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Figure 5 | Fibrogenesis & Tissue Repair

Figure 5

From: Human lung myofibroblast TGFβ1-dependent Smad2/3 signalling is Ca2+-dependent and regulated by KCa3.1 K+ channels

Figure 5

TGFβ1-dependent transcription of αSMA, collagen type I and K Ca 3.1 is K Ca 3.1 dependent. (A) TGFβ1 stimulation significantly increased αSMA and collagen I mRNA expression in HLMFs per 103 copies of β-Actin, which was significantly inhibited by TRAM-34 200 nM (NFC n = 4, IPF n = 4, data pooled for statistical analysis). (B) Similarly, ICA-17043 (100 nM) also significantly decreased TGFβ1-dependent increases in αSMA and collagen I mRNA expression in HLMFs (NFC n = 3, IPF n = 3, data pooled). Results are represented as mean ± SEM or median (IQR) ***P < 0.001 (one sample t test), # P < 0.05 and ## P < 0.01 (paired t test or Wilcoxon signed rank test). (C, D) The fold change of TGFβ1-dependent KCa3.1 mRNA expression was significantly higher in IPF HLMFs compared to that in NFC HLMFs, # P = 0.0313 (NFC n = 4, IPF n = 4, data pooled for statistical analysis). This TGFβ1 dependent increase in KCa3.1 mRNA in IPF donors was significantly attenuated by KCa3.1 channel blockers, TRAM-34 and ICA-17043 (*P = 0.0385 and P = 0.0313, respectively, paired t test).

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