Zinc Regulates Glucose Metabolism of the Spinal Cord and Neurons and Promotes Functional Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury through the AMPK Signaling Pathway

Figure 2

Zinc promoted glucose transport in PC12 neurons. (a–c) The expression levels of GLUT3 and GLUT4 proteins were assessed by WB (). (d, e) Glucose uptake assay was performed by using 2-NBDG (, ). (f, g) Immunofluorescence was used to detect the level of GLUT3 (cytoskeleton was labeled with β-tubulin) (, ). (h, i) The expression of GLUT4 was detected by immunofluorescence (cytoskeleton was labeled with phalloidin) (, ). Data are represented as the . , , and .

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