Figure 2.
NXT inhibits lipid accumulation, reduces total glomerular area and VEGFA expression in db/db mouse kidneys. At the end of treatment as indicated in Fig. 1, mouse kidneys were removed and used to prepare frozen cross sections or total proteins. (a) The representative photos of kidneys (upper left panel), ratio of kidney weight to bodyweight (the right panel) and images of Oil Red O staining of cross sections (lower left panel); (b,c) kidney frozen cross sections were used to detect morphological changes of glomerulus by HE staining (b) followed by quantitation of the glomerular area (c). *p < 0.05 vs. wild type group; #p < 0.05 vs. db/db control group (n ≥ 5); (d,e) VEGFA expression was determined by immunohistochemical staining with kidney frozen cross sections (d), and by Western blot with total cellular proteins extracted from a piece of kidney (e), respectively. *p < 0.05 vs. db/db control group (n ≥ 5).