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. 2022 May 5;12:7334. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-10925-2

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Elimination of the induced expression of ZIPs results in a reduced expression of cell-surface ZNT1. (A) Schematic depicting the assay time course. MDCK cells stably expressing Zip4, Zip5, ZIP4, or ZIP5 were cultured with or without 0.1 μg/mL Dox for 24 h, and then the cells were cultured in normal medium (N) for an additional 24–72 h after washing thrice with PBS. (B,C) ZNT1 expression upregulated by Dox-induced expression of Zip4 or Zip5 (B) or ZIP4 or ZIP5 (C) decreased after Dox removal. However, a marked reduction of MT expression did not accompany the reduction of ZNT1 expression. Actin was used as the loading control. Each experiment was performed at least thrice, and representative results from independent experiments are shown.