Journal: Molecular Medicine Reports
Article Title: Integrative bioinformatics and experimental analysis reveals FRA1 as a key mediator of tubulointerstitial inflammation in lupus nephritis
doi: 10.3892/mmr.2026.13813
Figure Lengend Snippet: Effect of FRA1 on inflammatory cytokine expression in HK-2 cells. (A) Representative western blots of FRA1 and inflammatory cytokines (IL-1β, IL-6, and IL-8) in HK-2 cells 144 h after transduction with FRA1-OE, FRA1-shRNA or their corresponding controls. (B) Representative western blots of MCP-1, RANTES, TGF-β and TNF-α in HK-2 cells following the same transduction conditions. Densitometric semi-quantification of protein bands normalized to β-actin for: (C) FRA1, (D) IL-1β, (E) IL-6, (F) IL-8, (G) MCP-1, (H) RANTES, (I) TGF-β and (J) TNF-α. Data are presented as the mean ± SEM; n=3 per group; comparisons among subgroups were assessed using the two-sided Kruskal-Wallis test; *P<0.05, **P<0.01 and ***P<0.001. OE, over expression; ns, not significant; sh, short hairpin.
Article Snippet: The primary antibodies used in the present study included: β-actin (1:5,000; cat. no. bs-0061R; BIOSS), FRA1 (1:1,000; cat. no. A5372; ABclonal Biotech Co., Ltd.), IL-1β (1:1,000; cat. no. HA601002 ; clone no. A7F9; HUABIO), IL-8 (1:1,000; cat. no. ab289967; clone no. EPR26511-74; Abcam), RANTES (1:1,000; cat. no. 36467; CST Biological Reagents Co., Ltd.), IL-6 (1:2,000; cat. no. DF6087; Affinity Biosciences, Ltd.), MCP-1 (1:2,000; cat. no. A7277; ABclonal Biotech Co., Ltd.), TNF-α (1:2,000; cat. no. 17590-1-AP; Proteintech Group, Inc.), and TGF-β (1:2,000; cat. no. 81746-2-RR; clone no. 230544B7; Proteintech Group, Inc.).
Techniques: Expressing, Western Blot, Transduction, shRNA, Over Expression