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. 2018 Feb 27;8:3689. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-21853-5

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Inhibition of autophagy preserves mitochondrial contents and ameliorates cell death in compressed skeletal muscle. (a) to (d) show the comparison of animals (n = 4 mice/group; WT, Bak−/−, and Bax−/−Bak−/− mice in this order) injected with the autophagy inhibitor colchicine for (a) amounts of p62 and L3C-I/II proteins by Western blots, and (b) mitochondrial complexes, including complexes I-V, by Western blots, (c) DNA fragmentation, and (d) rotarod performance in control (“−” or clear bars) and compressed (“+” or shaded black bars) muscle tissues. All values are expressed as means ± standard error of mean. Pairwise comparison was performed with Student’s t-test, *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Tukey’s post hoc test were used to compare multiple groups, #P < 0.05.