Journal: Journal of Neuroinflammation
Article Title: Oral administration of the K ATP channel opener diazoxide ameliorates disease progression in a murine model of multiple sclerosis
doi: 10.1186/1742-2094-8-149
Figure Lengend Snippet: Western blotting show expression of both Kir6.1 and Kir6.2 K ATP channel pore-forming subunits in unstimulated and LPS/IFNγ-stimulated BV-2 cells (A, left) and microglial primary cultures (A, Right). Staining for the microglial cell membrane marker CD11b (B and E) and the K ATP channel subunits Kir 6.1 (C) or Kir 6.2 (F) showed colocalization in BV-2 microglia, indicating the expression of the K ATP channel at the cytoplasmic membrane (D and G, white arrows) . Control: unstimulated cells; L+I: cells stimulated with LPS and IFNγ. Scale bar = 30 μm.
Article Snippet: After washing in Tris-buffered saline (TBS: 20 mM Tris, 0.15 M NaCl, pH 7.5) for 5 min, dipping in methanol for 10 s and drying in air, the membranes were incubated with the following primary antibodies overnight at 4°C: polyclonal rabbit anti-Kir 6.1 or polyclonal rabbit anti-Kir 6.2 (both 1:500, Alomone, Jerusalem, Israel), polyclonal rabbit anti-inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) (1:200, Millipore, Bedford, MA, USA), polyclonal rabbit anti-cyclooxygenase-2 (1:2000, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, St. Cruz, CA, USA) and monoclonal mouse anti-β-actin (1:50000, Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA) diluted in immunoblot buffer (TBS containing 0.05% Tween-20 and 5% non-fat dry milk).
Techniques: Western Blot, Expressing, Staining, Marker