Journal: Frontiers in Pharmacology
Article Title: Astragaloside IV improves slow transit constipation by regulating gut microbiota and enterochromaffin cells
doi: 10.3389/fphar.2023.1196210
Figure Lengend Snippet: Immunohistochemical Analysis of CD117 and CGA Expression in the Colon and Western blot Analysis from Piezo2, TPH1, p-p38, p38, p-RRK, ERK, Caspase-3 p 12 and ACTB (A, B) Immunohistochemical staining of CD117 (A) and CGA (B) in the ileum, cecum, and colon tissues with corresponding average optical density (AOD) of the muscle layer in each tissue. (C) Western blot analysis of colon tissue from normal control group (Nor), loperamide-treated group (Lop), and astragaloside IV-treated group (AS). Nor: normal control group; Lop: loperamide; AS: astragaloside IV; ACTB: beta actin. Significance was determined as p < 0.05 and denoted as * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, and **** p < 0.0001.
Article Snippet: The primary antibodies used were as follows: ERK (Cat.#4695) (1:2000), phospho-ERK (p-ERK) (Cat.#4370) (1:2000), p38 MAPK (Cat.#54470) (1:2000), and phosphor-p38 (p-p38) MAPK (Cat.#4511) (1:2000) from Cell Signaling Technology (United States); Piezo2 (Cat.#NBP1-78624, Novus Bioicals, Beijing, China) (1:500); TPH1 (Cat. #BS3727, Bioworld, Nanjing, China) (1:500); Caspase-3 (Cat.#A5013) (1:2000), Caspase-3 p12 (Cat.#A5357) (1:2000), Bcl-2 (Cat.#A5010) (1:2000), and Bax (Cat.#A5131) (1:2000) from Bimake, Houston, Texas, United States. β -Actin (Cat.#BS6007m) (1:5000) was used as the internal reference gene.
Techniques: Immunohistochemical staining, Expressing, Western Blot, Staining, Control