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. 2020 Oct 7;10:16656. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-73340-5

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Proangiogenic effects of N-NAM in a reconstituted tissue model of angiogenesis. (a) Matrigel was mixed with 1 µM of N-NAM, scN-NAM, or PBS and injected subcutaneously into the mid-ventral region of BALB/c mice. Plugs were harvested 12 days later and subjected to a hemoglobin assay and immunofluorescent staining. (b) Representative images of Matrigel after harvesting. (c) Hemoglobin content was measured and normalized versus the Matrigel weights in the plugs. Results are presented as the means ± SEMs (n = 3). (d,e) Plugs were embedded in paraffin, and sections were prepared and stained with anti-CD31 antibody. The number of CD31-positive cells was counted and the results are presented as the means ± SEMs (n = 3). **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05 versus PBS-treated controls, ##p < 0.01 between indicated groups.