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Article Title: Skin-stage Schistosomula of Schistosoma mansoni Produce an Apoptosis-inducing Factor That Can Cause Apoptosis of T Cells *

doi: 10.1074/jbc.M201344200

Figure Lengend Snippet: Following incubation, apoptosis was measured by annexin V and propidium iodide staining and counting 500 –1000 cells under a fluorescence microscope (A), by measuring caspase-3 activity in various subset of lymphocytes using PhiPhiLux substrate and counting 500 –1000 cells under a fluorescence microscope (B), and by evaluating DNA fragmentation in different subsets after treatment with DNA digestion buffer and separation on a 1% agarose gel (C). Data presented are representative of one of three to five similar experiments using five to seven mice per group in each experiment. A and B show means ± S.D. of the percentage of positive cells. * and **, p < 0.05 and p < 0.01 compared with the medium control, respectively.

Article Snippet: Apoptotic cells around the parasites in the skin of mice were evaluated by TUNEL staining using an in situ apoptosis detection kit (R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN) following the instructions of the manufacturer.

Techniques: Incubation, Staining, Fluorescence, Microscopy, Activity Assay, Agarose Gel Electrophoresis, Control

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Article Title: Skin-stage Schistosomula of Schistosoma mansoni Produce an Apoptosis-inducing Factor That Can Cause Apoptosis of T Cells *

doi: 10.1074/jbc.M201344200

Figure Lengend Snippet: 1 × 106 Thy1.2+ cells isolated from skin-draining lymph nodes of naive mice were cultured with 60 μg/ml ES products or ES products plus 5 μg/ml recombinant Fas-Fc fusion protein for 24 h. Apoptosis was evaluated by determining the percentage of annexin V-positive cells. *, p < 0.01 compared with the medium control.

Article Snippet: Apoptotic cells around the parasites in the skin of mice were evaluated by TUNEL staining using an in situ apoptosis detection kit (R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN) following the instructions of the manufacturer.

Techniques: Isolation, Cell Culture, Recombinant, Control

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Article Title: Skin-stage Schistosomula of Schistosoma mansoni Produce an Apoptosis-inducing Factor That Can Cause Apoptosis of T Cells *

doi: 10.1074/jbc.M201344200

Figure Lengend Snippet: ES products were divided into three fractions, fraction 1 (Fr 1; <3 kDa), fraction 2 (Fr 2; 3–30 kDa), and fraction 3 (Fr 3; >30 kDa). Bands in fraction 2 were again separated by gel filtration. Each peak (at 60 μg/ml) was then tested for its ability to induce apoptosis of T cells (isolated from the skin-draining lymph nodes of naive mice) by staining for annexin V. Only two peaks (23 and 28 kDa) are shown. About 500 cells were counted under a fluorescence microscope. Values are representative of one of three similar experiments and are means ± S.D. of the percentage of positive cells. * and **, p < 0.05 and p < 0.001 compared with the medium control (M), respectively. ES products from normal schistosomula were used as a positive control.

Article Snippet: Apoptotic cells around the parasites in the skin of mice were evaluated by TUNEL staining using an in situ apoptosis detection kit (R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN) following the instructions of the manufacturer.

Techniques: Filtration, Isolation, Staining, Fluorescence, Microscopy, Control, Positive Control

Journal: Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)

Article Title: Suppression of ongoing experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by neutralizing the function of the p28 subunit of IL-27.

doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.10.6465

Figure Lengend Snippet: FIGURE 1. DNA vaccination-based anti-IL-27 Abs are highly specific. The Western blot shows that our DNA vaccination-based anti-IL-27 Ab binds mouse IL-27 p28 (lane 1; 27 kDa), but not recombinant mouse IL-18, IL-12, or TNF- (lanes 2, 3, and 4, respectively). A, Coomassie Blue staining verifies the appearance of each cytokine on the loaded gel. B, Western blot showing that of these cytokines, our DNA vaccination-based anti-IL-27 Ab binds only mouse IL-27 p28. These Ab also bound natural mouse IL-27 (verified by sequencing) from supernatant of activated MOGp35–55-specific cultured primary draining lymph node cells (not shown).

