Research Article

Adenosine 2B Receptor Activation Reduces Myocardial Reperfusion Injury by Promoting Anti-Inflammatory Macrophages Differentiation via PI3K/Akt Pathway

Figure 5

Cardiac macrophages polarization after IR injury. There are mainly M2 subsets macrophages in normal heart. IR reduced the number of M2 subset (CD163, green staining) macrophages and increased M1 subset (CD86, red staining). BAY 60-6583 pretreatment significantly restored the macrophage polarization during reperfusion. Wortmannin, a PI3K inhibitor, blocked the effects of BAY 60-6583. DAPI was used to stain the nuclei. Scale bar: 50 m. IR: ischemia and reperfusion injury; BAY: BAY 60-6583; Wort: wortmannin. * compared with sham or BAY groups; compared with BAY groups.