Journal: Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Article Title: Combined R-α–lipoic acid and acetyl-L-carnitine exerts efficient preventative effects in a cellular model of Parkinson’s disease
doi: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2008.00390.x
Figure Lengend Snippet: Pretreatments with LA or/and ALC prevented rotenone-induced accumulation of α-synuclein and ubiquitin Distribution of α-synuclein and ubiquitin were determined by immunofluorescence labelling and confocal microscopy (bar, 10 μm). Images shown are representative of three independent experiments.
Article Snippet: ADP (high purity, ATP-free) and rotenone were purchased from Sigma (St. Louis, MO, USA); carboxy-H 2- DCFDA, JC-1, MitoTraker, Hoechst 33342, and TRITC-conjugated anti-mouse IgG from Molecular Probes (Eugene, OR, USA); Oxyblot protein oxidation detection kit from Chemicon International Inc. (Temecula, CA, USA); monoclonal anti-8-hydroxyguanine (8-oxo-dG) antibodies from R&D Systems, Inc. (Shanghai, China); BCA protein assay reagent kit from Pierce (Rockford, IL, USA); primary mouse anti-α-synuclein from Lab Vision (Fremont, CA, USA) or from Calbiochem (Darmstadt, Germany); polyclonal rabbit antibody against ubiquitin from DAKO (Carpinteria, CA, USA); monoclonal mouse antibody against complex I subunit (α subcomplex, 9) from Molecular Probes, Invitrogen (Carlsbad, CA, USA); polyclonal rabbit antibody against PGC-1α from Santa Cruz Biotechnology Inc. (San Diego, CA, USA); monoclonal mouse antibody against tubulin from Sigma (St. Louis, MO, USA); IQTM SYBER green supermix reagent from Bio-Rad (Hercules, CA, USA); fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG and Rhodamine (TRITC)-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG from Sino-American Biotech Co. (China); Western blotting luminol reagent from Santa Cruz Biotechnology, foetal bovine serum from Hyclone (Logan, UT, USA); penicillin and streptomycin from Invitrogen (Carlsbad, CA, USA); GSH assay kit from Nanjing Jiancheng Bioengineering Institute (Nanjing, China); and ALC from Sigma-Tau, Germany.
Techniques: Immunofluorescence, Confocal Microscopy