INVESTIGATING EXPRESSION OF AUTOPHAGY-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS LEVEL IN RATS WITH ACUTE LUNG INJURY INDUCED BY REMOTE LIMB ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION

Y. Li, Y. Kang, Kelvin K.L. Wong, D.N. Ghista, M. Gu

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    © 2016 World Scientific Publishing Company. Objective: To explore the early expression of autophagy-associated proteins in lung tissues in acute lung injury (ALI) induced by remote limb ischemia-reperfusion (LIR) by using rats as our test specimens. Method: A total of 48 adult male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats with weights in the range of 220-250g were designated as LIR models, and divided randomly into two groups of 24 each: Sham group and ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) group. Then, each group was divided into four subgroups at the end of 0, 2, 4, 8h of reperfusion, after 3h of ischemia. The rats were anesthetized by pentobarbital sodium. The serum lactate dehydrogenases (LDH) were detected with enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and the pathological changes of lung tissues were observed by using immunofluorescence techniques. The expression of Beclin1 protein and Atg5 mRNA in the lung tissues were detected by using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), and analyzed by 2-??CT method; Microtubules associated protein light chain 3 (LC3) in the lung tissues were detected by Western blot test. Result: The levels of serum LDH in I/R groups were much higher than those in Sham groups (P
    Original languageEnglish
    Article number1650019
    JournalJournal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology
    Volume16
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2016

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