Journal: Biomedicines
Article Title: Reversal of Myofibroblast Apoptosis Resistance and Collagen Deposition by Phaseoloidin-Induced Autophagy Attenuates Pulmonary Fibrosis
doi: 10.3390/biomedicines13112679
Figure Lengend Snippet: PTPN13 mediated by phaseoloidin links autophagy and apoptosis. ( A ) Western blot analysis of PTPN13 levels in FasL and different dose phaseoloidin co-treated myofibroblasts ( left ) and quantification of the PTPN13 band intensity ( right ). ( B ) Western blotting reflects the CO-IP assay of PTPN13 binding to p62 under co-treatment with FasL and phaseoloidin or CQ. ( C ) Western blot analysis of PTPN13 levels in FasL and 100 μM phaseoloidin co-treated primary mouse myofibroblasts in the presence or absence of CQ ( top ) and quantification of the PTPN13 band intensity ( bottom ). ( D ) Flow cytometry was used to detect the percentage of apoptosis in the above experimental groups. ( E ) Flow cytometry was used to detect the percentage of apoptosis in groups with or without vector-PTPN13. Data in this figure represent the means ± S.D. (* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, **** p < 0.0001).
Article Snippet: A total of 10% of the proteins electrophoresed on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis gels were transferred to PVDF membranes (Bio-Rad) and 5% ( w / v ) skim milk with TBS buffer containing 0.1% ( v / v ) Tween 20 (TBST) TBS buffer for blocking. β-ACTIN monoclonal antibody (1:5000, Proteintech, Wuhan, China), α-SMA monoclonal antibody (1:1000, CST, USA), Caspase3 polyclonal antibody (1:1000, Proteintech, China), collagen I polyclonal antibody (1:1000, Millipore, USA), Bcl-2 polyclonal antibody (1:1000, Proteintech, China), BAX polyclonal antibody (1:1000, Proteintech, China), PTPN13 polyclonal antibody (1:1000, RD, Minneapolis, MN, USA), p70S6K polyclonal antibody (1:1000, CST, USA), elf-4B polyclonal antibody (1:500, ABclonal, Wuhan, China), mTOR monoclonal antibody (1:1000, CST, USA), Pho-mTOR monoclonal antibody (1:1000, CST, USA), AMPK monoclonal antibody (1:1000, CST, USA) and Pho-AMPK monoclonal antibody (1:1000, CST, USA) were incubated overnight at 4 °C.
Techniques: Western Blot, Co-Immunoprecipitation Assay, Binding Assay, Flow Cytometry, Plasmid Preparation