Figure 4.
Effects of 4-AAQB on the osteoclastogenesis signaling pathway. Osteoclastogenesis proteins were assayed by western blotting after exposure to v-Xg (A) conditions for 24 h. The cells were treated with 4-AAQB (1, 3, or 10 µM) or ALN (10 µM) combined with RANKL for 54 h. The quantitative results of NFATc1 (B), c-Fos (C), and DC-STAMP (D) represent the mean ± SEM (n = 3). In addition, after exposure to μXg (E) conditions for 24 h, the cells were treated under the same stimulation conditions as the v-Xg group for 48 h. The quantitative results (F–H) represent the mean ± SEM (n = 3). * p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 and *** p < 0.001 versus control; # p < 0.05, ## p < 0.01, and ### p < 0.001 versus RANKL.