Figure 4.
Cxcr7 is upregulated concomitantly with ERK activation in the border zone of myocardial infarction. (a) Cxcr7 mRNA levels in infarcted murine hearts. The heart tissue was dissected into two portions: a remote zone (RZ) and a border zone (BZ). Replicate samples were derived from heart tissues of wild-type mice (n = 7). Data are shown as paired data points. Significance was calculated by a paired t-test; **P < 0.01. (b) Immunoblot analysis of pERK and tERK in the RZ and BZ of infarcted heart. The bar chart shows the mean pERK-to-tERK ratio normalized to the value in the RZ. Samples were from infarcted heart tissues of Ctl mice (n = 6). Data are shown as paired data points. Significance was calculated by a paired t-test. *P < 0.05. (c) Immunoblot analysis of pERK and tERK in the BZ in infarcted hearts of Ctl and CKO mice. (d) Quantitative data of the results in Fig. 4c. Ctl, n = 6; CKO, n = 4. Data are shown as the mean ± SEM. Significance was calculated by an unpaired t-test. *P < 0.05.