Figure 6.
Klotho attenuates lung and heart fibrosis. Masson’s trichrome staining of (a) lung and (b) right ventricle sections demonstrating decreased fibrosis in hyperoxia-exposed Klotho treated rats. Original magnification × 20, Scale bars are 50 µm. Klotho supplementation in hyperoxia-exposed rats decreased (c) lung, (d) RV and (e) LV TGF-β expression. Representative Western blots are shown in the lower panels. Lung TGF-β expression is normalized to β-Actin. RV and LV TGF-β expression is normalized to GAPDH. White bars indicate normoxia, and black bars indicate hyperoxia (Data are mean ± SEM; P < 0.05; * normoxia-PL vs hyperoxia-PL; † hyperoxia-PL vs hyperoxia-Klotho; N = 5/group).