Journal: Pulmonary Circulation
Article Title: SphK1/S1P mediates TGF-β1-induced proliferation of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells and its potential mechanisms
doi: 10.1177/2045894018816977
Figure Lengend Snippet: (a) PASMC were first incubated with or without 10 μM SB431542 for 1 h before stimulation with 10 ng/mL TGF-β1 for 1 h; the protein levels of p-Smad2/3 and t-Smad2/3 were detected using western blotting (n = 5 each group). (b) PASMC were first incubated with or without 10 μM SB431542 for 1 h before stimulation with 10 ng/mL TGF-β1 for 24 h; the protein level of SphK1 was detected using western blotting; β-actin served as a loading control (n = 5 each group). (c) PASMC were first incubated with or without 10 μM SB431542 for 1 h before stimulation with 10 ng/mL TGF-β1 for 24 h; levels of S1P in cell lysates and cell culture supernates were determined using S1P ELISA kits (n = 5 each group). * P < 0.05 vs. control, # P < 0.05 vs. TGF-β1-treated cells.
Article Snippet: After blocking for 1 h at room temperature with 5% non-fat milk, the membranes were incubated overnight at 4°C with primary antibodies against SphK1 (1:1000 dilution; Cell Signaling Technology, USA), p-Smad2/3 (1:800 dilution; Cell Signaling Technology, USA), t-Smad2/3 (1:1000 dilution; Abcam, Cambridge, UK), NICD3 (1:500 dilution; Abcam, Cambridge, UK), and β-actin (1:1000 dilution; Santa Cruz, USA).
Techniques: Incubation, Western Blot, Control, Cell Culture, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay