Role of mitochondria in cell apoptosis during hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury and protective effect of ischemic postconditioning

Table 1 Measurement of MDA concentration and antioxidant enzyme activity (mean ± SD, n = 8)

Group	MDA	SOD	CAT	GSH-PX
	(nmol/mg)	(U/mg prot)	(U/mg prot)	(U/mg prot)
Sham	3.42 ± 1.12	241.47 ± 19.52	91.66 ± 8.16	124.17 ± 24.37
IR	17.56 ± 4.80a	132.99 ± 22.11a	40.24 ± 7.73a	51.75 ± 16.43a
IPC	10.18 ± 3.56ab	176.84 ± 20.50ad	64.81 ± 7.19ad	89.70 ± 28.15ad

^aP < 0.05 vs sham,

^dP < 0.05 vs IR.

Table 2 Changes of parameters of mitochondrial morphology (mean ± SD, n = 8)

Group	Area (μm2)	Perimeter (μm)	Surface (μm-1)
Sham	76.2 ± 8.1	22.7 ± 4.6	0.39 ± 0.04
IR	278.3 ± 22.2a	60.9 ± 5.9a	0.17 ± 0.05a
IPC	150.9 ± 16.4ac	42.1 ± 4.3ac	0.26 ± 0.05ac

^aP < 0.05 vs sham,

^cP < 0.05 vs IR.