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. 2012 Mar 8;287(18):14557–14568. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M112.340570

FIGURE 8.

FIGURE 8.

Cold ischemia in rat kidneys activates ER stress and generates an angiogenic response. The rats were nephrectomized, and the kidneys were rinsed and incubated in an IGL1® solution for 24 h. A, HERP, PDI, CHOP, ATF4, and sXBP1 transcript levels were measured by qRT-PCR in the rat kidneys after 24 h of cold ischemia, and compared with levels in non ischemic kidneys (n = 4). *, p < 0.05. B, GRP78 and phospho-eIF2α protein levels were measured in the rat kidneys after 24 h of cold ischemia. Left: a representative immunoblot is shown. Right: a densitometric analysis of immunoblots. n = 4. C, VEGFA, bFGF, and ANG protein levels were measured in the rat kidneys after 24 h of cold ischemia. Left: a representative immunoblot is shown. Right: a densitometric analysis of immunoblots, n = 4. D, HIF-1α protein levels were measured in rat kidneys after 24 h of cold ischemia. A representative immunoblot is shown. Hypoxic HREC were used as control.