Journal: Communications Biology
Article Title: Pantothenic acid ameliorates hepatic fibrosis by targeting IGFBP6 to regulate the TGF-β/SMADs pathway
doi: 10.1038/s42003-025-08527-5
Figure Lengend Snippet: a qRT-PCR analysis of Acta2 , Fn1 , Col1a1 , and Igfbp6 mRNA levels and b Western blotting analysis of FN, COL1A1, α-SMA, and IGFBP6 protein expression in hepatic tissue homogenates from control and TAA-treated mice at 4 and 8 weeks ( n = 6), Data are expressed as means ± SD, One-way ANOVA. c qRT-PCR analysis of Acta2 , Fn1 , Col1a1 and Igfbp6 mRNA levels in primary mouse HSCs stimulated with TGF-β (10 ng/mL) for 12 h and 24 h or unstimulated ( n = 3), Data are expressed as means ± SD, One-way ANOVA. d Western blotting analysis of protein expression levels of FN, COL1A1, α-SMA and IGFBP6 in primary mouse HSCs stimulated with TGF-β for 24 and 48 h or unstimulated. e –g Western blotting confirmed IGFBP6-knockout in LX2 cells line ( e ). Fibrosis-related gene and protein expression in LX2 cells line stimulated with TGF-β (10 ng/mL) with or without IGFBP6-knockout detected by ( f ) qRT-PCR and ( g ) Western blotting ( n = 3). Data are expressed as means ± SD, Tow-way ANOVA.
Article Snippet: Recombinant human IGFBP6 protein with His-tag (MCE, HY- P73141 ) was purified using Ni-NTA affinity chromatography (Thermo Scientific, HisPur).
Techniques: Quantitative RT-PCR, Western Blot, Expressing, Control, Knock-Out