Journal: Biology direct
Article Title: Nucleolin in the cell membrane promotes Ang II-mediated VSMC phenotypic switching by regulating the AT1R internalization function : Nucleolin promotes Ang II-mediated VSMC phenotypic switching.
doi: 10.1186/s13062-025-00615-0
Figure Lengend Snippet: Fig. 7 NCL promotes VSMC phenotypic switching in mice. A. RT-qPCR and WB analysis of NCL expression in mice. B. Blood pressure monitoring in mice. C. H&E staining of thoracic aorta from mice. Scale bar = 100 and 25 µM. D. WB analysis of NCL expression. E. IF staining for detecting Ki67 expression. Scale bar = 25 µM. F. WB analysis of β-arrestin1, β-arrestin2, Clathrin, AP-2, and Caveolae-1 expression. G. WB analysis of Rab4 and Rab11expression. H. IF assay for detecting α-SMA and OPN expression. Scale bar = 25 µM. I. WB analysis of AT1R, p-p38MAPK/p38MAPK, p-JNK/JNK, p-ERK/ERK, and p-PKCα/ PKCα expression. The mice were treated with Ang II and injected with sh-NC or sh-NCL lentiviruses in the tail vein. *p < 0.05 vs. sh-NC. *p < 0.05 vs. Sham, #p < 0.05 vs. Ang II + sh-NC. n = 5
Article Snippet: Primary antibody include NCL (ab136649, Abcam), AT1R (25343-1-AP, Proteintech), p38 (AWA00938, Abiowell), p-p38 (AWA48964, Abiowell), p-JNK (AWA45692, Abiowell), JNK (AWA45693, Abiowell), p-ERK (AWA01140, Abiowell), ERK (AWA01141, Abiowell), p-PKCα (AWA43973, Abiowell), PKCα (AWA43970, Abiowell), α-SMA (AWA00778, Abiowell), SM22α (AWA47343, Abiowell), OPN (AWA43353, Abiowell), β-arrestin1 (#47698, CST), β-arrestin2 (#3857, CST), Clathrin (AWA43132, Abiowell), AP-2 (AWA41820, Abiowell), Caveolae-1 (AWA47438, Abiowell), Rab4 (AWA00556, Abiowell), Rab11 (AWA46835, Abiowell), β-actin (AWA80002, Abiowell), and PCNA (AWA00425, Abiowell) were incubated at 4 °C overnight.
Techniques: Quantitative RT-PCR, Expressing, Staining, Injection