Research Article

Capsaicin Protects Cardiomyocytes against Anoxia/Reoxygenation Injury via Preventing Mitochondrial Dysfunction Mediated by SIRT1

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Effects of Cap pretreatment with or without coadministration of sirtinol on cytochrome c expression in the rat primary cardiomyocytes after A/R. Western blotting bands (a) and graphic presentations of cytochrome c in both mitochondria (b) and cytosol (c) of the neonatal rat primary cardiomyocytes. A/R induced a significant increase in cytochrome c in cytosol and decrease in cytochrome c in mitochondria. Cap significantly decreased the changes in cytochrome c caused by A/R, and sirtinol significantly blocked the effects of Cap. Values were expressed as the mean ± SEM (). versus the control group; ▲▲ versus the A/R group; ## versus the Cap + A/R group.
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