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. 2017 Aug 3;7:7219. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-07575-0

Figure 3.

Figure 3

TrxR1 overexpression delays C2C12 differentiation. C2C12 were transfected or not (mock) with p-TrxR1 or the empty vector pcDNA3.1 and analysed at 48 (D2) and 72 hours (D3) from differentiation induction. (a) Representative image of the western blot analysis showing the protein expression of TrxR1, Myogenin, MyHC and β-actin. The amount of TrxR1 (b), Myogenin (c) and MyHC (d) in each sample was calculated by normalizing to β-actin protein levels. Results are represented as mean ± SEM of at least three different experiments. The ratio of mock sample was set = 1. (e) Representative image (20x magnification) of the immunofluorescence analysis showing MyHC expression at D3 of differentiation. DAPI staining was used to detect nuclei. (f) Fusion index relative to D3 calculated in at least five random microscopic fields.