Journal: Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
Article Title: Withaferin A Exerts Preventive Effect on Liver Fibrosis through Oxidative Stress Inhibition in a Sirtuin 3-Dependent Manner
doi: 10.1155/2020/2452848
Figure Lengend Snippet: Effect of WFA on the CCl 4 -induced collagen production, liver fibrosis, and SIRT3 expression in mice. (a) Liver sections were stained with Masson's trichrome and picrosirius red reagents, and representative photographs are shown (scale bar: 100 μ m), respectively. (b) Measurement of hydroxyproline levels in liver homogenate, ∗ p < 0.05. (c) Real-time PCR analyses of SIRT3, α -SMA, fibronectin, and α 1(I) procollagen in liver tissues. GAPDH was used as the invariant control. (d) Western blot analyses of liver proteins with densitometry. Representative blots were from three independent experiments. (e) Quantified western blot results of liver proteins. For the statistics of each panel in this figure, data are expressed as mean ± SD ( n = 3). ∗∗ p < 0.01 and ∗∗∗ p < 0.001 versus the control group; # p < 0.05 and ## p < 0.01 versus the model (CCl 4 ) group.
Article Snippet: Primary antibodies against anti-rabbit α -SMA (14395-1-AP), α 1(I) procollagen (14395-1-AP), fibronectin (15613-1-AP), collagen I (14695-1-AP), and GAPDH (13937-1-AP) were purchased from Proteintech Group, Inc. (Rosemont, IL, USA).
Techniques: Expressing, Staining, Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Control, Western Blot