Journal: International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Article Title: Cell-Penetrating Delivery of Nitric Oxide by Biocompatible Dinitrosyl Iron Complex and Its Dermato-Physiological Implications

doi: 10.3390/ijms221810101

Figure Lengend Snippet: Cell viability assay of the ( a ) mouse skin melanoma (B16-F10) and ( b ) human skin keratinocyte cells (HaCaT) cells, respectively, treated with different concentrations of DNIC-2 for 24 h **** p < 0.001 compared to the group without treatment of DNIC-2 . ( c ) Cell viability assay of the reconstructed human epidermis (RhE) model treated with PBS, 5% SDS, and 50 μM of DNIC-2 , respectively. ( d ) Cell viability assay of the reconstructed human cornea-like epithelium model treated with DPBS, methyl acetate, and 50 μM of DNIC-2 , respectively.

Article Snippet: CCD-966Sk human skin fibroblasts and B16-F10 mouse skin melanoma cells were purchased from Bioresource Collection and Research Center, Food Industry Research and Development Institute (Hsinchu, Taiwan), whereas human skin keratinocyte cell line, HaCaT, was purchased from Elabscience Biotechnology Inc. (Elabscience ® EP-CL-0090, Houston, TX, USA).

Techniques: Viability Assay

Journal: Frontiers in Immunology

Article Title: Sulfotransferase SULT2B1 contributes to the epithelial–immune microenvironment homeostasis in imiquimod-induced psoriatic dermatitis

doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2025.1632426

Figure Lengend Snippet: T-helper (Th)-1 cytokines promote SULT2B1 mRNA expression in human keratinocytes. (A) Epidermal CS levels in healthy controls (n = 30) and patients with the indicated skin diseases [seborrheic keratoses (n = 9), actinic keratoses (n = 10), tinea corporis (n = 3), atopic dermatitis (non-lesional, n = 9; lesional, n = 10), and psoriasis (non-lesional: n = 16; lesional: n = 37)] quantified via supercritical fluid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (SFC-MS/MS; one-way ANOVA, followed by Dunnett’s multiple-comparison test). (B, C) Real-time PCR analysis of SULT2B1 gene levels in undifferentiated (B) or differentiated (C) normal human epidermal keratinocytes (NHEKs) treated with two concentrations of the indicated cytokines (n = 6/group; one-way ANOVA, followed by Dunnett’s multiple-comparison test). Data were obtained from six (B, C) independent experiments, and graphs are represented as the mean ± SD. ** P < 0.01 and *** P < 0.001; ns, not significant.

Article Snippet: Primary normal human epidermal KCs (NHEKs) isolated from adult skin (#CA10205a; Cell Applications, San Diego, CA, USA) were cultured in T-75 flasks with the Human EpiVita Serum-Free Growth Medium Kit for Adult Cells (#A141K500a; Cell Applications) containing 0.06 mM Ca 2+ , according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

Techniques: Expressing, Supercritical Fluid Chromatography, Mass Spectrometry, Tandem Mass Spectroscopy, Comparison, Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction

Journal: eLife

Article Title: Unique integrated stress response sensors regulate cancer cell susceptibility when Hsp70 activity is compromised

doi: 10.7554/eLife.64977

Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) HER2 (diamonds), TNBC (circles), and luminal (squares and triangles) breast cancer lines were seeded into 96-well plates and treated with increasing doses of MAL3-101 for 72 hr. Viability is expressed as the average of three or more independent experiments, ± SEM. ( B ) MAL3-101-sensitive (MCF7 and MDA MB 231, denoted in blue) and resistant (MDA MB 453 and MDA MB 361, denoted in black) cells were treated with 12 µM MAL3-101 for the indicated times, and lysates were prepared and immunoblotted for cleaved caspase-3, caspase-7, and caspase-8. β-actin serves as a loading control. ( C ) The corresponding fold-increase of the indicated apoptotic markers relative to the DMSO control are plotted, ± SEM (n≥3 for cleaved caspase-3, n=3 for cleaved caspase-7, and n≥4 for cleaved caspase-8). Black asterisks correspond to statistical significance between MDA MB 231 cells (closed circle) and MDA MB 453 and MDA MB 361 (open circle and triangle, respectively), and the red asterisk represents statistical significance between MCF7 (closed triangle) and MDA MB 453 and MDA MB 361 (open circle and triangle) cells; * denotes p<0.05, ** denotes p<0.005. Figure 1—source data 1. Source data for cell viability assay and apoptotic marker accumulation in .

