The respective cytosolic or nuclear proteins were separated by SDS-PAGE and transferred to nitrocellulose filters. Filters were blocked in 5% nonfat dry milk and probed with primary antibody overnight.[22 (link)] Primary antibodies such as HO-1, Akt, phospho-Akt (Ser 473), glyceraldehyde-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) were obtained from Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Santa Cruz, CA, USA; whereas Bax, Bcl-2, Src and phospho-Src (Tyr416), were obtained from Cell Signaling Technology, Beverly, MA, USA. All primary antibodies were used at a dilution of 1:1000. Protein bands were identified with horseradish peroxidase conjugated secondary antibody (1:2000 dilutions) and Western blotting luminol reagent (Santa Cruz Biotechnology). GAPDH was used as loading control for cytosolic and nuclear fraction. The resulting blots were digitized, subjected to densitometric scanning using a QuantiOne software (Bio-Rad), and normalized against loading control.