Article Snippet: Our recombinant mouse IL-27 p28, produced as described above, and commercially available recombinant mouse IL-18, IL-12, and TNF- (R&D Systems) were each subjected to Western blot analysis according to the protocol described in detail previously (29, 32), with the minor modification of using a 12% (rather than 8%) running gel.

Techniques: Western Blot, Recombinant, Staining, Sequencing, Cell Culture

Journal: Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)

Article Title: Suppression of ongoing experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by neutralizing the function of the p28 subunit of IL-27.

doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.10.6465

Figure Lengend Snippet: FIGURE 2. Anti-p28 Abs suppresses ongoing severe EAE. A, Four groups of 10 mice each were subjected to MOGp35–55-induced EAE. Beginning at the onset of disease (day 17), these mice were repeatedly (every other day) administered 100 g/mouse of anti-p28 Ab (f), IgG obtained from naive Lewis rats (Œ), or PBS (E). An observer blind to the experimental procedure scored EAE daily. The experiment summarized in Fig. 2 shows the results of one of three experiments performed under similar experimental conditions, with similar results. The mean maximal score SE represents six mice per group. The other four mice were killed on day 30 and subjected to histological evaluation (see Fig. 3). B, Five groups of six mice each were subjected to MOGp35–55-induced EAE. Beginning at the onset of disease (day 17), these mice were repeatedly (every other day) administered 100 g of anti-p28 Ab/mouse (f), anti-IL-18 Ab (F), anti-IL-1 Ab (), IgG obtained from Lewis rats previously subjected to an empty plasmid administration (Œ), or PBS (E). An observer blind to the experimental procedure scored EAE daily. Results are shown as the mean maximal score SE of six mice per group. C, Three groups of six mice each were subjected to induction of transferred EAE. Beginning at the onset of disease (day 5), these mice were repeatedly (every other day) administered 100 g of anti-p28 Ab/mouse (f), IgG obtained from naive Lewis rats (Œ), or PBS (E). An observer blind to the experimental procedure scored EAE daily. Results are shown as mean maximal score SE of six mice per group.

Article Snippet: Our recombinant mouse IL-27 p28, produced as described above, and commercially available recombinant mouse IL-18, IL-12, and TNF- (R&D Systems) were each subjected to Western blot analysis according to the protocol described in detail previously (29, 32), with the minor modification of using a 12% (rather than 8%) running gel.

Techniques: Plasmid Preparation

Journal: Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)

Article Title: Suppression of ongoing experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by neutralizing the function of the p28 subunit of IL-27.

doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.10.6465

Figure Lengend Snippet: FIGURE 4. The beneficial effect of anti-IL-27 is dependent on the con- tinuing administration of protective Abs. Three groups of six mice each were subjected to active induction of EAE. Beginning 1 day after the onset of disease (day 17), these mice were treated with either a single dose of anti-p28 Ab (100 g/mouse; E) or with repeated administration (every other day) of this Ab (Œ) or PBS (f). An observer blind to the experi- mental procedure scored EAE daily. Results are shown as the mean max- imal score SE of six mice per group.

Article Snippet: Our recombinant mouse IL-27 p28, produced as described above, and commercially available recombinant mouse IL-18, IL-12, and TNF- (R&D Systems) were each subjected to Western blot analysis according to the protocol described in detail previously (29, 32), with the minor modification of using a 12% (rather than 8%) running gel.

