Effects of Direct Renin Inhibition on Myocardial Fibrosis and Cardiac Fibroblast Function (original) (raw)
Figure 6
Role of Akt pathway in aliskiren's effects on attenuating collagen expression.
A and B demonstrate the results of Western blotting for phospho- and total Akt in hearts of mice treated with various diets. C shows changes in the protein levels of collagen type I, phospho- and total Akt in response to 24 hours of exposure to D,L. Homocysteine (200 µmol/L) with or without pre-treatment with aliskiren 10 µmol/L (AL), wortmannin 1 µmol/L or Akt Inhibitor VIII 1 µmol/L. Hhe – Hhe-inducing diet; D,L, homocysteine (lower panel); AL 0.05– aliskiren 0.5 mg/kg/day; AL 5– aliskiren 5 mg/kg/day; AL 50– aliskiren 50 mg/kg/day; Wort – wortmannin; Akt in – Akt inhibitor VIII. *p<0.05; **p<0.01; and ***p<0.001.