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. 2022 Nov 9;13:6762. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-34434-y

Fig. 2. Role of METTL14 on NRCMs growth and apoptosis.

Fig. 2

a Representative images of immunofluorescence staining and quantification of the relative cardiomyocyte size treated with or without METTL14 overexpression or inhibition (n = 6 wells/group). Scale bar: 100 μm. b Representative images of immunofluorescence staining and quantification of the 5-ethynyl-2’-deoxyuridine (EdU) positive cardiomyocytes treated with or without METTL14 overexpression or inhibition (n = 4 wells/group). Scale bar: 100 μm. c Representative images of immunofluorescence staining and quantification of the Ki67 positive cardiomyocytes treated with or without METTL14 overexpression or inhibition (n = 4 wells/group). Scale bar: 100 μm. d Representative images of immunofluorescence staining and quantification of pHH3 positive cardiomyocytes treated with or without METTL14 overexpression or inhibition (n = 4 wells/group). Scale bar: 100 μm. e qPCR analysis of Anp, Bnp, β-Mhc mRNA expression levels in NRCMs treated with shMETTL14 or shScr (n = 6 wells /group). f Representative images of immunofluorescence staining and quantification of the TUNEL positive cardiomyocytes treated with shMETTL14 or shScr in OGD/R induced apoptosis model (n = 4 wells/group). Scale bar: 100 μm. g Representative western blot and statistical data of NRCMs apoptosis by detection of Bax, and Bcl2 in OGD/R induced apoptosis model treated with shMETTL14 or shScr (n = 6 wells/group). h Representative images of immunofluorescence staining and quantification of the TUNEL positive cardiomyocytes treated with METTL14 or Fugw in OGD/R induced apoptosis model (n = 4 wells/group). Scale bar: 100 μm. i Representative western blot and statistical data of NRCMs apoptosis by detection of Bax, and Bcl2 in OGD/R induced apoptosis model treated with METTL14 or Fugw (n = 6 wells/group). NRCM, neonatal rat cardiomyocyte. pHH3, phospho-Histone H3; shScr, Scramble short hairpin RNA; shMETTL14, METTL14 short hairpin RNA to knockdown METTL14; Fugw, control without METTL14 overexpression; METTL14 OE, METTL14 overexpression; TUNEL, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling; OGD/R, oxygen-glucose deprivation/reperfusion. All data are expressed as means ± SD. ns, nonstatistically significant. ae Independent-sample t-test, two-sided; fi two-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s post hoc test. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.