Journal: Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
Article Title: Nicorandil Attenuates LPS-Induced Acute Lung Injury by Pulmonary Endothelial Cell Protection via NF-κB and MAPK Pathways
doi: 10.1155/2019/4957646
Figure Lengend Snippet: Nico ameliorated LPS-induced ALI and inflammation. (a) Nico increased LPS-induced Kir6.1 and Kir6.2 downregulation in the lung. (b, c) Lung sections stained with H E showed severe injury in the LPS group which was attenuated by Nico pretreatment. The data revealed a high score for the LPS-treated group which was decreased in the Nico-pretreated group. (d) Nico pretreatment significantly reduced LPS-induced protein leakage in BALF. (e, f) Nico alleviated LPS-induced increments of MPO activities in BALF and lung homogenate. (g, h) Nico prevented the production of TNF- α and IL-1 β in lung homogenate. Data were shown as mean ± SEM ( n = 6 − 8). Statistically significant differences: ∗ P
Article Snippet: Then, the transferred membranes were incubated with primary antibodies against Kir6.1 (Alomone Labs, Jerusalem, Israel), Kir6.2 (Abcam), NF-κ B p-p65/p65, p-iκ B-α /iκ B-α , p-p38/p38, p-ERK/ERK, p-JNK/JNK, intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), cleaved-caspase-3 (c-caspase-3), caspase-9 (1 : 1000, Cell Signaling Technology), endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) (1 : 1000, Santa Cruz), inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) (1 : 1000, Millipore), CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein homologous protein (CHOP), vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1), VE-cadherin, Nox4 (1 : 1000), MnSOD (1 : 5000, Abcam), and β -actin (1 : 5000, Proteintech, Rosemont, USA) overnight.
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