Figure 6.
Argon preconditioning reduces rotenone-induced protein expression of Bax and increases Bcl-2, but the effect is abolished by OxPAPC.
(A, C) Densitometric analysis of western blots for Bax (A) and Bcl-2 (C) protein expression. Between-group comparisons were performed with a one-way analysis of variance using the post hoc Holm Sidak test (n = 6; mean ± SD; *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001). (B, D) Representative western blot images of six independent experiments that showed similar results demonstrating the influence of rotenone, argon preconditioning, and inhibition with OxPAPC on Bax (B) and Bcl-2 (D).