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. 2023 Jul 21;14(7):457. doi: 10.1038/s41419-023-05952-4

Fig. 4. High lactate levels directly contribute to SAKI aggravation.

Fig. 4

A Effects of different concentrations (0 ~ 50 mM) of lactate on the viability of HK-2 cells (n = 6). B Lactate (10 mM) treatment significantly promoted the LPS-induced decrease in cell viability (n = 4). C, D Lactate (1 g/kg) pretreatment significantly increased CLP-induced increases in SCr and BUN in mice (n = 4). EG Haematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining (upper panel) and periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) staining (lower panel) of the kidney following CLP-induced sepsis (n = 25). Black arrow: renal tubular vacuoles, structural disorder; white arrow: brush border loss; white triangle: tubular lumen dilation; red arrow: renal tubular basement membrane rupture. Scale bars, 50 μm. H, I Cell apoptosis in the kidney was examined by TUNEL staining (n = 8). Scale bars, 50 μm. J The survival rates in the sham, sham+lactate, CLP, and CLP+lactate groups. Data are mean ± SD; *P, #P < 0.05.