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. 2018 Jul 3;8:10021. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-27607-7

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Effect of the hexane-isopropanolic extract of Tungrymbai, HIET on the protein expressions of different signaling molecules involved in lipid metabolism in palmitate (PA)-treated hepatocytes after transfection with either AMPK or control siRNA (100 nM). (A) AMPK; (B) SREBP1; (C) SREBP2; (D) FAS; (E) phospho ACC/ACC; (F) phospho HMGCR/HMGCR; (G) PPARα; (H) CPT1A; and (I) UCP2 protein expression in AMPK siRNA transfected cells. (J) Phospho AMPK/AMPK, phospho ACC/ACC, phospho HMGCR/HMGCR, and UCP2 protein expression in control siRNA transfected cells. The blots are representatives of three independent experiments. Full-length blots are presented in Supplementary Figure 3. Cells transfected with either AMPK or control siRNA were treated with HIET (0.3 µg/mL) for 2 h followed by PA (0.75 mM) exposure for the next 20 h. Control siRNA is a scrambled nonspecific RNA duplex that shares no sequence homology with any of the genes. Data are expressed as mean ± SE. “*” Denotes the significant difference from untreated (*p < 0.05).