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. 2016 Oct 5;6:34715. doi: 10.1038/srep34715

Figure 7. Inhibition of Akt abolishes the anti-apoptotic effects of BMSC and NGF.

Figure 7

(A) Schematic diagram of experimental design. VSC4.1 cells were treated with HD (25 mM) or saline for 24 h and then were treated with BMSC-CM (15%, v/v) or NGF (100 μM) in the presence or absence of MK-2206 1 h pre-treatment for additional 24 h. (B) TUNEL and DAPI staining were performed to detect apoptosis of cellsin different groups. (C) The percentage of TUNEL-positive cells in different groups was quantified. (D) The activity of caspase-3 in different groups was detected using commercialcaspase-3 activity detection kit. (E) Cyt C was stained in different groups and the representative images were shown. ap < 0.05, compared with control group; bp < 0.05, compared with HD group; cp < 0.05, compared with BMSC-CM group.