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. 2015 Mar 25;10(3):e0119136. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119136

Fig 3. Role of Zip4 in zinc transport in MIN6 cells.

Fig 3

A. Fluorescent images (left panels) and 2 representative traces (right panel) of zinc cytoplasmic levels measured with FluoZin-3AM in MIN6 control and pCMV6-Zip4GFP transfected MIN6 cells. B. Following supplementation of 100 μM Zinc, the rate of zinc increase was calculated by applying a linear curve fit and calculating its slope over the first 400 seconds of the fluorescence increase. C. The overall area under the FluoZin-3AM curve in response to 100 μM Zn2+ was calculated in control MIN6 and pCMV6-Zip4GFP transfected MIN6 cells. D. Granular zinc content was estimated with the low affinity zinc dye zinquin in MIN6 cells transfected with pcDNA-eGFP (control condition) and pCMV6-Zip4GFP. E. Overall zinquin intensity in control MIN6 and pCMV6-Zip4GFP transfected MIN6 cells. *. p˂0.05; ***. p˂0.001.