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. 2020 Jul 15;11:3527. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-17314-1

Fig. 7. CH induces activation of NF-κB (p65/p50)/cyclinD1 pathway in PASMC.

Fig. 7

a A representative western blot of p65/p50 translocation from cytoplasm (Cyto) to nuclei (Nu) in RyR2KO mice. b Bar graphs depict the expression of p65/p50 in cytoplasm normalized by GAPDH (n = 3 independent studies, 5 mice per study). c Summarized data of the expression of p65/p50 in nuclei normalized by Lamin A (n = 3 independent studies, 5 mice per study). d A representative western blot of p65/p50 translocation from cytoplasm (Cyto) to nuclei (Nu) in S107 treating group. Bar graphs depict the expression of p65/p50 in cytoplasm and nuclei in S107 treatment group. The protein levels are normalized by GAPDH and Lamin A respectively (n = 3 independent studies, 5 mice per study). e A representative western blot of cyclin D1 and IκB expression in RyR2KO and S107 treatment groups. e IκB and f cyclin D1 expression normalized by GAPDH (n = 3 independent studies, 5 mice per study). g Western blot shows that PDTC inhibits the over-activation of cyclin D1 in PH model (n = 3 independent studies, 5 mice per study). h PASMC resting [Ca2+]i in either Nor or CH is not changed in PDTC (100 mg/kg/d) treatment group (n = 5 independent studies, 80 cells per study). i Pre-incubation with PDTC (0.1 mM) does not change the contractility of PAs (n = 6 independent studies, 5 PA stripes per study). j Typical lung sections of pulmonary arteries (bar scale: 50 µm). In vivo evaluation of pulmonary vascular remodeling by measuring proportion of non-(Non), partially (Par), or fully (Mus) muscularized PAs (n = 7 independent studies, 60 vessels per study). k PASMC proliferation (Ki-67 staining) in vivo in PH models and medial wall thickness of PAs. (n = 7 independent studies, 60 vessels per study). l Application of PDTC suppresses the elevation of RVSP and RV hypertrophy in PH model (n = 5 independent studies, 5 mice per study) without major effect of RyR2 KO mice. m Schematic illustration summarizes the proposed model of RISP/ROS-RyR2/FKBP12.6-NF-κB/cyclin D1 pathway. Data are expressed as mean ± standard error. (*P < 0.05, using one-way ANOVA test).