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. 2017 Oct 24;8:1104. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-01131-0

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

Irisin induces gene expression changes and improves myogenesis. a Image of Coomassie-stained polyacrylamide gel showing recombinant His-tagged irisin protein. Recombinant irisin protein was detected as a single band at ~15 kDa. Lane 1 shows the SeeBlue Plus 2 Pre-Stained ladder. Lanes 2, 3, and 4 show 1, 2, and 5 μl of the purified His-tagged irisin protein, respectively. b Graph representing qPCR analysis of Ucp1 expression in human subcutaneous white adipose-derived stem cells (hADSCs) after 21 days of adipogenic differentiation in the presence of DB (control) or irisin (n = 2 biological replicates). c Graph representing qPCR analysis of Ucp1 in 3T3L1 fibroblasts after 4 days of adipogenic differentiation in the presence of DB (control) or irisin (n = 3 biological replicates). Graphs displaying qPCR analysis of sox8 (d), heyL (e), haptoglobin (f), il6 (g), cxcl1 (h), and ptx3 (i) in 72 h-differentiated C2C12 myotubes treated with DB (control) or recombinant irisin protein for 0, 6, 12, 24, and 48 h. All qPCR graphs show gene expression normalized to gapdh (n = 3 biological replicates). Error bars represent mean ± SEM. Student’s t-test was performed for b and all relevant figure panels between d and i, and one-way ANOVA was peformed for c. Significance is indicated with *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 and ***p < 0.001