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. 2017 Jul 19;7:5931. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-06197-w

Figure 6.

Figure 6

RV tachypacing induces global activation of osteopontin. Biochemical analysis of osteopontin (OPN) levels in rats subjected to either RV tachypacing or BiV tachypacing at a CL of 100 ms for 72 hours. La = lateral wall, Sp = septum. (A) Immunoblots demonstrating OPN and GAPDH (loading control). Cropped blots are shown. Uncropped blots are presented in Supplementary Fig. 5S. (B) Bar graph summarizing the densitometry results of 6 individual rats in each pacing mode. Note the marked increase of 50 kDa OPN in both septum and free wall of rats exposed to RV tachypacing. In comparison, BIV pacing demonstrated significantly reduced levels in the septum.