Journal: Veterinary Research
Article Title: DAD3 targets ACE2 to inhibit the MAPK and NF-κB signalling pathways and protect against LPS-induced inflammation in bovine mammary epithelial cells
doi: 10.1186/s13567-022-01122-0
Figure Lengend Snippet: Effects of ACE2 silencing and DA and DAD3 treatment on the expression levels of components of the MAPK and NF-κB pathways. A, B BMEC were treated with either control siRNA (scrambled) or ACE2-siRNA for 24 h, followed by treatment with 0.5 μg/mL LPS for 24 h. After washing with PBS, cells were treated with 20 μg/mL DA or 20 μg/mL DAD3 for 24 h. The phosphorylation levels of p38, JNK1/2/3, ERK1/2 and IκB-α (p-p38, p-JNK, p-ERK1/2 and p-IκB-α) were determined by Western blotting. Activation of NF-κB pathway was indicated by p-IκB-α, an indicator for the activation of NF-κB. The band intensity of all detected proteins was normalized to β-actin and the expressions of p-p38, p-JNK, and p-ERK1/2 were normalized to p38, JNK, and ERK1/2, respectively. A DA treatments on the expression levels of components of the MAPK and NF-κB pathways; B DAD3 treatments on the expression levels of components of the MAPK and NF-κB pathways. All data were represented as the mean ± SEM ( n = 3). ns, represents no significant difference ( p > 0.05); * represents p < 0.05; ** represents p < 0.01; and *** represents p < 0.001.
Article Snippet: BMEC were cultured to the logarithmic growth phase in 6-well plates (1 × 10 5 cells/well) and incubated for 12 h. Samples were then fixed in 4% formaldehyde for 15 min and permeated with 0.5% TritonX-100 for 10 min. Next, samples were blocked with 5% BSA for 1 h, incubated with anti-ACE2 primary antibody (1:500), followed by CY3-labeled fluorescent secondary antibody (1:1000, bs-0295G-Cy3, Goat anti-rabbit, Polyclonal, Bioss, Beijing, China) for 2 h. Finally, samples were washed three times with PBS followed by incubation with DAPI (100 ng/mL) for 5 min in the dark.
Techniques: Expressing, Western Blot, Activation Assay