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. 2021 Jun 15;11:12561. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-92008-2

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Rapamycin partially restores FA-suppressed basal steroidogenesis of MA-10 cells. After treatment with FA for 48 h and co-treatment with 10 nM rapamycin in the last 24 h, MA-10 cells were treated with or without 50 µM 8-Br-cAMP for 4 additional hours to induce steroidogenesis. (a) Progesterone levels in conditioned medium from the assigned groups of MA-10 cells. (b) Representative blots of autophagy and ER stress markers in cultured MA-10 cells are shown. (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) Quantifications normalized by β-actin are shown as means ± SEM (n = 3). *P < 0.05.