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Journal: Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)

Article Title: Suppression of ongoing experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by neutralizing the function of the p28 subunit of IL-27.

doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.10.6465

Figure Lengend Snippet: FIGURE 3. Anti-IL-27 therapy reduces the histological score of EAE. Histological evaluation was conducted 30 days after disease induction. Lumbar spinal cord samples from naive mice or from EAE mice treated with PBS, IgG from naive mice, or anti-IL-27 p28 Abs were subjected to histological analysis (nine sections each group). The arrowheads point to the parenchymal mononuclear cell infiltration. The scale for mononuclear cell infiltration used was: 0, no mononuclear cell infiltration; 1, one to five perivascular lesions per section with minimal parenchymal infiltration; 2, five to 10 perivascular lesions per section with parenchymal infiltration; and 3, 10 perivascular lesions per section with extensive parenchymal infiltration. The mean histological score SE was calculated for each group.

Article Snippet: Our recombinant mouse IL-27 p28, produced as described above, and commercially available recombinant mouse IL-18, IL-12, and TNF- (R&D Systems) were each subjected to Western blot analysis according to the protocol described in detail previously (29, 32), with the minor modification of using a 12% (rather than 8%) running gel.

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Journal: Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)

Article Title: Suppression of ongoing experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by neutralizing the function of the p28 subunit of IL-27.

doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.10.6465

Figure Lengend Snippet: FIGURE 5. Protective administration of anti-IL-27 Abs decreases in vivo polarization of CD4 T cells into Th1 and suppresses IFN- production by Ag-specific T cells. C57BL/6 mice (three per group) were subjected to active induction of EAE and then to repeated administration (days 12, 14, and 16) of anti-IL-27 p28 Abs (100 g), PBS, or normal rat IgG. On day 17 cervical lymph node cells (that drain the autoimmune site) were subjected to intracellular staining of IL-4 and IFN-. A, FACS analysis of CD4 T cells in this experiment. This experiment represents results obtained in three different independent experiments with very similar data. Subsequently, cervical lymph node T cells from these mice were cultured in the presence of 100 M MOGp35–55. After 72 h of stimulation, supernatants were assayed for the protein level of IFN- (B) and IL-4 (not shown). This experiment represents results obtained in three different independent experiments with very similar data.

Article Snippet: Our recombinant mouse IL-27 p28, produced as described above, and commercially available recombinant mouse IL-18, IL-12, and TNF- (R&D Systems) were each subjected to Western blot analysis according to the protocol described in detail previously (29, 32), with the minor modification of using a 12% (rather than 8%) running gel.

Techniques: In Vivo, Staining, Cell Culture

Journal: Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)

Article Title: Suppression of ongoing experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by neutralizing the function of the p28 subunit of IL-27.

doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.10.6465

Figure Lengend Snippet: FIGURE 6. Neutralizing the function of IL-27 reduces IFN- produc- tion by IFN--producing T cells. A, C57BL/6 mice (three per group) were subjected to active induction of EAE and then to repeated administration (days 3 and 6) of 100 g of anti-IL-27 p28 Abs (group 3), PBS (group 2), or normal rat IgG (group 1). On day 9, spleen cells were subjected to spot ELISA as previously described (38). A, Relative number of positive spots per 107 cultured cells. The average size of positive spots was analyzed. B, The MOGp33–55-specific CD4 T cell line was cultured with or without 100 M MOGp33–55. Cultured cells were supplemented with anti-IL-27 Abs at a final concentration of 10 g/ml (), normal rat IgG (f), or PBS (E). After 60 h of incubation, cells were plates in spot ELISA plates for an additional 24 h for the detection of IFN--positive spots (38). Number of positive spots (y-axis) and spot sizes (x-axis; logarithmic scale) determined as previously described (46).

Article Snippet: Our recombinant mouse IL-27 p28, produced as described above, and commercially available recombinant mouse IL-18, IL-12, and TNF- (R&D Systems) were each subjected to Western blot analysis according to the protocol described in detail previously (29, 32), with the minor modification of using a 12% (rather than 8%) running gel.

Techniques: Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Cell Culture, Concentration Assay, Incubation

Journal: Research (Washington, D.C.)

