Fig. 6
From: Hsp90 modulates human sperm capacitation via the Erk1/2 and p38 MAPK signaling pathways
17-AAG affects total and phosphorylated p38 (p-p38) expression during human sperm capacitation. a. The effects of 17-AAG on p-p38 and p38 were determined using western blotting. b. The densitometric ratio of p-p38 to p38. Sperm treated with 17-AAG (5 µM) had significantly higher p-p38 levels than vehicle control (*P < 0.05). Data represent the mean ± SEM (n = 3) of three independent experiments. c. Densitometric ratio of p38 to β-tubulin. There was no significant difference between the different groups. Data represent the mean ± SEM (n = 3) of three independent experiments