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. 2017 Nov 2;7:14978. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-14990-w

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Acriflavine (ACF) downregulates the expression of HIF-1a and its downstream target genes in vivo. (A) VEGF and PGK-1 as well as HIF-1a expression were significantly reduced in the brain extracts of the rats treated with 25% ACF wafers compared to the untreated rats (control) (P 0.05) Means ± SE is plotted (n = 4), *P < 0.05. (B) Representative immunofluorescence images show no detectable VEGF expression in brain samples of animals treated with local ACF vs positive VEGF signal expressed around vessels of untreated tumor brains. At 15 days after tumor implantation, brain samples of rats treated locally with 25% ACF wafer were stained in the tumor region, on the left of corpus callosum for VEGF (red) and 4,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI; blue). (Scale bar = 0.2 mm, Magnification, 20x).