Research Article

Attenuation of ROS/Chloride Efflux-Mediated NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation Contributes to Alleviation of Diabetic Cardiomyopathy in Rats after Sleeve Gastrectomy

Figure 4

SG attenuates the activation of NLRP3 in diabetic myocardium. (a) Protein levels of NLRP3-related molecules shown by western blot. β-Tubulin was an internal reference control. in each group. (b) Relative mRNA levels of Nlrp3-relaterd genes shown by real-time RT-PCR. Tubb3 served as a reference gene. in each group. (c) Ratio of caspase-1 p12/procaspase-1. in each group. (d) Caspase-1 activity in heart tissues. in each group. Immunohistochemical staining of (e) NLRP3, (f) ASC, (g) GSDMD, (h) IL-1β, (i) IL-18, and (j) NEK7. Scale bar, 50 μm. (k) Double-labeling immunofluorescence of NLRP3 and CD68. Scale bar, 50 μm. Data are presented as . CON vs. SHAM; ## SG vs. SHAM. in each group.