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. 2019 Mar 6;9:3633. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-40002-0

Figure 4.

Figure 4

The effects of lithocholic acid (LCA) on hypertrophy are mainly mediated through protein kinase A (PKA) in H9c2 cells. (A) The effects of LCA were reversed by PKAI at the indicated doses; the right side shows the morphological changes in H9c2 cells, and the left side indicates the quantified data. (B) The effects of LCA treatment were also reversed by H-89 at the indicated doses; the right side shows the morphological changes in H9c2 cells, and the left side indicated the quantified data as described above. (C) Effects of LCA were not modified by ESI-09 treatment at doses effective to inhibit Epac; the right side shows the morphological changes in H9c2 cells, and the left side indicates the quantified data as above. Therefore, the LCA-induced alleviation of hypertrophy induced by high glucose is mainly mediated through the PKA pathway (*p-value < 0.05, **p-value < 0.01 versus control group; #p-value < 0.05, ##p-value < 0.01 versus vehicle group, n = 6).