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. 2022 May 30;8(4):308–318. doi: 10.1159/000524164

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

DSF alleviated C3a/C5a-induced podocyte injury by inhibiting pyroptosis. Podocyte injury was induced with C3a (50 nM) and C5a (50 nM). The inhibitory effects of DSF (250 nM) on C3a/C5a-induced pyroptosis were examined. a Representative images of GSDMD(N)/ZO-1/Nucleus (DAPI) triple immunofluorescent staining of treated podocytes. Scale bars = 20 μm. b Representative Western Blot images of GSDMD, NF-κB p65, p-NF-κB p65 (Ser536), NLRP3, ASC, Caspase-1, IL-18 and the internal control (GAPDH) in treated podocytes. c IL-18 release in treated podocytes was detected. d, e Representative images of PI/Nucleus (DAPI) double fluorescent staining of treated podocytes (d) and percentage of PI-positive cells (e); arrows, PI-positive cells; scale bars = 40 μm. f LDH release in treated podocytes was detected. The data above represent three independent experiments in duplicate and are shown as the mean ± SD, and ANOVA with LSD-t test (equal variances assumed) or Welch's test with Dunnett's T3 test (equal variances not assumed) was used for multiple comparisons among groups. *, p < 0.05; **, p < 0.01.