Journal: Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine : eCAM
Article Title: The Protective Effects of Curcumin on Obesity-Related Glomerulopathy Are Associated with Inhibition of Wnt/ β -Catenin Signaling Activation in Podocytes
doi: 10.1155/2015/827472
Figure Lengend Snippet: Effects of DKK1 on leptin-mediated podocyte injury. Well-differentiated conditionally immortalized mouse podocytes were incubated in normal media, media containing 15 ng/mL leptin and medium containing both 15 ng/mL leptin and 200 ng/mL DKK1, a well-known inhibitor of Wnt/ β -catenin signaling, respectively. (a) After 9 h, cells were collected and the mRNA expression levels of nephrin, podocin, podoplanin, and podocalyxin were measured by relative quantitative real-time RT-PCR. (b) After 24 h, cells were lysed and total lysates were analyzed by Western blot assay with antibodies of nephrin, podocin, podoplanin, podocalyxin, and β -actin, respectively. The relative protein level was expressed as the protein/ β -actin ratio. Values are represented as mean ± SD ( n = 3). ∗ P < 0.05 versus control group, ∗∗ P < 0.01 versus control group, and # P < 0.05 versus leptin alone group.
Article Snippet: Rabbit anti-mouse phosphorylated β -catenin pAb (Cell Signaling Technology) , Ditto.
Techniques: Incubation, Expressing, Quantitative RT-PCR, Western Blot, Control