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. 2017 Aug 15;8:545. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2017.00545

FIGURE 4.

FIGURE 4

Effects of pioglitazone on ETC and mitochondrial dynamics in the kidney of Nx rats. The ETC proteins COX I was found to be decreased after surgery in both of isolated mitochondria (A) and tissue (B). The expression of ATP β and NDUFB8 were only found to be reduced in the renal tissue. Mitochondrial fusion proteins Opa-1 and Mfn2 were decreased and fusion protein Drp1 was increased in isolated mitochondria from the kidney of Nx rats (C). Pioglitazone treatment restored these changes. n = 6. P < 0.05, ∗∗P < 0.01, NSP > 0.05.