Fig 4. Inhibition of histone deacetylases antagonizes the time-dependent decline of TXNIP without reversing the effect of palmitate.

INS-1E cells were cultured in the presence of 11 mM glucose and test substances as indicated and described under Materials and methods. (A,D,F) Changes of TXNIP mRNA levels (ΔΔCt) vs control set to 100% in A and D; vs max effect in F. (B,E,G) Representative western blots of ¹⁷²Thr-P-AMPKα and AMPKα1; Tubulin is used as loading control. (C) Quantitative analysis of western blots of three independent experiments of B. Results are given as mean ± SEM of n = 3–4 independent experiments. *p<0.05, **p<0.01, *** p<0.001 denotes significance to control, i.e. 11 mM Glc at 1h; ^##p<0.01 to 11 mM Glc at 24 h. $ $p<0.01 significant effect of palmitate in the presence of MS. §§p<0.01 significant effect of palmitate in the presence of MS and BML. Abbreviations: Glc, glucose; Pal, palmitate; MS, MS-275 (HDAC1/2/3 inhibitor); BML, BML-275 (AMPK inhibitor); AICAR, AMPK activator.