Figure 6.

Effect of FK506 on protein expressions of p-JNK, p-ERK, cytosolic cytochrome c and cleaved caspase-3. Cells were incubated either in the absence of (control) or in the presence of FK506 (12.5, 25 and 50 μM) for 8 h, and protein expressions of p-JNK, p-ERK, cytosolic cytochrome c and cleaved caspase-3 were determined using western blotting. Increasing expressions of p-JNK, p-ERK, cytosolic cytochrome c and cleaved caspase-3 were observed in fibroblasts after FK506 treatment at increasing concentrations, and peaked at the concentration of 50 μM. *P<0.05, **P<0.01 compared with control