Figure 3.
The relative HSF1, ALDH2, and beta-MHC expression levels of neonatal mouse cardiomyocytes after mechanical stretch in vitro (a, b) The relative HSF1, ALDH2 mRNA, and protein levels of neonatal mouse cardiomyocytes (control: cardiomyocytes without mechanical stretch; MS: cardiomyocytes with mechanical stretch 48 h) (c, d) The relative HSF1, ALDH2, and beta-MHC mRNA and protein levels of neonatal mouse cardiomyocytes (control: cardiomyocytes without mechanical stretch; MS: cardiomyocytes with mechanical stretch 48 h; Ad-HSF1-shRNA+MS: cardiomyocytes infected by adenovirus-expressing HSF1 shRNA with mechanical stretch 48 h; Ad-HSF1+MS: cardiomyocytes infected by adenovirus-expressing HSF1 with mechanical stretch 48 h). ). ∗p < 0.05, n = 5.