Journal: International journal of molecular sciences
Article Title: Astaxanthin Alleviates Oxidative Stress in Mouse Preantral Follicles and Enhances Follicular Development Through the AMPK Signaling Pathway.
doi: 10.3390/ijms26052241
Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 4. Effects of astaxanthin on expression of AMPK pathway proteins, mitochondrial biogenesis proteins, and antioxidant proteins. (A) Western blot analysis of expression of AMPK pathway proteins (p-AMPK and PGC-1α), mitochondrial biogenesis proteins (NRF1 and TFAM), and antioxidant proteins (NRF2 and HO-1) in follicles on day 10. (B) Analysis of relative expression levels of these proteins using Image J image analysis software. Experiment was repeated three times independently (N = 3), and 40 follicles were used in each group. * p < 0.05, compared with control group. # p < 0.05, compared with astaxanthin group.
Article Snippet: 2025, 26, 2241 16 of 21 the membrane was blocked with 5% non-fat milk for 1 h. After blocking, the membrane was incubated overnight at 4 ◦C with primary antibodies against p-AMPK (#50081, Cell Signaling Technology, Boston, MA, USA), PGC-1α (#ab191838, Abcam, Cambridge, UK), NRF1 (#46743, Cell Signaling Technology), TFAM (#ab252432, Abcam), NRF2 (#ab92946, Abcam), HO-1 (#ab52947, Abcam), PINK1 (#ab23707, Abcam), Parkin (#32833, Cell Signaling Technology), LC3-II (#43566, Cell Signaling Technology), cleaved caspase 3 (#9664, Cell Signaling Technology), Bax (#2772, Cell Signaling Technology), Bcl-2 (#3498, Cell Signaling Technology), P53 (#ab26, Abcam), StAR (#ab203193, Abcam), P450scc (#ab272494, Abcam), and β-actin (#ab8226, Abcam).
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