Fig. 6
Effects of valproic acid (VPA) on WT-AB larvae mRNA gene expression values at 120 h post-fertilisation (hpf) (n = 90 per group). (A,B) Data analysis showed a significant upregulation of pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-1β and IL-6) in 50 μM VPA-treated larvae compared with controls (* p ≤ 0.05, t-test with Welch correction). (C,D) Anti-inflammatory cytokines (IL-4 and IL-10) were downregulated in 50 μM VPA-treated larvae compared with controls (* p ≤ 0.05, t-test with Welch correction). (E–H) Neurogenesis- and neuronal activation-related genes (nlgn3, nrxn1, ngf, and c-fos) were downregulated in 50 μM VPA-treated larvae compared with controls (* p ≤ 0.05 or ** p ≤ 0.01, t-test with Welch correction). (I) Expression of the VPA-target gene (hdac4) was downregulated in 50 μM VPA-treated larvae compared with controls (* p ≤ 0.05, t-test with Welch correction). Data are represented as means ± SEM. Abbreviations: ns = not significant. |