Research Article

Phytic Acid Protects against 6-Hydroxydopamine-Induced Dopaminergic Neuron Apoptosis in Normal and Iron Excess Conditions in a Cell Culture Model

Figure 1

Protection of IP6 (30 μmol/L) against 6-OHDA-induced apoptosis in vitro cell culture model. Cell apoptosis was measured as caspase-3 activity (FU/mg protein, (a) from two separate experiments) and DNA fragmentation (AU/mg protein, (b) from one experiment) and Hoechst nuclear staining (c). ANOVA with Tukey's Multiple Comparison test was used to detect the differences among the treatments in (a) and (b), and means with different letters were significantly different ( ). The top panel in C represents 20x magnification and the bottom panel represents 60x magnification. Apoptotic nucleus is indicated with an arrow.
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