目的:对胃平坦型病变进行富士能智能分光染色内镜(Fujinon intelligent chromoendoscopy,FICE)放大内镜观察,对比FICE放大内镜与病理检查的一致性,探讨FICE放大内镜在胃平坦型病变诊断中的应用价值.方法:2012-09/2014-08对江汉大学附属...目的:对胃平坦型病变进行富士能智能分光染色内镜(Fujinon intelligent chromoendoscopy,FICE)放大内镜观察,对比FICE放大内镜与病理检查的一致性,探讨FICE放大内镜在胃平坦型病变诊断中的应用价值.方法:2012-09/2014-08对江汉大学附属医院发现的248个胃黏膜平坦性病变进行富士能FICE放大内镜检查.在FICE及放大模式观察病灶腺管开口与毛细血管形态,对其形态进行分型,并结合整体内镜下表现预测病理诊断.将FICE放大内镜下的内镜判定结果与病理组织学结果进行对比,评价其一致性与关联性.FICE内镜与病理诊断的一致性评价采用Kappa检验.结果:萎缩在FICE内镜下主要表现为C、D、E型胃小凹形态;肠上皮化生在F I C E内镜下主要表现为D、E型胃小凹形态;高级别上皮内瘤变及早期癌在FICE内镜下主要表现为E、F型胃小凹形态.FICE放大内镜技术判定萎缩、肠上皮化生、异型增生及早期癌的结果与病理诊断的结果具有较好的一致性.结论:FICE放大内镜技术有助于对病变性质如炎症、萎缩、肠上皮化生、上皮内瘤变及早期癌等的判断,有较好的临床应用价值.展开更多
目的比较复合分光染色技术(compound band imaging,CBI)与普通内镜检查对结肠息肉检出率的影响。方法选取解放军联勤保障部队第九○○医院2019年1月—2019年7月行结肠镜检查的患者,随机分为CBI组(在CBI模式下进行结肠镜检查)和白光组(...目的比较复合分光染色技术(compound band imaging,CBI)与普通内镜检查对结肠息肉检出率的影响。方法选取解放军联勤保障部队第九○○医院2019年1月—2019年7月行结肠镜检查的患者,随机分为CBI组(在CBI模式下进行结肠镜检查)和白光组(进行常规结肠镜检查),比较两组患者息肉检出率。结果最终入组307例患者。CBI组患者结肠息肉总体检出率为44.2%(69/156),高于白光组的30.5%(46/151)(χ^2=6.208,P=0.013)。CBI组共检出息肉191枚,白光组共检出98枚,其中平坦型息肉(101枚比42枚)、非肿瘤性息肉(116枚比50枚)、直径≤5 mm息肉(99枚比41枚)、隆起型息肉(90枚比56枚)检出数量CBI组多于白光组,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05);肿瘤性息肉(75枚比48枚)、直径>5 mm息肉(92枚比57枚)检出数量两组差异无统计学意义(P≥0.05)。结论CBI可提高结肠息肉检出率,尤其是微小息肉和平坦型息肉,值得临床推广应用。展开更多
目的评价复合分光染色(compound band imaging,CBI)内镜在溃疡性结肠炎(ulcerative colitis,UC)缓解期判断黏膜愈合程度的诊断价值。方法纳入2017年1月至2019年12月在中国人民解放军联勤保障部队第九二八医院采用白光内镜进镜观察达到...目的评价复合分光染色(compound band imaging,CBI)内镜在溃疡性结肠炎(ulcerative colitis,UC)缓解期判断黏膜愈合程度的诊断价值。方法纳入2017年1月至2019年12月在中国人民解放军联勤保障部队第九二八医院采用白光内镜进镜观察达到黏膜愈合的UC患者56例,随机采用白光模式(白光组28例)及CBI模式(CBI组28例)退镜观察,评估发现隐匿性黏膜炎症情况,同时对炎症部位行病理活检,采用Geboes评分进行炎症分级。结果退镜时间2组比较差异有统计学意义(χ^(2)=14.932,P=0.028)。CBI组发现9例部分肠段存在黏膜糜烂,病变局限于直肠2例,乙状结肠及直肠3例,左半结肠4例,Geboes评分≤3分2例,>3分7例,19例结肠黏膜正常;白光组未发现肠段黏膜糜烂,CBI组肠段黏膜糜烂发现率与白光组比较差异有统计学意义(χ^(2)=8.473,P=0.002)。结论CBI内镜可提高对UC缓解期隐匿性活动性炎症的识别能力,具有良好的临床应用价值。展开更多
Objective To investigate whether hypertonic saline (HS) can induce the synthesis and release of glutamate in cultured hypothalamic astrocytes or C6 cell line. Methods Astrocytes were isolated, cultured, purified and...Objective To investigate whether hypertonic saline (HS) can induce the synthesis and release of glutamate in cultured hypothalamic astrocytes or C6 cell line. Methods Astrocytes were isolated, cultured, purified and identified from the hypothalamus of newborn rat (1 day). The astrocytes were randomly divided into five groups: isotonic (IS) and HS groups, astrocytes were incubated by IS and HS (320 mosM NaCl) medium, respectively, for 1, 3, 5, 10 or 15 rain; carbenoxolone (CBX) +IS and CBX+HS groups, astrocytes were pre-treated with CBX (100 mmol/L) for 1 h at 37℃ in a 5% CO2 / 95% atmosphere, then removed to IS and HS medium, respectively, for 1, 3, 5, 10 or 15 min; Ca2++HS group, astrocytes were pre-incubated with Ca2+ (1 000 μmol/L) for 1 h at 37℃ in a 5% CO2 / 95% atmosphere, followed by a wash with isotonic FBS/DMEM, and then removed to hypertonic saline for 1, 3, 5, 10 or 15 min. The media of five groups were collected to analyze the medium glutamate concentration with high performance liquid chromatography. The astrocytes were fixed and double immunofluorescent stained with anti-glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and anti-glutamate. The C6 cells were divided into four groups: IS, HS, CBX+IS and CBX+HS groups, and used for quantitative measurement of glutamate in cells by flow cytometry (FCM). Results (1) Anti-GFAP immunofluorescent signal revealed no significant difference among various