Figure 6. Immunofluorescence showing that the expression of NBCn1 and NBCn2 in the mTAL of rat kidney is increased by NaHCO3.
The rats were treated with NaHCO3 for 7 days. Cryo-sections of the kidney were double-stained with anti-NBCn1 (or anti-NBCn2) and anti-α1. A1−A4, expression of NBCn1 in the outer medulla (OM) of the control rat. B1−B4, expression of NBCn1 in the OM of NaHCO3-treated rat. C1−C4, expression of NBCn2 in the OM of control rat. D1−D4, expression of NBCn2 in the OM of NaHCO3-treated rat. The red shows the expression of NBCn1 or NBCn2. The green shows the expression of α1 of the Na+-K+ pump. The blue in the merge represents the staining of the nuclei by DAPI. The data are representative of three independent experiments.