Journal: Frontiers in Pharmacology
Article Title: Cinnamic acid alleviates hypertensive left ventricular hypertrophy by antagonizing the vasopressor activity and the pro-cardiac hypertrophic signaling of angiotensin II
doi: 10.3389/fphar.2025.1555991
Figure Lengend Snippet: Cinnamic acid dampens cardiomyocyte STAT3 and ERK1/2 activation in response to ang II. After 30-min incubation with vehicle or cinnamic acid, NRCMs were exposed to ang II for 12 h (A) or 5 min (B) . (A) The levels of pSTAT3 and STAT3. (B) The levels of pERK1/2 and ERK1/2. α-tubulin was included for normalization purposes. n = 4 per group. **P < 0.01. Ang II, angiotensin II; CA, cinnamic acid; VC, vehicle control.
Article Snippet: The membranes were blocked with 5% BSA for 1 h at room temperature and incubated overnight at 4°C with primary antibodies including monoclonal mouse anti-STAT3 antibody (1:1000, 9139, Cell Signaling Technology, United States), monoclonal mouse anti-phosphorylated-STAT3 (pSTAT3) antibody (1:2000, 4,113, Cell Signaling Technology, United States), polyclonal rabbit anti-ERK1/2 antibody (1:1000, 9102, Cell Signaling Technology, United States), monoclonal mouse anti-phosphorylated ERK1/2 (pERK1/2) antibody (1:2000, 9106, Cell Signaling Technology, United States) or monoclonal mouse anti-alpha tubulin (α-tubulin) antibody (1:4500, ab7291, Abcam, United States).
Techniques: Activation Assay, Incubation, Control