Figure 5. Volitional exercise prevented the reduction in myocardial heme oxygenase-1 of western diet feeding.
Top panel shows western blotting for HO-1 in the myocardium of WD fed mice alongside WD fed mice treated with exercise with β-actin normalization. Quantification of HO-1 protein showed a marked reduction in myocardial HO-1 protein levels in WD fed mice compared to WD fed mice treated with exercise. (Dashed line represents average value for non-exercised control diet fed mice. N = 6 for both groups. * denotes p value <0.01.)