time points in each group, or among the five groups. (2) The anti-glutamate immunofluorescent signal was increased in HS group and peaked at 5 min, and decreased and returned to the level of IS group at 15 rain (P 〈 0.01 vs the 5 min of HS group). In CBX+HS group, the glutamate intensity was higher than that in CBX+IS and HS groups. (3) The medium glutamate concentration had no change after treatment with HS for 1 and 3 min, while increased markedly after treatment for 5 min to 15 min (P 〈 0.01 vs 1 min and 3 min). On the contrary, the medium glutamate concentrations in the CBX+HS or Ca2++HS group were significant lower than that in the HS group (P 〈 0.01). (4) FCM showed HS and CBX+HS induced glutamate increase in C6 cells. Conclusion HS induced cultured rat hypothalamic astrocytes or C6 cells to synthesize and release glutamate; CBX could block glutamate release, but could not disrupt glutamate synthesis.展开更多
The self-incompatibility ( S) loci from the Solanaceae, Rosaceae and Scrophulariaceae encode a class of ribonucleases, known as S RNases, which have been shown to control the pistil expression of self-incompatible rea...The self-incompatibility ( S) loci from the Solanaceae, Rosaceae and Scrophulariaceae encode a class of ribonucleases, known as S RNases, which have been shown to control the pistil expression of self-incompatible reaction. In the former two families, the S loci have been shown to be located near centromere. However, the chromosomal location of the S locus in Antirrhinum, a species of the Scrophulariaceae, is not known. To determine its chromosomal location and genomic organization, an S-2 RNase gene and its corresponding 63 kb BAC clone were separately used for fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) of mitotic metaphase chromosomes of a self-incompatible Antirrhinum line Of S2S5. The results showed that the S-2 RNase detected a doublet signal near the centromere of the smallest chromosome (2n = 16). Two separate doublet signals of the tested BAC sequence were shown on both sides of the centromeres of all eight pairs of the chromosomes, suggesting that the Antirrhinum S locus is located in a pericentromeric region. Furthermore, a retrotransposon, named RIS1 (retrotransposon in the S locus), which has not been identified yet in. Antirrhinum, was found next to S-2 RNase. Taken together, the centromeric location of the S locus from the three S-RNase-based self-incompatible families provides a further support on a common origin of their evolution as well as suppressed recombination.展开更多
[Objective]To study the effects of homologous chromosomes 7 (7A,7B and 7D) on wheat photosynthesis and provide theoretical basis for breeding high photosynthetic efficiency wheat by genetic,physiological and biochem...[Objective]To study the effects of homologous chromosomes 7 (7A,7B and 7D) on wheat photosynthesis and provide theoretical basis for breeding high photosynthetic efficiency wheat by genetic,physiological and biochemical means. [Method]The Triticum asetivum cultivar Chinese Spring wheat and nullisomic wheat (N7A,N7B and N7D) were planted in greenhouse. The photosynthetic indexes were determined at early filling stage. [Result]The photosynthetic rate (Pn),stomatal conductance (Gs),primary photochemical efficiency (Fv/Fm),actual chemical efficiency of photosystem II (ФPS II) and apparent electron transfer rate of photosystem II (ETR) were significantly lower in the N7A and N7B than in the Chinese Spring (P0.05). The photosynthetic rate and stomatal