Article Snippet: For the remaining proteins aliquots from the same lysates were instead heated to 37°C for 30 min prior to SDS-PAGE using 4–20% Tris-Glycine gradient gels (XP04202Box, Thermo Fisher Scientific), and after transfer on nitrocellulose membranes (#84–874, Prometheus Laboratories Inc, California), the blots were incubated with anti-cleaved Caspase-8 (18C8, #9496; at 1:1000), anti-BiP (C50B12, #3177S; at 1:1000), anti-Hsp70 (smc-113, StressMarq Biosciences, Victoria, British Columbia; at 1:1000), anti-Hsc/Hsp70 (#4872S; at 1:1000), anti-HER2 (29D8, #2165; at 1:2000), anti-eIF2α (#9722S; at 1:2000), anti-phospho-eIF2α (#9721L; at 1:500), anti-PERK (D11A8, #5683S; at 1:2000), anti-PKR (D7F7, #12297S; at 1:2000), anti-Ire1α (14C10, #3294S; at 1:1000), anti-HRI (MBS2538114, MyBioSource, San Diego, CA; at 1:500) and anti-GCN2 and anti-GCN2 pT899 antibody (ab-134053 and ab-75836, Abcam, Cambtidge, UK; at 1:2000).

Techniques: Viability Assay, Marker

Journal: eLife

Article Title: Unique integrated stress response sensors regulate cancer cell susceptibility when Hsp70 activity is compromised

doi: 10.7554/eLife.64977

Figure Lengend Snippet: Breast cancer cells exhibit a range of sensitivities to MAL3-101, a specific Hsp70 inhibitor. The indicated breast cancer lines were seeded into 96-well plates and treated with increasing doses of the indicated compounds for 72 hr. Viability was measured using the CellTiter-Glo assay. IC 50 values were generate using a sigmoidal nonlinear regression with SigmaPlot 11.0. ND stands for an undetermined value. MAL3-101 sensitivities of Hsp70 inhibitor resistant cells are in bold.

Article Snippet: For the remaining proteins aliquots from the same lysates were instead heated to 37°C for 30 min prior to SDS-PAGE using 4–20% Tris-Glycine gradient gels (XP04202Box, Thermo Fisher Scientific), and after transfer on nitrocellulose membranes (#84–874, Prometheus Laboratories Inc, California), the blots were incubated with anti-cleaved Caspase-8 (18C8, #9496; at 1:1000), anti-BiP (C50B12, #3177S; at 1:1000), anti-Hsp70 (smc-113, StressMarq Biosciences, Victoria, British Columbia; at 1:1000), anti-Hsc/Hsp70 (#4872S; at 1:1000), anti-HER2 (29D8, #2165; at 1:2000), anti-eIF2α (#9722S; at 1:2000), anti-phospho-eIF2α (#9721L; at 1:500), anti-PERK (D11A8, #5683S; at 1:2000), anti-PKR (D7F7, #12297S; at 1:2000), anti-Ire1α (14C10, #3294S; at 1:1000), anti-HRI (MBS2538114, MyBioSource, San Diego, CA; at 1:500) and anti-GCN2 and anti-GCN2 pT899 antibody (ab-134053 and ab-75836, Abcam, Cambtidge, UK; at 1:2000).

