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. 2022 Jul 20;13:4188. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-31904-1

Fig. 6. Mini-WARS is an extracellular inhibitory NRP1 ligand that impairs histamine-elicited endothelial permeability.

Fig. 6

a Mini-WARS overexpression decreases histamine-elicited endothelial permeability. Quantification of 70 kDa Dextran-FITC transendothelial flux over time through a confluent Ctrl (empty lentivirus) or mini-WARS-transduced EC monolayer after histamine stimulation. Data are the mean ± SEM of three independent experiments. Statistical analysis: two-way ANOVA with Bonferroni correction; *P value = 0.0126, **P value = 0.0020, 0.0016. Western blot analysis shows mini-WARS overexpression in ECs. b Mini-WARS silencing impairs histamine-elicited endothelial permeability. Quantification of 70 kDa Dextran-FITC transendothelial flux over time through a confluent control (siCtrl) or WARS (siWARS) silenced ECs rescued for empty vector (Ctrl/siCtrl and Ctrl/siWARS) or for mini-WARS (mini-WARS/siWARS) ECs monolayer after histamine stimulation. Data are the mean ± SEM of three independent experiments. Statistical analysis: two-way ANOVA with Bonferroni correction; **P value ≤ 0.01. Western blot analysis shows WARS silencing and mini-WARS overexpression. c Mini-WARS overexpression decreases histamine-elicited endothelial permeability via NRP1. Quantification of 70 kDa Dextran-FITC transendothelial flux over time through a confluent control (siCtrl, left) or NRP1 silenced (siNRP1, right) and transduced with empty lentivirus (Ctrl) or mini-WARS EC monolayer after histamine stimulation. Data are the mean ± SEM of three independent experiments. Statistical analysis: two-way ANOVA with Bonferroni correction; ns = P value ≥ 0.05, **P value = 0.0047, 0.0070, 0.0010. Western blot analysis shows NRP1 silencing and mini-WARS overexpression in ECs. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.