conductance was significantly lower in the N7D than in the Chinese Spring (P0.05). The Fv/Fm,ФPS II,ETR of N7D were higher than that of the Chinese Spring without significant difference. [Conclusion]The homologous chromosomes 7A and 7B have positive effects on photosynthetic rate and have relationship with stomatal conductance and photoreaction (chlorophyll fluorescence parameters). The homologous chromosome 7D has negative effects on photosynthetic rate,which is mainly related to stomatal conductance rather than photoreaction.展开更多
AIM: To investigate the anti-tumor effects of nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) inhibitor SN50 and related mechanisms of SGC7901 human gastric carcinoma cells. METHODS: MTT assay was used to determine the cytotoxic effects ...AIM: To investigate the anti-tumor effects of nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) inhibitor SN50 and related mechanisms of SGC7901 human gastric carcinoma cells. METHODS: MTT assay was used to determine the cytotoxic effects of SN50 in gastric cancer cell line SGC7901. Hoechst 33258 staining was used to detect apoptosis morphological changes after SN50 treatment. Activation of autophagy was monitored with monodansylcadaverine (MDC) staining after SN50 treatment.Immunofluorescence staining was used to detect the expression of light chain 3 (LC3). Mitochondrial membrane potential was measured using the fluorescent probe JC-1. Western blotting analysis were used to determine the expression of proteins involved in apoptosis and autophagy including p53, p53 upregulated modulator of apoptosis (PUMA), damage-regulated autophagy modulator (DRAM), LC3 and Beclin 1. We detected the effects of p53-mediated autophagy activation on the apoptosis of SGC7901 cells with the p53 inhibitor pifithrin-α. RESULTS: The viability of SGC7901 cells was inhibited after SN50 treatment. Inductions in the expression of apoptotic protein p53 and PUMA as well as autophagic protein DRAM, LC3 and Beclin 1 were detected with Western blotting analysis. SN50-treated cells exhibited punctuate microtubule-associated protein 1 LC3 in immunoreactivity and MDC-labeled vesicles increased after treatment of SN50 by MDC staining. Collapse of mitochondrial membrane potential Δψ were detected for 6 to 24 h after SN50 treatment. SN50-induced increases in PUMA, DRAM, LC3 and Beclin 1 and cell death were blocked by the p53 specific inhibitor pifithrin-α. CONCLUSION: The anti-tumor activity of NF-κB inhibitors is associated with p53-mediated activation of autophagy.展开更多
Background Liraglutide is glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist for treating patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Our previous studies have demonstrated that liraglutide protects cardiac function through improvi...Background Liraglutide is glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist for treating patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Our previous studies have demonstrated that liraglutide protects cardiac function through improving endothelial function in patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. The present study will investigate whether liraglntide can perform direct protective effects on cardiomyocytes against reperfusion injury. Methods In vitro experiments were performed using H9C2 cells and neonatal rat ventricular cadiomyocytes undergoing simulative hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) induction. Cardiomyocytes apoptosis was detected by fluorescence