Fig. 3.
The effect of melatonin on autophagy in hearts exposed to ischaemia and reperfusion. Hearts were subjected to 20 min global ischaemia followed by 30 min reperfusion with and without melatonin (0.3 μM) (see Fig. 2) for subsequent preparation of cytosolic samples. Immunoblots and summary of the effects of melatonin on cytosolic Beclin 1 (A) and LC3 (B) expression in hearts after Stb, isch and rep. For full, non-adjusted images of gels see Supplementary file1 Fig. 3A, B. Abbreviations: Stb: stabilization; isch: ischaemia; rep: reperfusion; AMC: age-matched control; CON: control; CON + MEL: control + Melatonin. n = 4 hearts/group. LC3: microtubule-associated protein light chain. *p < 0.05 vs corresponding control group.