Research Article

Protective Effect of Curcumin against Doxazosin- and Carvedilol-Induced Oxidative Stress in HepG2 Cells

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RT-qPCR analysis for Bcl-2 mRNA expression, Bax mRNA expression, and the Ratio of Bcl-2/Bax after treatment with doxazosin and carvedilol at 24 h. (a) Doxazosin upregulated the proapoptotic gene Bax, over the antiapoptotic, Bcl-2, with the doses of doxazosin treatment mainly at 10 and 25 μM. Interestingly, the Bcl-2/Bax expression ratio increased with the treatment curcumin. (b) Carvedilol represents the downregulation of Bcl-2 and upregulation of Bax. The graphic shows the Bcl-2/Bax expression ratio with a value lower than 1. Curcumin pretreatment regulates the propoptotic expression of Bax, and the graphic shows the Bcl-2/Bax expression ratio with a value higher than 1. The results are from three independent experiments. Data are ; , , , and versus the control.
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