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. 2015 Jun 4;6(6):e1779. doi: 10.1038/cddis.2015.151

Figure 5.

Figure 5

IL-1β activates p53 through an oxidative stress-dependent mechanism. (a) NPCs were cultured in unconditioned stem cell media (Ctrl) or LPS/γIFN-aMCM in the presence or absence of N-acetylcysteine (5 mM). Protein was extracted at 48 h and p53, Puma, p21 and actin expression was assayed by western blot. Representative immunoblots and densitometric analysis from three independent experiments is shown (n=3; *P<0.05). (b) NPCs were treated with rIL-1β (50 ng/ml) or left untreated (Ctrl) and protein was extracted after 48 h and assayed for p53, p21 and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) expression by western blot. Representative immunoblots and densitometric analysis from three independent experiments is shown (n=3, *P<0.05)