Fig. 2.

Expression pattern of apoptotic signaling kinases ASK1 and JNK1/2 in hepatocytes of M. cephalus inhabiting the control and pollutant-stressed estuaries. Representative immunoblots are shown. β-Actin has been used as the loading control. A and B represent the control and pollutant-stressed hepatocytes, respectively and the table demonstrates the relative levels of the protein determined by densitometric analysis. Data are expressed as means ± SE (n = 16 fish per estuary). NS, statistically not significant when compared with control hepatocytes