Fig. 1.
Effect of NTG injection on Nrf2 protein levels in the total and nuclear fractions of rat TNC a Representative immunoblots of TNC lysates. Total Nrf2 levels b and nuclear Nrf2 levels c were elevated as early as 0.5 h and persisted for 4 h after NTG injection. β-actin was used as a loading control for total Nrf2. Fibrillarin was used to assess the purity of the nuclear fraction. Data are presented as relative density units normalized to β-actin or Fibrillarin, and expressed as mean ± SD (*P < 0.01 vs the control group, # P < 0.01 vs NTG 0 h group, n = 6 per group)