Journal: The FASEB Journal
Article Title: Aerobic Exercise Ameliorates Adverse Vascular Remodeling in Diabetes via PDK1 / FoxO1 Axis
doi: 10.1096/fj.202504631R
Figure Lengend Snippet: PDK1 inhibits FoxO1 expression under HG conditions in SV40. (A, B) Western blotting analysis of PDK1 expression from SV40 under high glucose with PS48 (PDK1 activator). Protein expression was normalized to the housekeeping protein GAPDH. (C–G) Western blot analysis of PDK1, FoxO1, p‐FoxO1, and α‐SMA expression from SV40 under HG with/without PS48 or infected with FoxO1‐shRNA. Protein expression was normalized to housekeeping protein GAPDH; the numbers indicate the relative densities of the indicated protein bands normalized to GAPDH. The normalized protein expression data for PDK1, FoxO1, p‐FoxO1, and α‐SMA were presented as mean ± SD. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001. Con: Human aortic smooth muscle cells (SV40) in the culture medium. HG: SV40 in HG medium (30 mM D‐glucose). HG + FoxO1‐shRNA: SV40 in HG medium (with infection of FoxO1‐shRNA). HG + PS48: SV40 in HG medium (with treatment of PS48, 20 μM). HG + FoxO1‐shRNA+ PS48: SV40 in HG medium (with infection of FoxO1‐shRNA and treatment of PS48).
Article Snippet: The primary antibodies used in the experiment included rat anti‐PECAM‐1 (1:2000, B&D), NLRP3 (1:1000, Abclonal), ASC (1:1000, Abclonal), NF‐kB1 (1:1000, Cell Signaling Technology), NF‐kB p65 (1:1000, Abcam), CCR2(1:500, Boster), IL‐18 (1:500, Abclonal), VCAM‐1 (1:2000, Abcam), α‐SMA (1:1000, Cell Signaling Technology), SM‐MHC (1:2000, Abcam), Calponin (1:1000, Abcam), MMP2 (1:500, Abclonal), MMP9 (1:1000, Cell Signaling Technology), PDK1 (1:1000, Abcam), p‐PDK1 (1:1000, Cell Signaling Technology), FoxO1 (1:1000, Sigma‐Aldrich), p‐FoxO1 (1:1000, Cell Signaling Technology), AKT (1:1000, Cell Signaling Technology), p‐AKT (1:1000, Cell Signaling Technology), Caspase‐3 (1:1000, Cell Signaling Technology), Bax (1:1000, Abclonal) and mouse anti‐SMN/Gemin (1:500, Abcam), GAPDH (1:4000, Proteintech).
Techniques: Expressing, Western Blot, Infection, shRNA