Journal: European journal of pharmacology
Article Title: Eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase inhibitor, A484954 inhibits perivascular sympathetic nerve stimulation-induced vasoconstriction in isolated renal artery.
doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2022.175042
Figure Lengend Snippet: Fig. 6. Expression (a) and dimerization (b) of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS), and phosphorylation of vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) at Ser239 (c) and Src (d) in E (+) Wistar rat isolated renal artery in the presence of TNS stimulation (60 V, 50 Hz, 30 s) without (vehicle) or with A484954 (10 μM, 10 min) as determined by Western blotting. Specifically, the expression of nNOS (dimer and monomer froms) was determined by Western blotting under non-reducing condition by using total nNOS antibody (b). The expression of nNOS (a) and phosphorylation of Src (p-Src) (d) were normalized to total-actin (t-actin) expression, and phosphorylation of VASP (p-VASP) was normalized to total-VASP (t-VASP) expression (c). The results shown as fold increase relative to vehicle were expressed as mean ± SEM (a: N = 6, b: N = 4, c: N = 4, d: N = 6). N represents the number of rats.
Article Snippet: Antibody sources were as follows: phospho-eEF2 Thr56 (No. 905- 775-100) (Assay designs, Ann Arbor, MI, USA), total-eEF2 (No. A301688A-T) (Bethyl Laboratories, Montgomery, TX, USA), neuronal NO synthase (nNOS) (No. sc-53962) (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Dallas, TX, USA), phospho-vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) Ser239 (No. ab194747) (Abcam, Cambridge, UK), total-VASP (No. sc-46668) (Santa Cruz Biotechnology), phospho-Src Tyr416 (No. 6943P) (Cell signaling Technology, Beverly, MA, USA), and total-actin (No. MAB1501) (Sigma-Aldrich).
Techniques: Expressing, Phospho-proteomics, Isolation, Western Blot