Protective Effects of N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine in Human Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Cells and Restoration of Motor Function in Neonatal Rats with Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy
Table 1
Statistical analysis of the apoptosis-related molecules from Figures 2 and 3.
Treatment (mM)
Annexin V positivity (%)
Bcl2 (relative to GAPDH)
Bad (relative to GAPDH)
p-ERK (relative to GAPDH)
Vehicle
3.6 ± 2.7a
0.28 ± 0.13a
0.001 ± 0.001a
0.097 ± 0.015a
KCN (5.0)
56.8 ± 4.8b
0.11 ± 0.06b
0.312 ± 0.124b
0.065 ± 0.011b
+vitamin C (0.15)
98.6 ± 7.4c
0.21 ± 0.11ab
0.282 ± 0.152b
0.068 ± 0.082ab
+NAC (0.5)
42.7 ± 3.4d
0.37 ± 0.14ac
0.521 ± 0.206b
0.124 ± 0.113a
+NAC (1.0)
32.3 ± 5.1df
0.68 ± 0.20d
0.341 ± 0.093b
0.156 ± 0.108c
+NAC (2.5)
26.1 ± 2.8e
0.91 ± 0.26d
0.238 ± 0.062b
0.202 ± 0.077c
+NAC (5.0)
31.3 ± 4.2ef
0.82 ± 0.22d
0.110 ± 0.046c
0.235 ± 0.086c
Values () in the same column with different superscript letters represent a significant difference, P < 0.05.