Journal: Current Issues in Molecular Biology
Article Title: Sodium Butyrate Ameliorated Bile Acid Metabolism in Diabetes Mellitus by PI3K/AKT Signaling Pathway via the Gut–Liver Axis
doi: 10.3390/cimb47090732
Figure Lengend Snippet: Effect of NaB on bile acid metabolism-related proteins in HepG 2 cells. Sodium butyrate (NaB) increased FXR, TGR5, PTPN6, GATA4, and CYP7A1 expression. Immunofluorescence assay for ( A ) FXR, ( B ) TGR5, ( C ) PTPN6, ( D ) GATA4, and ( E ) CYP7A1 under a laser scanning confocal microscope, and fluorescence intensity was determined relative to each other. ( F ) The above proteins were analyzed using Western blotting. The PI3K/AKT signaling pathway participated in the function of NaB. ( G ) WB detection of PI3K/AKT/GSK3 signaling proteins, including the ratio of p-PI3K to total PI3K, ratio of p-AKT to total AKT, and ratio of p-GSK3α to total GSK3α; ( E ) ratio of p-GSK3β to total GSK3β. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, vs. Ins + LPS, n = 3. shows the native image of the Western blot of .
Article Snippet: Primary antibodies against GPR43 (bs-13536R), PTPN6 (bs-4158R), GATA4 (bs-1778R), GLUT2 (bs-0351R), Insulin Receptor (bs-0681R), PI3K (bs-10657R), and p-PI3K (bs-6417R) were obtained from Bioss (Peking, China).
Techniques: Expressing, Immunofluorescence, Microscopy, Fluorescence, Western Blot