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Figure 6

From: Chlamydophila pneumoniae induces expression of Toll-like Receptor 4 and release of TNF-α and MIP-2 via an NF-κB pathway in rat type II pneumocytes

Figure 6

BAPTA-AM, parthenolide and SN50 inhibited C. pneumoniae-mediated TLR4 mRNA and protein expression. (A) Detection of TLR4 (upper lane) and GAPDH mRNA expression (lower lane) in type II cells by semi-quantitative polymerase chain reaction. The C. pneumoniae-induced TLR4 mRNA increase (2) returned to control values (1) after combined exposure to BAPTA-AM (3). Parthenolide (4) exerted an even stronger inhibitory activity and reduced TLR4 mRNA expression below baseline values. (B) Type II cells in suspension controls (lane 1) incubated with C. pneumoniae for 3 hours (lane 2), pre-incubated with BAPTA-AM (lane 3) and SN50 (lane 4) prior to C. pneumoniae exposure were prepared for Western blot analysis of TLR4 protein. (C) Their protein expression was determined by densitometry. Values of n = 3 experiments are given as means ± SD in arbitrary units. Asterisk indicates a significant difference to control (1), BAPTA-AM (3) and SN50 (4) (P < 0.05).

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