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Fig. 4 | Journal of Neuroinflammation

Fig. 4

From: HSP60 critically regulates endogenous IL-1β production in activated microglia by stimulating NLRP3 inflammasome pathway

Fig. 4

HSP60 regulates the expression of NLRP3 after IL-1β treatment. The left panel depicts the qRT-PCR analysis of NLRP3 gene (ae) whereas the right panel shows the Western blot analysis (f–j). IL-1β treatment increased NLRP3 expression in vitro on both transcript level (a) and protein level (f). Similarly, NLRP3 expression was checked in vivo also through qRT-PCR (d) and Western blotting (i). HSP60 overexpression in microglial cells leads to increase in NLRP3 transcript level (b) and protein level (g). Effect of HSP60 knockdown on transcript levels (c, e) as well as protein levels (h, j) were observed in vitro and in vivo, respectively. Normalization of the transcript level was done with GAPDH while β-actin was used for the normalization of Western blots. For quantitative real-time PCR, each experiment was performed in triplicates. Representative blots of three independent experiments are shown here. Bar graphs below the blots represent the quantification of protein levels. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 in comparison to control values. ##p < 0.01 in comparison to IL-1β treatment. Data represented as mean ± SD of three independent experiments

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