Journal: Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
Article Title: Cadmium Induces Glomerular Endothelial Cell-Specific Expression of Complement Factor H via the -1635 AP-1 Binding Site.
doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1800081
Figure Lengend Snippet: FIGURE 2. Cd increases CFH expression and secretion in HRGECs. (A, C, and E) ELISA of CFH secretion from HRGECs (A), human renal podocytes (HRPs) (C), and HRMCs (E) treated with 4 mM Cd (n = 4). (B, D, and F) mRNA expression of CFH gene in HRGECs (B), HRPs (D), and HRMCs (F) treated with 4 mM Cd (n = 4). Note: the scales are different in the y-axes. (G) Immunoblots of CFH from culture media of HRGECs. Coomassie Blue staining of the gel was presented as the loading control (n = 4). (H) Immunoblots of CFH from cell lysates of HRGECs. GAPDH was presented as the loading control (n = 4). (I) Immunoflourescence of CFH on cultured HRGECs treated with 4 mM Cd for 24 h. Positive staining of CFH was shown by orange-red fluorescence (n = 4). The mean of each column was compared to the mean of the control, and Student t test was used to determine the statistical significance. *p , 0.05, **p , 0.01.
Article Snippet: After washing three times with TBST, the membranes were incubated with the secondary Ab (1:6000) at room temperature for 2 h. The primary Abs were rabbit anti-SAPK/JNK (9258), rabbit anti–phospho-SAPK/ JNK (4668), rabbit anti–c-Fos (2250), rabbit anti–c-Jun (9165), rabbit anti-GAPDH (2118) (Cell Signaling Technology), and a mouse mAb against human CFH (ab118820, OX24; Abcam, Cambridge, MA).
Techniques: Expressing, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Western Blot, Staining, Control, Cell Culture