Research Article

Fyn Mediates High Glucose-Induced Actin Cytoskeleton Reorganization of Podocytes via Promoting ROCK Activation In Vitro

Figure 7

Western blotting analysis of alterations to ROCK activity in podocytes. ROCK activity was analyzed by determining the phosphorylation state of MYPT1, a downstream target of ROCK. The phosphorylation status of MYPT1 was significantly enhanced after 48-hour incubation with 30 mM glucose (lane 2) compared with cells incubated with 5.5 mM glucose (lane 1). Transfection with Fyn siRNA for 24 hours (lane 4) or pretreatment with 10 μM Y27632 for 30 minutes (lane 6) decreased MYPT1 phosphorylation. Control podocytes were treated with Cont-siRNA (lane 5) or 5.5 mM glucose plus 24.5 mM mannitol (lane 3). Values denote the mean ± SD; versus 5.5 mM glucose and versus 30 mM glucose.