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Intestinal Inflammatory Protein Analysis

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Immunoblotting was performed as described previously [16 (link)]. Briefly, dissected intestinal were homogenized and lysed with lysis buffer. Protein extract was separated on SDS-PAGE and transferred to polyvinylidenedifluoride (PVDF) membrane and probed with the following antibodies: IL-6, IL-1β, TNF-α, PGE2, COX-2, and β-actin from Santa Cruz Biotechnology (Santa Cruz, CA). Band intensity was determined by densitometry analysis using the ImageJ analysis system.
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BDNF Signaling Protein Detection

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BDNF, leupeptin, aprotinin, phenyl-methylsulfonyl fluoride, pepstatin A, soybean trypsin inhibitor, NaF, sodium vanadate, glycerophosphate, 2-mercaptoethanol, NMDA, glycine, Tween 20, NP-40, and Histopaque-1077 were from Sigma. Anti-TrkB (SC-8316), -pY-Trk (SC-8058), -phospholipase C-γ1 (SC-7290), -N-Shc (SC-365598), -NR1 (SC-9058), -TNFα (SC-52746), -IL-6 (SC-57315), -IL-1β (SC-57315), -Arc (SC-365736), - BDNF/proBDNF (SC-2098), –NT3 (SC-547), -NT4 (SC-545), -β-actin (SC-47778) were from Santa Cruz Biotechnology. FNDC-5/irisin (36–335) was from ProSci (Poway, CA, USA). Seize-X immunoprecipitation kit, antigen elution buffer, Bind NeutrAvidin, high binding capacity coated 96-well plates, and West Pico chemiluminescent reagents were from Pierce-Endogen (Rockford, IL, USA). Bradford reagent, SDS-PAGE reagents, and pre-stained molecular weight markers were from Bio-Rad. Protease inhibitors (EDTA-free) and protein phosphatase inhibitor tablets were from Roche (Basel, Switzerland). BDNF was reconstituted according to the manufacturer’s instruction. To avoid freezing damage, 10% glycerol was added for a final concentration of 10 ng/μl BDNF and stored in 80°C until use. All other test agents were made fresh according to the manufacturer’s recommendation. The DMSO concentration in the incubation medium was 1%.
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Western Blot Analysis of Inflammatory Proteins

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The collected cells were lysed in RIPA lysis solution containing 2 mM PMSF, and whole-cell proteins extracted and quantitated by the BCA assay (all protein extraction and quantification reagents were from Beyotime Biotechnology). Sixty μg of protein were then subjected to SDS-PAGE electrophoresis (Bio-rad), transferred to polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membranes (Bio-Rad) and probed with primary antibodies followed by HRP-conjugated secondary antibodies. The immunoreactive bands were visualized with HRP substrate (Luminata, Millipore) using ChemiDocTM XRS+ system (Bio-Rad). The following antibodies were used: ASC (sc-22514, Santa Cruz); Caspase-1 (sc-56036, Santa Cruz); IL-1β (sc-7884, Santa Cruz); NLRP3 (ab4207, Abcam); FXR (sc-1204, Santa Cruz); GAPDH (5174, CST); β-actin (8457L, CST); α/β-Tublin (2148, CST); anti-rabbit, anti-mouse HRP-conjugated second antibodies (7074S and 7076S, CST), and anti-goat HRP-conjugated second antibody (ab6885, Abcam).
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Quantifying Inflammatory Markers in PVN

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The brain was sectioned serially in 300 μm increments from the bregma to lambda, both sides of the PVN tissues were isolated by the use of a punch-out technique with a cryostat [33 (link), 34 (link)], and the PVN tissue was stored at − 80 °C until use. Western blotting analysis was performed in the same manner as previously described [6 (link)]. The protein levels were determined from tissue homogenate obtained from the PVN for the following antibodies: NLRP3 (1:2000, Santa Cruz, CA, USA), ASC (1:500, Santa Cruz, CA, USA), pro-caspase-1 (1:2000, Abcam, MA, USA), IL-1β (1:500, Santa Cruz, CA, USA), CXCR3 (1:2000, Abcam, MA, USA), VCAM-1, ICAM-1 (1:2000, Abcam, MA, USA), and CCL2 (1:2000, Santa Cruz, CA, USA), Iba-1 (1:500, Santa Cruz, CA, USA). The β-actin antibody was used as an internal standard, and band densities were analyzed with NIH ImageJ software.
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Immunohistochemical Analysis of Tmem43 Knockout Mice

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Hearts, kidneys and spleens from wild type and Tmem43 KI mice were collected and fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde overnight at 4 °C. Hearts and kidneys were embedded in paraffin, and cut into 4 μm sections. The sections were stained with Masson’s Trichrome staining (Polysciences Inc.) following the manufacturer’s protocol. The paraffin sections of mouse hearts or spleens were immunostained with specific antibodies: p65, p50, IL-1β, MAC2, TNFα, CD45 (Santa Cruz) and αSMA (Abcam, Cat# ab5694).
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Optimizing Celecoxib-Mangiferin Synergy Assessment

