Research Article

Mechanism of the Inhibitory Effects of Eucommia ulmoides Oliv. Cortex Extracts (EUCE) in the CCl4-Induced Acute Liver Lipid Accumulation in Rats

Figure 4

Effect of EUCE on CCl4-induced ER stress response and expression of ApoB and P450 2E1. Rats were injected with 1 mg/kg CCl4, and livers were isolated after 4 hours. (a) Western blotting was performed on liver protein extracts with anti-GRP78, CHOP, p-eIF-2α, eIF-2α, ATF-6α, IRE-1α, sXBP-1, ApoA1, ApoB, P450 2E1, or GAPDH. (b) Graphs showing quantification of (a). (c) P450 2E1 activity was measured in liver. Asterisks indicate differences from the group treated with CCl4 only (* ). # indicates a significant difference compared with the control group.
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