Research Article

Reperfusion Therapy with Rapamycin Attenuates Myocardial Infarction through Activation of AKT and ERK

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ERK inhibition abolishes the antioxidant effect of Rapamycin. (a) MDA level in hearts of C57 mice following 30 min ischemia and 24 hours of reperfusion with/without Rapamycin (RAPA) and/or PD98059 (RAPA + PD). (b) Representative immunoblots of SOD-2, ferritin heavy chain 1, and GAPDH in hearts of C57 mice following 30 minutes of ischemia and 24 hours of reperfusion including Control (C57), DMSO (I/R + DMSO), and Rapamycin (I/R + RAPA) and PD98059 (I/R + PD + RAPA) treated groups (/group). (c) Densitometric analysis of the ratio of SOD-2 to GAPDH (/group). (d) Densitometric analysis of the ratio of ferritin heavy chain to GAPDH (/group).
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