Table 6.

Effects of EA on the expression of P2X7R, NLRP3, and IL-1β related protein in the PFC of CUMS rats.

Groups	NLRP3/β-Actin	P2X7R/β-Actin	Pro-Caspase-1/β-Actin	Cleaved-Caspase-1/β-Actin	Pro-IL-1β/β-Actin	Cleaved-IL-1β/β-Actin	ASC/ β-Actin
CON	0.31 ± 0.18	0.34 ± 0.11	0.28 ± 0.05	0.47 ± 0.06	0.21 ± 0.02	0.29 ± 0.16	0.39 ± 0.04
CUMS	0.81 ± 0.25 *	0.68 ± 0.04 **	0.54 ± 0.04 **	0.74 ± 0.06 **	0.52 ± 0.05 *	0.89 ± 0.06 **	0.80 ± 0.15 **
BBG	0.53 ± 0.18 ◊	0.40 ± 0.10 ◊◊	0.40 ± 0.12 ◊	0.59 ± 0.05 ◊	0.26 ± 0.04 ◊	0.41 ± 0.10 ◊	0.69 ± 0.11
EA	0.58 ± 0.16 ◊	0.45 ± 0.07 ◊	0.45 ± 0.04 ◊	0.60 ± 0.06	0.28 ± 0.01 ◊	0.47 ± 0.05 ◊	0.76 ± 0.15

(n = 6; $\overline{\mathrm{x}}$ ± s.) Data were expressed as mean ± SD. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, compared with the CON group; ^◊ p < 0.05, ^◊◊ p < 0.01, compared with the CUMS group.