Fig. 2.
The MC2-R (a), MRAP (b), MC3-R (c) and MC5-R (d) proteins are expressed in rat BMSC enriched for mesenchymal progenitors and expression of MC2-R (a) and MRAP (b) are regulated by dexamethasone. Cultures were left untreated (−) or were treated with 10−8 M dexamethasone for 48 h (+Dex). MC-R’s and MRAP were detected by immunoblot in crude membrane fraction lysates (50 µg per lane). Na/K ATPase was used to normalize loading. Asterisk (*) denotes a non-specific band
