Lactobacillus acidophilus (LA) inhibits protein kinase C (PKC)α. A: representative Western blots for phospho-PKCα (p-PKCα) and total PKCα (T-PKCα) in the ileal epithelial cells are shown. Right: relative ratio of p-PKCα to T-PKCα. M, metformin; ns, not significant. B: representative confocal immunofluorescence (IF) images for PKCα (green), F-actin (red), and DAPI (blue) are shown. Scale bar, 20 μm. Bottom: enlarged images of the boxed area. Con, control; Met, metformin.