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Journal: eLife

Article Title: Unique integrated stress response sensors regulate cancer cell susceptibility when Hsp70 activity is compromised

doi: 10.7554/eLife.64977

Figure Lengend Snippet: The cell numbers and autophagy or proteasome inhibitor concentrations used for the cell viability assay in combination with increasing doses of MAL3-101 are shown. The concentrations of bortezomib, CQ, and bafilomycin to induce no greater than 30% of cell death in each line after 72 hr treatment are shown. ND stands for undetermined value.

Article Snippet: For the remaining proteins aliquots from the same lysates were instead heated to 37°C for 30 min prior to SDS-PAGE using 4–20% Tris-Glycine gradient gels (XP04202Box, Thermo Fisher Scientific), and after transfer on nitrocellulose membranes (#84–874, Prometheus Laboratories Inc, California), the blots were incubated with anti-cleaved Caspase-8 (18C8, #9496; at 1:1000), anti-BiP (C50B12, #3177S; at 1:1000), anti-Hsp70 (smc-113, StressMarq Biosciences, Victoria, British Columbia; at 1:1000), anti-Hsc/Hsp70 (#4872S; at 1:1000), anti-HER2 (29D8, #2165; at 1:2000), anti-eIF2α (#9722S; at 1:2000), anti-phospho-eIF2α (#9721L; at 1:500), anti-PERK (D11A8, #5683S; at 1:2000), anti-PKR (D7F7, #12297S; at 1:2000), anti-Ire1α (14C10, #3294S; at 1:1000), anti-HRI (MBS2538114, MyBioSource, San Diego, CA; at 1:500) and anti-GCN2 and anti-GCN2 pT899 antibody (ab-134053 and ab-75836, Abcam, Cambtidge, UK; at 1:2000).

Techniques: Viability Assay

Journal: eLife

Article Title: Unique integrated stress response sensors regulate cancer cell susceptibility when Hsp70 activity is compromised

doi: 10.7554/eLife.64977

Figure Lengend Snippet: Breast cancer cells exhibit a range of sensitivities to MAL3-101 in the presence of either autophagy or proteasome inhibitors. Cells were seeded into 96-well plates and treated with increasing doses of MAL3-101 in the presence or absence of subcritical doses of bortezomib (proteasome inhibitor), or CQ or bafilomycin (autophagy inhibitors) for 72 hr. Viability was measured using the CellTiter-Glo assay. IC 50 values were generate using a sigmoidal nonlinear regression with SigmaPlot 11.0. ND stands for undetermined value. MAL3-101 resistant cells are highlighted in yellow.

Article Snippet: For the remaining proteins aliquots from the same lysates were instead heated to 37°C for 30 min prior to SDS-PAGE using 4–20% Tris-Glycine gradient gels (XP04202Box, Thermo Fisher Scientific), and after transfer on nitrocellulose membranes (#84–874, Prometheus Laboratories Inc, California), the blots were incubated with anti-cleaved Caspase-8 (18C8, #9496; at 1:1000), anti-BiP (C50B12, #3177S; at 1:1000), anti-Hsp70 (smc-113, StressMarq Biosciences, Victoria, British Columbia; at 1:1000), anti-Hsc/Hsp70 (#4872S; at 1:1000), anti-HER2 (29D8, #2165; at 1:2000), anti-eIF2α (#9722S; at 1:2000), anti-phospho-eIF2α (#9721L; at 1:500), anti-PERK (D11A8, #5683S; at 1:2000), anti-PKR (D7F7, #12297S; at 1:2000), anti-Ire1α (14C10, #3294S; at 1:1000), anti-HRI (MBS2538114, MyBioSource, San Diego, CA; at 1:500) and anti-GCN2 and anti-GCN2 pT899 antibody (ab-134053 and ab-75836, Abcam, Cambtidge, UK; at 1:2000).

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Journal: Animals : an Open Access Journal from MDPI

Article Title: Snail Mucus Filtrate Reduces Inflammation in Canine Progenitor Epidermal Keratinocytes (CPEK)

doi: 10.3390/ani12141848

Figure Lengend Snippet: Role of SSF on CPEK viability. Cell viability was assessed by MTT tetrazolium dye. Concentration of 60% and 30% significantly decreased cell viability. Data representative of at least three experiments, means ± SEM *** p < 0.001 versus control.

