Journal: Frontiers in Pharmacology
Article Title: Red ginseng extract improves skeletal muscle energy metabolism and mitochondrial function in chronic fatigue mice
doi: 10.3389/fphar.2022.1077249
Figure Lengend Snippet: RGE activates AMPK/PGC-1α cascade in TA muscle of multiple stress factors-induced chronic fatigue mice. (A) . Representative western blotting images of p-AMPKα, t-AMPKα, PGC1α and GAPDH. (B,C) . Relative expression of p-AMPKα, t-AMPKα and PGC1α were quantified. n = 3 independent blots. (D) . Analysis of mtDNA/nuclear DNA by qPCR, the relative expression of NADH dehydrogenase 1 (mtDNA) to TFAM (nuclear DNA) was quantified using real-time quantitative PCR to determine the relative copy number differences of mtDNA. n = 6 per group. Mice from control or chronic fatigue syndrome model group were treated with water or different dose of RGE (200, 400 or 600 mg/kg). Compared with control group, * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001; compared with CFS group, # p < 0.05, ## p < 0.01, ### p < 0.001.
Article Snippet: After blocking with 5% bovine serum albumin (BSA) for 2 h, the membranes were incubated with the following primary antibodies overnight at 4°C: rabbit monoclonal to phospho-AMPK (1:500; catalog 2535, Cell Signaling Technology, United States), total-AMPK (1:500; catalog 2603, CST), ACO2 (1:1000; catalog 6571T, CST), rabbit polyclonal to PGC1α (1:800; catalog ab54481, Abcam, United States), mouse monoclonal to NDUFB8 (1:1000; catalog 459210, Abcam), GAPDH (1:2000; catalog 97166, CST).
Techniques: Western Blot, Expressing, Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Control