Inhibition of Pah abrogates the protective effects of BG pretreatment. (A) Schematic model of Pah inhibitor administration before BG-pretreatment and bacterial challenge in zebrafish. (B) Transcriptional expression of tight junction protein-encode genes in posterior intestines of PBS- and BG-pretreated zebrafish during E. piscicida infection, with/without Pah inhibitor administration. (C) Histological analysis of posterior intestines in PBS- and BG-pretreated zebrafish during E. piscicida infection, with/without Pah inhibitor administration. Scale bar, 50 μm. (D) Statistical analysis of the histological score as indicated in panel C. (E and F) Transcription of il1b (E) and il6 (F) in posterior intestines of PBS- and BG-pretreated zebrafish during E. piscicida infection, with/without Pah inhibitor administration. Data are replicated with three independent experiments and shown as mean ± SD by a two-way ANOVA with multiple comparisons. ∗p < 0.05, ∗∗p < 0.01, ∗∗∗p < 0.001, ∗∗∗∗p < 0.0001; ns, not significant.
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