1 promotes the polarization of M2 macrophages through the Jak2/Stat3 signaling pathway and accelerates the progression of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
doi: 10.3892/ijmm.2024.5413
Figure Lengend Snippet: In vivo inhibition of SPP1 expression can effectively treat IPF in mice. (A) Schematic illustration of the SPP1 inhibitor treatment in an IPF mouse model. (B) Graphical representation of weight changes in three groups of mice. (C) Images of lung tissues from three groups of mice at the end of the experiment (scale bar, 1 cm). (D) Analysis of H&E, Masson and Sirius Red staining of lung tissues from three groups of mice (each dot represents one mouse; scale bar, 200 μ m). (E) Immunofluorescence detection of FAM13A expression in mouse lung tissues (red) (scale bar, 50 μ m). (F) Immunofluorescence analysis of SPP1 (red) expression and localization in lung tissues of normal, IPF and SPP1-inhibitor treated IPF mice, with macrophages (F4/80, green) and cell nuclei (DAPI, blue) (scale bar, 5 μ m). (G) Detection of p-JAK2 (green) and p-STAT3 (green) expression in lung tissues from normal, IPF and SPP1 inhibitor-treated IPF mice, with macrophages (F4/80, red), cell nuclei (DAPI, blue) (scale bar, 5 μ m). Data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation. * P<0.05, ** P<0.01 and *** P<0.001. SPP1, secreted phosphoprotein 1; IPF, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; p-, phosphorylated; BLM, bleomycin; ns, not significant.
Article Snippet: The antibodies used in the experiment included: SPP1 (Proteintech Group, Inc.; cat. no. 22952-1-AP; 1:2,000), COL3A1 (Proteintech Group, Inc.; cat. no. 68320-1-Ig; 1:5,000), E-cadherin (Cell Signaling Technology, Inc.; cat. no. 3195T; 1:1,000), N-cadherin (Cell Signaling Technology, Inc.; cat. no. 4061T; 1:1,000), Vimentin (Cell Signaling Technology, Inc.; cat. no. 5741T; 1:1,000), phosphorylated (p)-JAK2 (ABclonal Biotech Co., Ltd.; cat. no. AP0531; 1:1,000), p-STAT3 (ABclonal Biotech Co., Ltd.; cat. no. AP0705; 1:1,000), JAK2 (ABclonal Biotech Co., Ltd.; cat. no. A11497; 1:1,000), STAT3 (ABclonal Biotech Co., Ltd.; cat. no. A1192; 1:1,000), GAPDH (ABclonal Biotech Co., Ltd.; cat. no. AC002; 1:5,000) and HRP-conjugated secondary antibody (ABclonal Biotech Co., Ltd.; cat. no. AS063; 1:10,000).
Techniques: In Vivo, Inhibition, Expressing, Staining, Immunofluorescence, Standard Deviation