TUNEL. Mitochondrial membrane potential (AWm) and intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) was assessed by JC-1 and DHE, respectively. Fura-2/AM was used to measure intracellular Ca2+ concentration and calcium transient. Immtmofluorescence staining was used to assess the expression level of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA2a). In vivo experiments, myocardial apoptosis and expression of SERCA2a were detected by colorimetric TUNEL and by immunofluorescence staining, respectively. Results In vitro liraglutide inhibited cardiomyotes apoptosis against H/R. △mψ of cardiomyocytes was higher in liraglntide group than H/R group. H/R increased ROS production in H9C2 cells which was attenuated by liraglutide. Liraglutide significantly lowered Ca2+ overload and improved calcium transient compared with H/R group, lmmunofluorescence staining results showed liraglutide promoted SERCA2a expression which was decreased in H/R group. In ischemia/reperfusion rat hearts, apoptosis was significantly attenuated and SERCA2a expression was increased by liraglutide compared with H/R group. Conclusions Liraglutide can directly protect cardiomyocytes against reperfusion injury which is possibly through modulation of intracellular calcium homeostasis.展开更多
文摘目的:对胃平坦型病变进行富士能智能分光染色内镜(Fujinon intelligent chromoendoscopy,FICE)放大内镜观察,对比FICE放大内镜与病理检查的一致性,探讨FICE放大内镜在胃平坦型病变诊断中的应用价值.方法:2012-09/2014-08对江汉大学附属医院发现的248个胃黏膜平坦性病变进行富士能FICE放大内镜检查.在FICE及放大模式观察病灶腺管开口与毛细血管形态,对其形态进行分型,并结合整体内镜下表现预测病理诊断.将FICE放大内镜下的内镜判定结果与病理组织学结果进行对比,评价其一致性与关联性.FICE内镜与病理诊断的一致性评价采用Kappa检验.结果:萎缩在FICE内镜下主要表现为C、D、E型胃小凹形态;肠上皮化生在F I C E内镜下主要表现为D、E型胃小凹形态;高级别上皮内瘤变及早期癌在FICE内镜下主要表现为E、F型胃小凹形态.FICE放大内镜技术判定萎缩、肠上皮化生、异型增生及早期癌的结果与病理诊断的结果具有较好的一致性.结论:FICE放大内镜技术有助于对病变性质如炎症、萎缩、肠上皮化生、上皮内瘤变及早期癌等的判断,有较好的临床应用价值.
文摘目的比较复合分光染色技术(compound band imaging,CBI)与普通内镜检查对结肠息肉检出率的影响。方法选取解放军联勤保障部队第九○○医院2019年1月—2019年7月行结肠镜检查的患者,随机分为CBI组(在CBI模式下进行结肠镜检查)和白光组(进行常规结肠镜检查),比较两组患者息肉检出率。结果最终入组307例患者。CBI组患者结肠息肉总体检出率为44.2%(69/156),高于白光组的30.5%(46/151)(χ^2=6.208,P=0.013)。CBI组共检出息肉191枚,白光组共检出98枚,其中平坦型息肉(101枚比42枚)、非肿瘤性息肉(116枚比50枚)、直径≤5 mm息肉(99枚比41枚)、隆起型息肉(90枚比56枚)检出数量CBI组多于白光组,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05);肿瘤性息肉(75枚比48枚)、直径>5 mm息肉(92枚比57枚)检出数量两组差异无统计学意义(P≥0.05)。结论CBI可提高结肠息肉检出率,尤其是微小息肉和平坦型息肉,值得临床推广应用。
文摘目的评价复合分光染色(compound band imaging,CBI)内镜在溃疡性结肠炎(ulcerative colitis,UC)缓解期判断黏膜愈合程度的诊断价值。方法纳入2017年1月至2019年12月在中国人民解放军联勤保障部队第九二八医院采用白光内镜进镜观察达到黏膜愈合的UC患者56例,随机采用白光模式(白光组28例)及CBI模式(CBI组28例)退镜观察,评估发现隐匿性黏膜炎症情况,同时对炎症部位行病理活检,采用Geboes评分进行炎症分级。结果退镜时间2组比较差异有统计学意义(χ^(2)=14.932,P=0.028)。CBI组发现9例部分肠段存在黏膜糜烂,病变局限于直肠2例,乙状结肠及直肠3例,左半结肠4例,Geboes评分≤3分2例,>3分7例,19例结肠黏膜正常;白光组未发现肠段黏膜糜烂,CBI组肠段黏膜糜烂发现率与白光组比较差异有统计学意义(χ^(2)=8.473,P=0.002)。结论CBI内镜可提高对UC缓解期隐匿性活动性炎症的识别能力,具有良好的临床应用价值。
基金supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China(No.39770251)the Medical Foundation of the People's Liberation Army,China(No.01Z082,06MA234)the Foundation of the Fourth Military Medical University(No.05ZXJM001)
文摘Objective To investigate whether hypertonic saline (HS) can induce the synthesis and release of glutamate in cultured hypothalamic astrocytes or C6 cell line. Methods Astrocytes were isolated, cultured, purified and identified from the hypothalamus of newborn rat (1 day). The astrocytes were randomly divided into five groups: isotonic (IS) and HS groups, astrocytes were incubated by IS and HS (320 mosM NaCl) medium, respectively, for 1, 3, 5, 10 or 15 rain; carbenoxolone (CBX) +IS and CBX+HS groups, astrocytes were pre-treated with CBX (100 mmol/L) for 1 h at 37℃ in a 