Figure 5.
PEDF-induced human umbilical vein endothelial cell autophagy is mediated through inhibition of mechanistic target of rapamycin. (A) Western blot analysis was conducted to examine the alterations in p70S6K and 4E-BP1 phosphorylation in the control, PEDF, PEDF + cont siRNA, PEDF + p53 siRNA and PEDF + sestrin2 siRNA groups. (B) Semi-quantitative analysis of blots in (A). *P<0.05 vs. PEDF-treated group. 4E-BP1, eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E-binding protein 1; p, phosphorylated; p70S6K, p70S6 kinase; PEDF, pigment epithelium-derived factor; si, small interfering.