Figure 4.
Atorvastatin mediated myocardium protection by inhibiting the ERSR. Protein extracted from myocardium tissues four weeks after drug administration (A) or cardiac myocytes 24 h after drug treatment (B) were separated and immunoblotted sequentially with anti-GRP78, -caspase-12 and CHOP antibodies. GAPDH was used as a control reference. Band intensity is quantified in (C) and (D). The correlation between apoptosis and GRP78 is presented in (E) and (F). *P < 0.05 compared with Model or Ang II group; #P < 0.05 compared with sham operated (Sham) or control (Cont) group.