Journal: ASN neuro
Article Title: Glycogen Phosphorylase Isoform Regulation of Ventromedial Hypothalamic Nucleus Gluco-Regulatory Neuron 5'-AMP-Activated Protein Kinase and Transmitter Marker Protein Expression.
doi: 10.1177/17590914211035020
Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 2. Effects of intra-VMN administration of SCR versus GPbb or GPmm siRNA on VMN GPbb and GPmm protein expression. VMN tissue was bilaterally micropunch-dissected from rostral (left-hand column), middle (middle column), and caudal (right-hand column) VMN fresh-frozen tissue sections after sc V or INS injection into SCR-, GPbb, or GPmm-siRNA-pretreated animals. Data show mean normalized GPbb (A, C, E) or GPmm (B, D, F) protein OD measures ± SEM for the following treatment groups (n = 4 per group): SCR/V (solid white bars), GPbb siRNA/V (diagonal-striped white bars), GPmm siRNA/V (cross-hatched white bars), SCR/INS (solid gray bars), GPbb siRNA/INS (diagonal-striped gray bars), and GPmm siRNA/INS (cross-hatched gray bars). *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001. Abbreviations: VMN = ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus; SCR = scramble; GP = glycogen phosphorylase; GPbb = glycogen phosphorylase- brain type; GPmm = glycogen phosphorylase-muscle type; OD = optical density; SEM = standard error of mean; INS = insulin; V = vehicle; sc = subcutaneous.
Article Snippet: Membranes were blocked with TBS containing 0.1% Tween-20 (Amresco LLC, Solon, OH) and 2.0% bovine serum albumin (MP Biomedicals LLC, Santa Ana, CA), then incubated (36–42 h; 4°C) with rabbit primary polyclonal antisera against GPbb (1:2,000; prod. no. NBP1-32799; Novus Biologicals, Littleton, CO), GPmm (1:2,000; prod. no. NBP2-16689; Novus Biol.), GAD (1:10,000; prod. no. ABN904; Millipore Sigma, Burlington, MA), nNOS (1:1,500; prod. no. NBP1-39681; Novus Biol.), AMPKα1,2 (prod. no. 2532S, 1:2,000; Cell Signaling Technology Inc., Danvers, MA), or phosphoAMPKα1/2 (Thr 172) (pAMPK; prod. no. 2535S, 1:2,000; Cell Signaling Technol.).
Techniques: Expressing, Injection