Figure 4.

HRT inhibits the Raf/MEK/ERK1/2 phosphorylation in early stage of 3T3-L1 adipocytes differentiation. Preadipocytes were induced to differentiate with HRT (200 μg/mL) and harvest at 30 min, 1 h, and 2 h and during the early stage of differentiation. Panels are indicating (a) the expression of ERK1/2, (b) the expression of c-Raf, and (c) the expression of Ras/MEK1. Panel is indicating (d) treatment of Erk phosphorylation inhibitor (PD98059, 50 μM) as a positive control for HRT treatment. The proteins were analyzed by western blot. Values are mean ± S.D. of data from three separate experiments; each experiment was performed in triplicate. **P < 0.01 versus control, and ***P < 0.001 versus control.