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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurosci Res. 2015 Dec 14;106:66–69. doi: 10.1016/j.neures.2015.12.004

Figure 2. Effects of magnesium sulfate on OPC differentiation.

Figure 2

Primary rat OPCs were exposed to vehicle or 5 mM magnesium sulfate (Mg) for 7 days during the time period in which OPCs differentiate into oligodendrocytes. Then cell lysates were subjected to western blotting. (a) Representative western blot images. PDGFR-α was used as a marker for OPCs, and MBP/GST-pi as a marker for oligodendrocytes. β-actin was used as a loading control. (b-d) Western blots showed that Mg increased oligodendrocyte marker proteins MBP and GST-pi, but decreased an OPC marker protein PDGFR-α. Data are represented as Mean ± SD of 4 independent experiments. *P<0.05.