Journal: Cancers
Article Title: Low-Dose Pesticides Alter Primary Human Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells through ALDH2 Inhibition
doi: 10.3390/cancers13225699
Figure Lengend Snippet: Pesticide exposure for 21 days induces DNA damage in normal BM-MSCs. ( A ) DNA damage with double strand breaks, quantified by ℗-S139-γH2AX immunoreactivity by flow cytometry, increases in BM-MSCs after pesticide exposure for 21 days (left panel, n = 6), as shown in a representative experiment (middle panel). Comet assays reveal increased nucleus DNA migration after exposure of BM-MSCs to pesticides for 21 days, as shown in a representative experiment (right panel). ( B ) ℗-S139 γH2AX, 53BP1, MDC1 triple immunostaining in BM-MSCs indicates a higher number of double positive 53BP1/℗-S139 γH2AX signals in the nucleus of exposed cells (FOCI) and a loss of MDC1 staining. Data are expressed as percent of the control ± SEM; *, p < 0.05; **, p < 0.01; Friedman followed by post hoc Dunn’s multiple comparisons test. Scalebar: 50 µm ( A ) and 10 µm ( B ).
Article Snippet: After 21 days, cells were fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde, permeabilized (PBS/Triton X-100 0.1%, 10 min, room temperature), blocked with gelatin from cold water fish skin 5%, Triton X-100 0.1% (Sigma-Aldrich) in PBS, and were incubated overnight at 4 °C with anti-phospho-S139 γH2AX monoclonal mouse antibody (Abcam) at 1/1000, anti-MDC1 polyclonal rabbit antibody (Novus Biologicals, Centennial, CO, USA) at 1/500 and anti-53BP1 polyclonal goat antibody (R&D systems) at 1/1000, followed by a secondary anti-mouse antibody labeled with TRITC (Jackson Immunoresearch, Ely, UK), Alexa Fluor ® 647 conjugated anti-goat (Jackson Immunoresearch) and FITC-conjugated anti-rabbit (Jackson Immunoresearch) at 1/2000 each at room temperature for 2 h. Fluorescence images were acquired with a Leica TCS SP8 (Leica, Wetzlar, Germany) confocal microscope and analyzed using ImageJ software.
Techniques: Flow Cytometry, Migration, Pesticides, Triple Immunostaining, Staining, Control