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. 2017 Jul 18;7:5691. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-05932-7

Figure 6.

Figure 6

TRAIL induces the phosphorylation of ERK1/2. (A) SGBS adipocytes on day 14 of adipogenic differentiation were treated with TRAIL (30 ng/ml) or vehicle and protein was isolated at different timepoints (1/4, 1/2, 1, 2 and 6 hours). The phosphorylation of ERK1/2, JNK and AKT was determined by Western blot. (BF) SGBS adipocytes on day 14 of adipogenic differentiation were treated with TRAIL (30 ng/ml) or vehicle in the absence or presence of the MEK1/2 inhibitor PD-0325901 (100 nM). After 6 hours, the phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and IκBα was analyzed by Western blot (B). α-tubulin was used as a loading control. One representative blot out of three performed experiments is presented. Also, IL-6 (C), IL-8 (D), MCP-1 (E) and CCL-20 (F) was analyzed by qPCR. The mRNA levels were normalized to HPRT. Depicted are the means and SEM of 4 independent experiments. One-way ANOVA and Dunnett’s multiple comparison were used to test for statistical significance. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.