Research Article

Remote Ischemic Preconditioning Ameliorates Acute Kidney Injury due to Contrast Exposure in Rats through Augmented O-GlcNAcylation

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Both alloxan and azaserine blunted the antioxidative and antiapoptosis effects of RIPC in CI-AKI. Renal MDA (a, c) and SOD (b, d) concentrations were quantified, with protein concentrations utilized as the comparison standard. MDA levels, nmol/mg protein; tissue SOD activities, U/mg protein. (e, f) Quantitative analysis of TUNEL-positive cells and the characteristic photomicrographs of renal tissues using immunofluorescent labeling (red) of TUNEL. DAPI was used to counter-stain nuclei (blue), with TUNEL-positive staining in nuclei. Scale bars represent 50 μm (original magnification, ×400). compared with the RIPC + CM group; compared with the sham + CM group; .
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