Journal: Cardiovascular Toxicology
Article Title: Simvastatin Significantly Reduced Alcohol-Induced Cardiac Damage in Adolescent Mice
doi: 10.1007/s12012-023-09821-6
Figure Lengend Snippet: Representative photomicrographs of the TNF-α-immunolabelled sections a at a low magnification (Scale bar = 50 µm), b at a high magnification (Scale bar = 50 µm), and c the box plot of the percentage TNF-α distribution across the different experimental groups, for both sexes. Varying degrees of TNF-α expression are noticeable across the experimental groups. In both sexes, TNF-α distribution was significantly higher in the ALC group than in the NT group, thus confirming alcohol toxicity in the cardiomyocytes. Both concentrations of Simvastatin were effective against alcohol-induced myocardial inflammation. A lower Simvastatin concentration was effective in the females but not in the males—an indication of possible sex-specific differences in the effect of Simvastatin against alcohol effects on the cardiomyocytes. No editing was done to the images. NT non-treatment, SIM 5-mg Simvastatin, ALC alcohol, ALC + SIM5 5-mg Simvastatin and alcohol, ALC + SIM15 15-mg Simvastatin and alcohol, NS not significant at P > 0.05
Article Snippet: Serial sections were prepared for haematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining (for general morphology and morphometry of cardiomyocytes), Masson’s trichrome (MT) staining (for evaluating myocardial fibrosis), or TNF-α immunolabelling (for quantifying the expression of TNF-α; primary antibody—1:250, mouse anti-TNF-α, ab220210, Abcam; secondary antibody—1:1000, goat anti-mouse IgG, BA-9200–1.5, Vector labs).
Techniques: Expressing, Concentration Assay