Journal: Molecular Medicine Reports
Article Title: Intranasal erythropoietin ameliorates neurological function impairments and neural pathology in mice with chronic alcoholism by regulating autophagy-related Nrf2 degradation
doi: 10.3892/mmr.2018.9706
Figure Lengend Snippet: Intranasal rhEPO exerts neuroprotective effects by regulating autophagy-related Nrf2 degradation in mice with chronic alcoholism. (A) Images of western blot analyses for hEPO, phosphorylated (p)-EPOR, p-ERK1/2, p-AKT, Nrf2, KEAP1, NQO1, p62 and LC3-II in brain tissue of mice in each group. (B-I) The quantitative analyses of the relative p-EPOR (B), p-ERK1/2 (C), p-AKT (D), Nrf2 (E), KEAP1 (F), NQO1 (G), p62 (H) and LC3-II (I) levels to β-actin in brain tissue of mice in each group (n=8). Error bars indicate SEM. ns, non-significant; *P<0.05; **P<0.01; ***P<0.001. Groups: Control, Chronic Alcohol Exposure (CAE), CAE + recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) and CAE+rhEPO+all- trans -retinoic acid (ATRA).
Article Snippet: The following primary antibodies were used: mouse monoclonal anti-human hEPO (catalog no. SAB5300475; Sigma-Aldrich; Merck KGaA), rabbit polyclonal anti-human/mouse/rat p-EPOR (catalog no. SAB4301492; Sigma-Aldrich; Merck KGaA), rabbit polyclonal anti-human/mouse/rat p-ERK1/2 (catalog no. E7028; Sigma-Aldrich; Merck KGaA), rabbit polyclonal anti-human/mouse/rat p-AKT (catalog no. SAB4301497; Sigma-Aldrich; Merck KGaA), rabbit polyclonal anti-human/mouse/rat Nrf2 (catalog no. SAB4501984; Sigma-Aldrich; Merck KGaA), rabbit polyclonal anti-human/mouse/rat KEAP1 (catalog no. AV34727; Sigma-Aldrich; Merck KGaA), rabbit polyclonal anti-human/mouse/rat NQO1 (catalog no. N5288; Sigma-Aldrich; Merck KGaA), rabbit polyclonal anti-human/mouse/rat p62 (catalog no. P0067; Sigma-Aldrich; Merck KGaA), rabbit polyclonal anti-human/mouse/rat LC3B (catalog no. 3868; Cell Signaling Technology, Inc.) and rabbit polyclonal anti-human/mouse/rat β-actin (catalog no. SAB2100037; Sigma-Aldrich; Merck KGaA) (IgGs; 1:1,000). β-actin expression was used as a loading control.
Techniques: Western Blot, Recombinant