Figure 3.
Knockdown of p62 inhibits autophagy activation in osteoclasts induced by sRANKL. (A, B) Both the mRNA and protein expression levels of p62 were decreased in osteoclasts after treatment with p62 siRNA as compared with the negative control (NC). (C) Knockdown of p62 significantly decreased the mRNA expression levels of Atg5, Atg7, LC3 and Atg12 in sRANKL-treated osteoclasts. mRNA expression was normalized against β-actin in the samples analyzed. The data represent mean ± SEM from three different experiments performed in duplicate. *p<0.05; **p<0.01 versus the negative control.