Figure 7. Effect of alternating hepatocyte growth factor and leukemia inhibitory factor treatment on protein synthesis pathway during hypoxia.
Western blots of tibialis anterior homogenates from hypoxia induced atrophic mice shows activation of protein synthesis pathway after repeated alternating injections with hepatocyte growth factor and leukemia inhibitory factor (N = 13, red) compared to PBS (N = 14, dark blue). This is based on evaluation of the phosphorylation of components from the protein synthesis pathway; pPI3K [p55α] (A), pPDK1 (B), pmTOR (C), pp70S6K (D), p4E-BP1 (E) and peIF4E (F). RU = Relative Units. Error bars are SD; Statistical significance was determined by a two-tailed Student's t–test. *denotes significant (P<0.05). Data are representative of one experiment.