Fig. 4.
NF-κB activation is inhibited in AEG-1KO hepatocytes. A. NF-κB luciferase reporter activity was measured in WT and AEG-1KO hepatocytes. Firefly luciferase activity was normalized by Renilla luciferase activity. The activity of empty pGL3-basic vector was considered as 1. R.L.U.: Relative luciferase units. Data represent mean ± SEM of three independent experiments. *: p<0.01. B. WT and AEG-1KO hepatocytes were treated with LPS for the indicated time points and Western blotting was performed for the indicated proteins. C. Immunofluorescence followed by confocal microscopy of WT and AEG-1KO hepatocytes after LPS treatment for 30 min showing p65 nuclear translocation. D. WT and AEG-1KO hepatocytes were treated with LPS for 4 h and the mRNA level of Il1b and Il6 was measured by Taqman Q-RT-PCR. Data represent mean ± SEM of three independent experiments. *: p<0.01.