Article Snippet: As previously described [ ], the proliferative canine keratinocyte cell line CPEK (96 CELLnTEC, Zen-Bio Inc., Durham, NC, USA) was used in the present study.

Techniques: Concentration Assay, Control

Journal: Animals : an Open Access Journal from MDPI

Article Title: Snail Mucus Filtrate Reduces Inflammation in Canine Progenitor Epidermal Keratinocytes (CPEK)

doi: 10.3390/ani12141848

Figure Lengend Snippet: Protective effect of SSF in LPS-induced intoxication in CPEK cells: mRNA levels of COX1, COX2 and TNF-alfa one hour post LPS stimulation and SSF treatment. Data representative of at least three experiments,°°° p < 0.001 versus CTR; * p < 0.05 versus LPS; *** p < 0.001 versus LPS.

Article Snippet: As previously described [ ], the proliferative canine keratinocyte cell line CPEK (96 CELLnTEC, Zen-Bio Inc., Durham, NC, USA) was used in the present study.

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Journal: Scientific Reports

Article Title: Keap1–MCM3 interaction is a potential coordinator of molecular machineries of antioxidant response and genomic DNA replication in metazoa

doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-30562-y

Figure Lengend Snippet: Keap1 interacts with MCM3 in mammalian cells. ( a ) Western blots with antibodies against indicated proteins either with nuclear (‘N’) or cytoplasmic (‘C’) extracts of the FLAG-MCM3 expressing CHO-EBNALT85 cells (‘input’), or in MCM3 complexes immunoprecipitated with anti-FLAG affinity beads (‘flag IP’). Histone H3 and GAPDH were used as fractionation controls. See Supplementary Fig. for full-length blots. ( b ) Coomassie brilliant blue stained SDS-PAGE gels (top panels) and Western blots with antibodies against indicated proteins (bottom panels) showing distribution of FLAG-MCM3 immunoprecipitated nuclear and cytoplasmic protein complexes in the Superdex 200 size exclusion chromatography. ‘flag’ depicts the lanes with input material. Co-elution of molecular weight markers is indicated at the bottom. See Supplementary Fig. for full-length gels and blots. ( c ) Proximity ligation analysis (PLA) of the Keap1 - MCM3 interaction in human primary epithelial keratinocytes (HPEK). The images of red PLA channel alone are shown in the left column, and combined with blue DAPI staining of nuclei in the right column. ‘Keap1 + MCM3’ indicates the images with interaction specific signals, other images correspond to the control experiments with single antibodies. Shown are the maximum intensity projection images of the Z stacks from confocal microscopy; white scale bar = 10 µM. ( d ) Scatter dot plot of the quantified data of nuclear and cytoplasmic Keap1 + MCM3 PLA signals (M3 + K1) compared to negative control with MCM3 antibody alone (M3). Each data point represents an average number of nuclear or cytoplasmic PLA dots per cell from one micrograph. Bars represent the mean and standard deviation of combined data from two independent PLA experiments, one slide analysed in first and two in second experiment and three different micrographs quantified from each slide. The significance values (***p < 0.0005) are derived from unpaired two-tailed t test. ( e ) Immunofluorescence images of the overall distribution of MCM3 and Keap1 proteins in HPEK cells. The images from green protein channel alone are in the left column, and combined with the blue nuclear DAPI staining in the right column. White scale bar = 10 µM.

Article Snippet: Human primary epidermal keratinocyte progenitor cells (single juvenile donor, passage 2) were purchased from CELLnTEC Advanced Cell Systems and grown for no more than 8 passages in CnT-Prime media provided by the supplier.

Techniques: Western Blot, Expressing, Immunoprecipitation, Fractionation, Staining, SDS Page, Size-exclusion Chromatography, Co-Elution Assay, Molecular Weight, Ligation, Control, Confocal Microscopy, Negative Control, Standard Deviation, Derivative Assay, Two Tailed Test, Immunofluorescence