Journal: Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS
Article Title: Dysregulated cholesterol uptake and efflux of bone marrow-derived α-SMA + macrophages contribute to atherosclerotic plaque formation.
doi: 10.1007/s00018-025-05655-3
Figure Lengend Snippet: Fig. 5 AKT pathway is involved in α-SMA-induced lipid accumu- lation. A Abca1 mRNA levels in vector or Acta2hi RAW264.7 cells treated with 50 μg/ml Ox-LDL for 0, 6, 12, or 24 h. n = 3. *P < 0.05 by unpaired Student’s t-test. B Top 15 KEGG pathways of genes downregulated in Acta2hi RAW264.7 cells incubated with Ox-LDL for 6 h. C Protein levels of p-AKT, AKT, p-ERK, ERK, p-STAT3, STAT3, CD36, SR-A, ABCA1 and α-SMA treated with 50 μg/ml Ox- LDL for 6 h. n = 3. *P < 0.05 by one-way ANOVA. D–F Flow cyto-
Article Snippet: Primary antibodies used included mouse anti-mouse α-SMA (BM0002, Boster, USA), goat anti-mouse SR-A (af1797, R&D, USA), rabbit anti-mouse ABCA1 (PB0490, Boster, USA), human anti-mouse ABCG1 (bs-23382R, Bioss, China), rabbit anti-human CD36 (ab133625, Abcam, USA), mouse GAPDH (AF0006, Beyotime, China), rabbit anti-mouse p-Smad3 (AF1759, Beyotime, China), and rabbit anti-mammalian Smad3 (sc-101154, SANTA CRUZ, USA).
Techniques: Plasmid Preparation, Incubation