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 caspase-3 and Bcl2 expression in the rat primary cardiomyocytes after A/R. The Western blotting bands and graphic presentations of caspase-3 (a) and Bcl2 in the (b) neonatal rat primary cardiomyocytes, cleaved caspase-3, and Bcl2 protein are shown. A/R induced a significant increase in expression of the cleaved caspase-3 and decrease in expression of the Bcl2 protein. Cap significantly decreased the changes in expression of the cleaved caspase-3 and Bcl2 protein 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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