Fig. 2

ST2-104 inhibits apoptosis and autophagy related proteins in ischemic brain tissues of MCAO rats. Rats were subjected to 120 min ischemia followed by 24 h reperfusion. Extracts from the sham-operated and ischemic cerebral cortex were separated for immunoblotting. a Changes of Bax, Bcl-2 and C-caspase-3 and b LC3-I/II and Beclin 1 expressions in the different groups. Levels of β-actin protein were used as the loading control. Bar represents mean ± SEM from 3 rats in each group. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 vs. Sham group; #P < 0.05, ##P < 0.01 vs. MCAO group with one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post-hoc test