Intravenous
injection of mitochondria shows no therapeutic effect
on mice myocardial IR injury. (A) Schematic representation of the
mitochondrial transplantation strategy. (B) Representative transmission
electron microscopy (TEM) images of isolated mitochondria from donor
mice heart. Scale bar = 1 μm. (C) Representative left ventricular
(LV) M-mode echocardiographic tracings. Images are representative
of independent mice. (D,E) Statistical analysis of echocardiographic
left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and shortening fraction
(LVFS). (F) Representative images and (G) statistical analysis of
Evan’s blue and TTC staining in IR heart treated with or without
mitochondria. (H–J) Western blots and statistical analyses
for expression changes of apoptosis proteins cleaved caspase 3, Bax,
and Bcl2. (K–N) Western blots and statistical analyses for
expression changes of inflammatory factors, including NLRP3, IL6,
and cleaved IL 1β. Mean ± SEM, *P <
0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001.
Statistical analysis was carried out by a one-way ANOVA analysis followed
by Tukey’s test for post hoc analysis.