Article Title: Targeting the LSD1-G9a-ER Stress Pathway as a Novel Therapeutic Strategy for Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

doi: 10.34133/2022/9814652

Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 4: Integrative transcriptomics analyses of ESCC cells following pharmacological or genetic inhibition of LSD1 and G9a. (a) RNA-seq analysis was performed on ESCC cells in which either LSD1 expression was knocked down using shRNA or LSD1 was inhibited with SP2509; differentially expressed genes were determined by comparing with ESCC cells expressing a control nonsilencing shRNA (shNC) and vehicle-treated ESCC cells, respectively, and are summarized using Venn diagrams. (b) Gene Set Enrichment Analysis of the overlapping differentially regulated genes in (a). (c) Heatmap of the differentially expressed genes in the “cell death,” “apoptosis,” and “ER stress” pathways. (d–f) Same as (a–c), except G9a was knocked down using shRNA or inhibited with UNC0642. (g–i) Same as (a–c), except both LSD1 and G9a were knocked down with shRNA or both LSD1 and G9a were inhibited with SP2509 and UNC0642.

Article Snippet: The following reagents were also used: hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining kit (Beyotime Biotech), TdT in situ apoptosis detection kit (R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN), TRIzol reagent (Pufei Biotech, Shanghai, China), SYBR Green Supermix (Bimake, Houston, TX), RIPA buffer (Beyotime Biotech), protease inhibitors (Bimake), BCA protein assay kit (Beyotime Biotech), polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membranes (Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA), Pierce ECL System (Thermo Scientific, Waltham, MA), EdU Kit (Ruibo Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, China), cell cycle staining kit (Multi Sciences Biotech, Hangzhou, China), annexin V-FITC/PI apoptosis detection kit (Multi Sciences Biotech), and PrimeScript RT reagent kit (Takara, Kyoto, Japan).

Techniques: Inhibition, RNA Sequencing, Expressing, shRNA, Control

Journal: Research (Washington, D.C.)

Article Title: Targeting the LSD1-G9a-ER Stress Pathway as a Novel Therapeutic Strategy for Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

doi: 10.34133/2022/9814652

Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 5: Inhibiting both LSD1 and G9a in ESCC cells induces S-phase arrest and apoptosis. (a) Summary of the percentage of ESCC cells in the G1, S, or G2 phase after the indicated treatments for 2 days. SP2509 5 μM, UNC0642 5 μM. (b) Western blot analysis of the indicated cell cycle-associated proteins in ESCC cells treated as indicated. (c) EdU staining of ESCC cells treated with vehicle, 3 μM SP2509, 1.2 μM UNC0642, or both for 2 days; the nuclei were counterstained with Hoechst 33342. (d) Apoptosis analysis of ESCC cells after the indicated treatments for 2 days. (e) Western blot analysis of the indicated apoptosis-associated proteins in ESCC cells treated as indicated for 2 days. (f) Quantification of the indicated proteins measured in (e), expressed relative to vehicle-treated cells. (g) Representative images of ESCC cells treated with vehicle, 10 μM SP2509, 10 μM UNC0642, or both for 2 days. (h–k) Representative transmission electron microscopy images of ESCC cells treated as in (g); mitochondria (M) and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) are indicated. The scale bars are 5 μm in (h), 2 μm in (i–k). ∗p < 0:05, ∗∗p < 0:01, and ∗∗∗p < 0:001 (unpaired Student’s t-test).

Article Snippet: The following reagents were also used: hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining kit (Beyotime Biotech), TdT in situ apoptosis detection kit (R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN), TRIzol reagent (Pufei Biotech, Shanghai, China), SYBR Green Supermix (Bimake, Houston, TX), RIPA buffer (Beyotime Biotech), protease inhibitors (Bimake), BCA protein assay kit (Beyotime Biotech), polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membranes (Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA), Pierce ECL System (Thermo Scientific, Waltham, MA), EdU Kit (Ruibo Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, China), cell cycle staining kit (Multi Sciences Biotech, Hangzhou, China), annexin V-FITC/PI apoptosis detection kit (Multi Sciences Biotech), and PrimeScript RT reagent kit (Takara, Kyoto, Japan).

Techniques: Western Blot, Staining, Transmission Assay, Electron Microscopy