Figure 7.
Effect of Argon preconditioning on caspase-3 cleavage.
(A) Evaluation of caspase-3 cleavage by western blotting. Densitometric analysis of western blots of caspase-3 cleavage, normalized against uncleaved caspase-3. 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) Representative western blot image of six independent experiments that showed similar results demonstrating the influence of rotenone, argon preconditioning, and inhibition with OxPAPC on caspase-3 cleavage.