Figure 3.
Expression levels of NF-kB and protein levels of NF-kB in both groups. (a,b,a’ and b’) p65 immunostaining on day 4 was performed to examine production of NF-kB. PPARα group had lower expression levels of NF-kB compared with vehicle group. Frames a’ and b’ show higher magnification pictures of boxed areas in frames a and b. Vehicle group exhibited strong staining in nucleus of inflammatory cells and vascular endothelial cells compared with PPARα group (black arrows; a’,b’). Bar, 50 μm (a,b); 20 μm (a’,b’). (c) p65 protein levels in corneas from 6 hours to day 4 after injury was investigated using western blotting. (d) Amounts of each protein on day 4 were quantified with results and expressed as ratios to β-actin (control) protein amounts. The PPARα group had significantly less expression of NF-kB compared with the vehicle group. *Indicates significance at P < 0.05.