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

Figure 6

Zinc regulated glucose metabolism in the spinal cord of SCI mice through the AMPK pathway. (a–e) The expression levels of PGC-1α, NRF2, NQO1, and HO-1 proteins were assessed by WB at 3 days after injury (). (f, g) Transmission electron microscopy was used to monitor mitochondrial injury in the spinal cord (, and 500 nm). (h–n) Western blots of p-AMPK, AMPK, PGC-1α, GLUT4, NRF2, NQO1, and HO-1 expression after compound C treatment at 3 days after injury (). Data are represented as the . , , and .

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