A. At baseline, Nrf2 protein level (apparent MW, 77 kDa) in
the nuclear fraction is significantly lower in CRI-G1-RS than RR cells.
B. At baseline, Keap1 protein level (apparent MW, 69
kDa) in the whole cell lysate is significantly higher in CRI-G1-RS than
RR cells. C. At baseline, DJ-1 protein level (apparent MW,
21 kDa) in the whole cell lysate is significantly lower in CRI-G1-RS
than RR cells. D and E. Treatment with 5 µM SF or 10
µM tBHQ for 8 h (D) or 16 h (E)
activated Nrf2 pathway to a similar extent in both CRI-G1-RR and RS
cells. Apparent MW for lamin A was 68 kDa; for tubulin, 51 kDa. In
panels A–C, statistical significance was determined by two-tailed
Student's t-test; scatter plots of all data points are shown. In
panels D and E, statistical significance was determined by two-way
ANOVA; data are plotted as mean ± S.E.M.
(n = 5). While there was no statistically
significant difference between the two cell types overall, ad-hoc
Bonferroni post-tests detected a statistically significant difference
between DMSO-treated RR and RS samples (p<0.01), similar to the
difference observed with untreated samples (panel A). *, p<0.05;
***, p<0.001.