Immunoblotting detection and quantitative analysis for pERK and ERK 1/2. (A) Total lysates of control and V-treated (1 mM, 500 μM) embryos after 24, 30, 36 and 42 h of development/treatment. Actin was used as a loading control. Histograms show the densitometric analysis of bands identified for (B) pERK and (C) ERK 1/2. Relative protein expression, reported as arbitrary units, was calculated as the band density ratio to that of actin. Experiments were performed in triplicate and data are expressed as means ± standard deviation (n = 3 ± SD). Data were analyzed by one-way ANOVA. Treatments with the same lowercase letter do not differ (Tukey HSD).