Research Article

The Roles of Autophagy in Acute Lung Injury Induced by Myocardial Ischemia Reperfusion in Diabetic Rats

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Effects of rapamycin (Rap) and 3-methyladenine (3-MA) on the pulmonary expression of LC-3II and Beclin-1 in diabetic rats. Control (C) and diabetic rats (D) pretreated with intraperitoneal 3-MA (15 mg/kg) 30 min or intravenous Rap (0.25 mg/kg) 15 min before ischemia or equal volume of saline were subjected to 30 min of myocardial ischemia followed by 2 h of reperfusion. (a) Representative Western blot demonstrating LC-3II, LC-3I, and Beclin-1 expression with GAPDH as loading control. (b) LC-3II/LC-3I ratio was calculated by relative densitometric values and expressed as fold to C group. (c) Beclin-1 express was calculated by relative densitometric values and expressed as fold to C group. All values are expressed as mean means ± S.D., . versus the other groups.
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