Research Article
Repression of the Antioxidant Pyrroloquinoline Quinone in Skin Aging Induced by Bmi-1 Deficiency
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The effect of PQQ on redox balance in the skin of Bmi-1-/- mice. (a) Cellular ROS levels in the skin from 8-week-old WT, Bmi-1-/-, and Bmi-1-/-+PQQ mice were analyzed by flow cytometry. (b) ROS levels were calculated. Biochemistry analysis of skin extracts from 8-week-old WT, Bmi-1-/-, and Bmi-1-/-+PQQ mice for (c) H2O2 levels or (d) TAOC. (e) Western blot analysis of protein level for SOD2 in the skin from the WT, Bmi-1-/-, and Bmi-1-/-+PQQ mice. β-Actin was used as a loading control. (f) SOD2 protein levels relative to β-actin protein levels were determined using densitometric analysis and expressed relative to WT. Values are shown as the of seven determinations per group. and versus WT mice; & and && versus Bmi-1-/- mice.
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