Research Article

Maladaptive Modulations of NLRP3 Inflammasome and Cardioprotective Pathways Are Involved in Diet-Induced Exacerbation of Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Mice

Table 1

General parameters of mice after 12 weeks of Control or high-fat high-fructose (HFHF) diets.

Control
()
HFHF
()

Body weight increase
(g)
8.5 ± 1.614.7 ± 3.2
Heart weight
(% of body w.)
0.45 ± 0.020.35 ± 0.06
Plasma glucose
(mg/dL)
73 ± 19139 ± 13
Plasma insulin
(mg/mL)
85.8 ± 5.3106.8 ± 6.8
Plasma TG
(mg/dL)
32.8 ± 7.866.5 ± 25.5
Plasma Chol.
(mg/dL)
77.2 ± 5.797.2 ± 8.2

Data are means ± SD. , versus Control.