Research Paper Volume 9, Issue 10 pp 2052—2068

Figure 5. The effect of PKC inhibition on P27kip1 expression in RPE cells. (A-B) representative Western blots from control, POS, oxPOS, PKCα, ζ, δ and total PKC inhibitor treated RPE cells showing p27kip1 at 28 KDa and β-actin at 40 KDa. (C) quantification of p27kip1 expression by RPE cells in the different groups. Data were expressed as relative fold change to the control. *, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01, ***, P < 0.001 compared to the control untreated group and ••, P < 0.01 compared to oxPOS treated group. One-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s multiple comparison test. N = 3. (D) ARPE-19 cells were stained for p27kip1 (green) and PI (red) after 48 h oxPOS treatment. Arrows shows strong p27kip1 staining in cell nucleus. (E) control ARPE-19 cells stained for p27kip1 (green) and PI (red) showing weak, diffused p27kip1 (green) in the cytoplasm and nucleus.