Journal: Nephron Extra
Article Title: Crosstalk between Smad and Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases for the Regulation of Apoptosis in Cyclosporine A- Induced Renal Tubular Injury
doi: 10.1159/000333014
Figure Lengend Snippet: Effect of inhibition of MAPKs in the presence or absence of EGF on CyA-induced nuclear translocation of R-Smad. CyA (42 μ M ) increased the expression of p-Smad2 (lane 2) at 6 h, measured by Western blotting, compared to control cells (C, lane 1). SB202190 (SB; 20 μ M ) deteriorated nuclear translocation of p-Smad2 in both control (lane 4) and CyA-treated cells (lane 5), whereas PD98059 (PD; 20 μ M ) ameliorated nuclear translocation of p-Smad2 in CyA-treated cells (lane 7). EGF (20 ng/ml) ameliorated CyA-induced nuclear translocation of p-Smad2 (lane 3), which was abolished by SB202190 (lane 6) but not by PD98059 (lane 8).
Article Snippet: The following reagents and antibodies were purchased: fetal bovine serum, Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium/nutrient mix F12 (DMEM/F12) and Alexa Fluor® 488 goat anti-rabbit antibody (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif., USA); p38MAPK inhibitor, SB202190, and Hoechst 33258 (Sigma, St. Louis, Mo., USA); antibodies for p-Smad2, p-Smad3, Smad2, Smad3, p-ERK1/2, ERK1/2, p-p38MAPK, p38MAPK, p-JNK1/2/3, histone H3, and an inhibitor of ERK, PD98059 (Cell Signaling Technology, Beverly, Mass., USA); recombinant human EGF (R&D Systems, Minneapolis, Minn., USA); Fluoromount (Diagnostic Biosystems, Pleasanton, Calif., USA); protein assay kit (Bio-Rad, Hercules, Calif., USA); Amersham ECL Western blotting detection reagents (GE Healthcare, Little Chalfont, UK), and Lab-Tek II 8-chamber glass slides (Nunc, Naperville, Ill., USA).
Techniques: Inhibition, Translocation Assay, Expressing, Western Blot