Antioxidant properties of glutamine and its role in VEGF-Akt pathways in portal hypertension gastropathy

Figure 2 Expression of P-Akt and phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase determined by Western blotting in gastric tissue from rats in the sham-operated group, the partial portal vein ligation group and rats subjected to portal vein ligation and glutamine treatment. A: An increase in P-Akt protein expression was detected in the PPVL group vs the SO group; B: An increase in PI3K protein expression was found in the PPVL group vs the SO group. The PPVL + G group showed reduced expression of this enzyme vs the PPVL group. SO: Sham-operated; PPVL: Partial portal vein ligation; G: Glutamine; PI3K: Phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase; WB: Western blotting. ^aP < 0.05 vs the SO group.