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MTT (3-(4, 5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide), Tris, Ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid (EDTA), Trypsin-EDTA, Di-ethyl dithio-carbamate (DDC), Tween-20, Hematin, Glycerol, Phenol, Ammonium sulphate, Carrageenan, COX-1 and COX-2 enzymes were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, USA). Celecoxib was a generous gift from Unichem Laboratories (Mumbai, India). The stock solutions of PT-Mangiferin (100 mg/ml) was prepared in dimethyl sulphoxide and further dilutions were made in PBS for treatment in vitro and in vivo. Polyclonal antibodies to, COX-2, IL-1β and TNF-α were purchased from Santa Cruz Biotechnology (California, U.S.A.). iNOS antibody was from Thermo scientific. All other chemicals and solvents were of analytical grade and purchased from authorized standard companies.
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NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation Assay

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Lipopolysaccharide (LPS; Escherichia coli 0111:B4), ATP, and oxidized ATP (oxATP) were obtained from Sigma (St. Louis, MO, USA), and nigericin was purchased from InvivoGen (San Diego, CA, USA). Ac-YVAD-cmk and MCC950(CP-456773 sodium salt) were purchased from Sigma (St. Louis, MO, USA). Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8) was purchased from Dojindo (Japan). Calcein AM iwas purchased from Invitrogen (Carlsbad, CA, USA) and 1 mg/ml Propidium iodide solution was purchased from Sigma (St. Louis, MO, USA). 1% Crystal violet solution was purchased from Sigma (St. Louis, MO, USA). NLRP3 antibodies and secondary anti-sheep antibody conjugated to horseradish peroxidase (HRP) were purchased from R&D Systems (Minneapolis, MN, USA). Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), P2X7, ASC, IL-1β, and caspase-1 donkey anti-rabbit IgG-HRP were purchased from Santa Cruz Biotechnology (Santa Cruz, CA, USA).
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Gingival Expression of Inflammatory Markers

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Western blot analysis was utilized to evaluate the expression of IL-1β, IL-6 and ICAM-1 in mouse gingival tissues. Briefly, palatal gingival tissues were collected (2.0 mm × 2.5 mm) from mice in all the three groups 2 h after transfection. Total protein was then extracted from each tissue using RIPA buffer (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA) and soluble proteins were resolved via 10% sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and transferred to a polyvinylidene fluoride membrane (Immobilon-P, Millipore, Darmstadt, Germany). The blots were subsequently probed with a primary antibody for IL-6 (1:1 000; Novus Biologicals, Littleton, CO, USA), IL-1β (1:1 000; Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Dallas, TX, USA) or ICAM-1 (1:1 000; Proteintech, Chicago, IL, USA). Equal protein loading was confirmed by probing for β-actin(1:2 000; Santa Cruz Biotechnology). For chemiluminescence detection, we used a peroxidase-conjugated anti-rabbit IgG secondary antibody (1:10 000; Santa Cruz Biotechnology). The band intensities were measured using a ChemiDoc image analysis system (Fuji Film, Tokyo, Japan).
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Western Blot Analysis of Signaling Proteins

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The proteins were extracted from the cell pellets. Proteins were boiled for 10 min and loaded onto 4–12% bis Tris gels (Invitrogen, Waltham, MA, USA) for separation. The separated proteins were then blotted onto polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) membranes (Invitrogen) with 20% (v/v) methanol in NuPage Transfer Buffer (Invitrogen) at 15 V for 4 h at 4°C. Tris-buffered saline containing 0.01% Tween 20 (TBST) in 5% skim milk (Difco, BD Biosciences, Oxford, UK) was used to block the membranes for 1 h. The blots were washed three times with TBST for 10 min and then incubated overnight at 4 °C with primary antibodies specific to the following target proteins: phosphorylated JAK1, phosphorylated JAK2, phosphorylated STAT1 (1:1000; Cell Signaling Technology, Cambridge, UK), CSF1, IL-6, PTPN6, RAC2, TNFα, IL-1α, IL-1β, phosphorylated STAT3, STAT3 ADORA2A, JAK1, JAK2, STAT1, SOCS3, Bax, Bcl-2, and β-actin (1:1000; Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Santa Cruz, CA, USA). After incubation, the blots were washed thrice with TBST and incubated for 1 h with a horse-radish peroxidase–conjugated secondary antibody (1:3000; Santa Cruz) at 25°C. Finally, the blots were visualized using an enhanced chemiluminescence detection system (Amersham Pharmacia Biotech, Little Chalfont, UK).
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Oesophageal Tissue Protein Extraction and Western Blotting

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Oesophageal strips or cultured cells were collected to extract the protein with RIPA lysis buffer (Beyotime Biotech), which contained 1 mmol/L final concentration of phenylmethanesulfonyl fluoride (PMSF). After complete lysis, the samples were centrifuged at 10 000 g for 5 minutes at 4°C to precipitate the tissue debris. The supernatants were used to measure the protein concentration by a BCA Protein Assay Kit (Beyotime Biotech). The proteins were electrophoresed in 10% SDS‐PAGE gels and then transferred to PVDF membranes. After blocking with 5% skim milk for 1 hour at room temperature, the membranes were incubated with the following primary antibodies: CaSR (1:200, ab19347, Abcam), NLRP3 (1:100, ab214185, Abcam), ASC (1:100, sc‐22514‐R, Santa Cruz), Caspase‐1 p20 (1:100, sc‐398715, Santa Cruz) and IL‐1β (1:100, sc‐32294, Santa Cruz) at 4°C overnight. The membrane was washed with TBST and incubated with secondary antibodies for 2 hours at room temperature. Protein bands were visualized on the membrane with a Gel Imaging System, and the protein bands were quantified with ImageJ software.
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