Journal: Journal of Medical Biochemistry
Article Title: Antioxidative behavior of a2-macroglobulin in intervertebral disc degeneration
doi: 10.5937/jomb0-39557
Figure Lengend Snippet: α2M stimulation decreased ROS, MMP13, and ADAMTS4 of severely degenerated NP tissue. We cultured severely degenerated NP tissue in α2M (50, 150, 200 nmol/L) growth medium for 3 days. The protein expression level of α2M was determined by (A) IHC (magnification: 200×) and (B) quantification analysis. (C) Total ROS level of NP tissue. (D) The content of MMP13 and ADAMTS4 was assayed by ELISA. The values are mean ± SD of three independent experiments. (*P<0.05, **P<0.01)
Article Snippet: Additionally, α2M from human plasma (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA) was used to reverse HOCl.
Techniques: Cell Culture, Expressing, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay