Journal: American journal of hypertension
Article Title: Influence of Long-Term Salt Diets on Cardiac Ca2+ Handling and Contractility Proteins in Hypertensive Rats.
doi: 10.1093/ajh/hpy023
Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 6. Effects of long-term salt diets on cardiac Ca2+ handling and contractility proteins in SHRs. Abbreviations: LTCC, L-type Ca2+ channel; β-MHC, β-myosin heavy chain, α-MHC, α-myosin heavy chain; NCX, Na+/Ca2+ exchanger; PLB, phospholamban; RYR, Ryanodine Receptor; SERCA2a, Ca2+-ATPase; SR, sarcoplasmic reticulum.
Article Snippet: Immunoblot: specific primary antibodies The following specific primary antibodies were used: L-type Ca2+ channel (LTCC) (1:1,000 sc-398433 Santa Cruz Biotechnology, CA, USA), SR Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA2a) (1:1.000 ab3625, Abcam, Cambridge, UK), Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (NCX) (1:1.000 ab6495, Abcam, Cambridge, UK), phospholamban (PLB) (1:1.000, ab 2865, Abcam Cambridge, UK), Ryanodine Receptor (RyR2) (1:1,000, ab2868 Abcam, Cambridge, UK), β-myosin heavy chain (β-MHC) (1:1.000, HPA001239 Sigma-Aldrich Chemical, St. Louis, Missouri, USA), α-MHC (1:1.000, HPA001349 Sigma-Aldrich Chemical, St. Louis, Missouri, USA) and GAPDH (1:1.000, ab22555 Abcam Cambridge, UK).
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