Research Article

SOD2 Mediates Curcumin-Induced Protection against Oxygen-Glucose Deprivation/Reoxygenation Injury in HT22 Cells

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SOD2-siRNA reversed curcumin-induced antiapoptotic effects in HT22 cells exposed to OGD/R. The cells were divided into 5 groups, including control, OGD/R, Cur + OGD/R, SOD2-siRNA + Cur + OGD/R, and SC-siRNA + Cur + OGD/R; after 3 h OGD and 24 h reoxygenation, cell apoptotic rate and cleaved caspase-3 expression were evaluated by using flow cytometry and western blot, respectively. (a) Flow cytometry results of cells. (b) SOD2-siRNA reversed curcumin-induced antiapoptotic effect (n = 6). (c) SOD2-siRNA reversed curcumin-induced downregulation of cleaved caspase-3 expression (n = 4). Results are expressed as means ± SD. ; NS: no significance.
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