Research Paper Volume 11, Issue 22 pp 10061—10073

PGC1α activation by pterostilbene ameliorates acute doxorubicin cardiotoxicity by reducing oxidative stress via enhancing AMPK and SIRT1 cascades

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Figure 3. Effect of pterostilbene treatment combined with SIRT1 siRNA on cell viability, ATP content, ROS generation and ΔΨm, and SIRT1 and PGC1α signaling in DOX-treated H9c2 cells (24 h). (A) and (B) Representative western blot results of SIRT1, PGC1α, Ac-PGC1α, UCP2 and NRF1 are shown. Membranes were re-probed for β-actin expression to show that similar amounts of protein were loaded in each lane. IB, immunoblot; IP, immunoprecipitation. (C) Cell viability, (D) cellular ATP content, (E) ROS level and (F) ΔΨm are shown, and (CE) three indexes in the Control group of siCON are defined as 100%. The results are expressed as the mean ± SEM. *P < 0.05 vs. the Control group, #P < 0.05 vs. the 1 μM DOX-treated group, $P < 0.05 vs. the siCON group with the representative same drug treatments.