Journal: Chinese Medical Journal
Article Title: Therapeutic role of miR-26a on cardiorenal injury in a mice model of angiotensin-II induced chronic kidney disease through inhibition of LIMS1/ILK pathway
doi: 10.1097/CM9.0000000000002978
Figure Lengend Snippet: Overexpression of miR-26a significantly improved Ang-II-induced cardiorenal injury. (A) Semi-quantitative statistical analysis of LIMS1, ILK, IL-1β, IL-18, α-SMA and FN protein levels in heart for Western blotting results ( n = 6). (B) Representative Masson’s staining of heart and kidney. Scale bars: 20 μm. (C) Representative immunofluorescence staining of CD68 (green) in heart and kidney. Scale bars: 40 μm. (D) Semi-quantitative statistical analysis of LIMS1, ILK, IL-1β, IL-18, α-SMA and FN protein levels in kidney for Western blotting results ( n = 6). Data are presented as mean ± SD. Ang: Angiotensin; CD: Cluster of differentiation; Ctrl: Control; DAPI: 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole; FN: Fibronectin; IL: Interleukin; ILK: Integrin-linked kinase; KO: Knockout; LIMS: LIM and senescent cell antigen-like domain 1; miR: MicroRNA; SCr: Serum creatinine; SD: Standard deviation; α-SMA: α-smooth muscle actin.
Article Snippet: After blocking with 5% nonfat milk in tris buffered saline (TBS) with 0.5% Tween-20 (TBS-T) overnight, the membranes were incubated with primary antibodies against ILK (1:1000) (GTX01046; Genetex), LIMS1 (1:1000) (ab154331; Abcam), interleukin-1β (IL-1β) (1:1000) (16806-1-AP; Proteintech, Wuhan, China), interleukin-18 (IL-18) (1:2000) (10663-1-AP; Proteintech), α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) (1:200) (ab5694; Abcam), fibronectin (FN) (1:2000) (F3648; Merck, California, USA), β-actin (1:10000) (ZF2001; ZFdows Bio, Nanjing, China) and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) (1:10000) (ZF2000; ZFdows Bio).
Techniques: Over Expression, Western Blot, Staining, Immunofluorescence, Control, Knock-Out, Standard Deviation