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

Fig. 8. METTL14 regulates NRCMs growth and apoptosis via PHLPP2.

Fig. 8

a Representative images of immunofluorescence staining and quantification of the relative cardiomyocyte size displayed the block effect of PHLPP2 overexpression on METTL14 knockdown (n = 4 wells/group). Scale bar: 100 μm. b Representative images of immunofluorescence staining and quantification of the Ki67 positive cardiomyocytes displayed the block effect of PHLPP2 overexpression on METTL14 knockdown (n = 4 wells/group). Scale bar: 100 μm. c Representative images of immunofluorescence staining and quantification of the Tunel positive cardiomyocytes displayed the block effect of PHLPP2 overexpression on METTL14 knockdown in the OGD/R-induced apoptosis model (n = 4 wells/group). Scale bar: 100 μm. d Representative western blot and statistical data of NRCMs apoptosis by detection of Bax, Bcl2, Caspase 3, and Cleaved-Caspase 3 in OGD/R induced apoptosis model revealed the block effect of PHLPP2 overexpression on METTL14 knockdown (n = 3 wells/group). e Representative images of immunofluorescence staining and quantification of the Ki67 positive cardiomyocytes revealed the rescue effect of PHLPP2 knockdown on METTL14 overexpression (n = 4 wells/group). Scale bar: 100 μm. f Representative images of immunofluorescence staining and quantification of the Tunel positive cardiomyocytes demonstrated the rescue effect of PHLPP2 knockdown on METTL14 overexpression in the 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, Bcl2, caspase 3, and Cleaved-caspase 3 in the OGD/R-induced apoptosis model demonstrated the rescue effect of PHLPP2 knockdown on METTL14 overexpression (n = 3 wells/group). h Representative western blot and statistical data of the phosphorylation levels of Akt-S473 in the OGD/R-induced NRCM apoptosis model displayed the rescue effect of PHLPP2 knockdown on METTL14 overexpression (n = 3 wells/group). Fugw, control without METTL14 overexpression; METTL14 OE, METTL14 overexpression; shScr, Scramble short hairpin RNA; shMETTL14, METTL14 short hairpin RNA to knockdown METTL14; EV, empty vector without PHLPP2 overexpression; PHLPP2, PHLPP2 overexpression; shPHLPP2, PHLPP2 short hairpin RNA to knockdown PHLPP2; OGD/R, oxygen-glucose deprivation/reperfusion; NRCM, neonatal rat cardiomyocyte. All data are expressed as means ± SD. ah Two-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s post hoc test. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.