Journal: JACC: Basic to Translational Science
Article Title: c-FLIP Protects Cardiac Microcirculation in Sepsis-Induced Myocardial Dysfunction Via FUNDC1-Mediated Regulation of Mitochondrial Autophagy
doi: 10.1016/j.jacbts.2025.02.016
Figure Lengend Snippet: In the Late Stage of LPS-Induced Injury, JNK Participates in the Regulation of FUNDC1-Mediated Mitophagy by c-FLIP and its Potential Mechanisms (A to G) FUNDC1 mRNA expression and Western blot analysis of mitochondrial autophagy-related proteins. (H and I) Immunofluorescence measures the fusion between mitochondria and lysosomes; mitochondria are stained green, lysosomes red, nuclei blue, and merged mitochondria and lysosomes orange-yellow, indicative of mitochondrial autophagy. (J-M) Co-IP using anti–p-JNK or anti–t-FUNDC1 antibodies followed by immunoblotting with anti–t-FUNDC1 or anti–p-JNK antibodies to assess the interaction between proteins, with IgG serving as a negative control. (N and O) Immunofluorescence staining for observing the colocalization of p-JNK and t-FUNDC1, utilizing confocal microscopy to depict their interactions; p-JNK is stained green, t-FUNDC1 red, nuclei blue, and the colocalization of p-JNK and t-FUNDC1 orange, representing their interactions. Note: n = 3/group; 3 technical replicates (Co-IP done twice); mean ± SEM; analysis of variance with Tukey’s post hoc test. Ad-c-FLIP was used to infect CMECs to overexpress the c-FLIP protein; SP600125 (SP) is a JNK inhibitor, and Ani is a JNK activator. ∗ P < 0.05 vs control group, # P < 0.05 vs LPS + Ad-NC CMECs group, @ P < 0.05 vs LPS + Ad-c-FLIP CMECs group. Abbreviations as in , , , and .
Article Snippet: The samples were then incubated overnight at 4 °C with primary antibodies, including: CD34 (Abcam, ab81289, 1:100), c-FLIP (Affinity Biosciences, DF7010, 1:100), caspase-3 (Proteintech, 66470-2-Ig, 1:100), caspase-9 (Proteintech, 66169-1-Ig, 1:100), endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Sc-376751, 1:100), endothelin 1 (ET-1) (Novus Biologicals, NB300-526, 1:100), vascular endothelial cadherin (VE-cadherin) (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, sc-9989, 1:100), t-FUNDC1 (Bioss Antibodies, Bs-13227R, 1:100), and p-JNK (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, sc-6254, 1:100).
Techniques: Expressing, Western Blot, Immunofluorescence, Staining, Co-Immunoprecipitation Assay, Negative Control, Confocal Microscopy, Control