Research Article

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

Figure 7

Effects of Cap pretreatment with or without coadministration of sirtinol on the activities of caspase-3 in the rat primary cardiomyocytes after A/R. A/R induced a significant increase in the activities of caspase-3. Cap significantly decreased the change in the activities of caspase-3 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.