5% CO2 / 95% atmosphere, then removed to IS and HS medium, respectively, for 1, 3, 5, 10 or 15 min; Ca2++HS group, astrocytes were pre-incubated with Ca2+ (1 000 μmol/L) for 1 h at 37℃ in a 5% CO2 / 95% atmosphere, followed by a wash with isotonic FBS/DMEM, and then removed to hypertonic saline for 1, 3, 5, 10 or 15 min. The media of five groups were collected to analyze the medium glutamate concentration with high performance liquid chromatography. The astrocytes were fixed and double immunofluorescent stained with anti-glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and anti-glutamate. The C6 cells were divided into four groups: IS, HS, CBX+IS and CBX+HS groups, and used for quantitative measurement of glutamate in cells by flow cytometry (FCM). Results (1) Anti-GFAP immunofluorescent signal revealed no significant difference among various time points in each group, or among the five groups. (2) The anti-glutamate immunofluorescent signal was increased in HS group and peaked at 5 min, and decreased and returned to the level of IS group at 15 rain (P 〈 0.01 vs the 5 min of HS group). In CBX+HS group, the glutamate intensity was higher than that in CBX+IS and HS groups. (3) The medium glutamate concentration had no change after treatment with HS for 1 and 3 min, while increased markedly after treatment for 5 min to 15 min (P 〈 0.01 vs 1 min and 3 min). On the contrary, the medium glutamate concentrations in the CBX+HS or Ca2++HS group were significant lower than that in the HS group (P 〈 0.01). (4) FCM showed HS and CBX+HS induced glutamate increase in C6 cells. Conclusion HS induced cultured rat hypothalamic astrocytes or C6 cells to synthesize and release glutamate; CBX could block glutamate release, but could not disrupt glutamate synthesis.
文摘The self-incompatibility ( S) loci from the Solanaceae, Rosaceae and Scrophulariaceae encode a class of ribonucleases, known as S RNases, which have been shown to control the pistil expression of self-incompatible reaction. In the former two families, the S loci have been shown to be located near centromere. However, the chromosomal location of the S locus in Antirrhinum, a species of the Scrophulariaceae, is not known. To determine its chromosomal location and genomic organization, an S-2 RNase gene and its corresponding 63 kb BAC clone were separately used for fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) of mitotic metaphase chromosomes of a self-incompatible Antirrhinum line Of S2S5. The results showed that the S-2 RNase detected a doublet signal near the centromere of the smallest chromosome (2n = 16). Two separate doublet signals of the tested BAC sequence were shown on both sides of the centromeres of all eight pairs of the chromosomes, suggesting that the Antirrhinum S locus is located in a pericentromeric region. Furthermore, a retrotransposon, named RIS1 (retrotransposon in the S locus), which has not been identified yet in. Antirrhinum, was found next to S-2 RNase. Taken together, the centromeric location of the S locus from the three S-RNase-based self-incompatible families provides a further support on a common origin of their evolution as well as suppressed recombination.
基金Supported by Excellent Young Academic Leaders Project of Shanxi Province~~
文摘[Objective]To study the effects of homologous chromosomes 7 (7A,7B and 7D) on wheat photosynthesis and provide theoretical basis for breeding high photosynthetic efficiency wheat by genetic,physiological and biochemical means. [Method]The Triticum asetivum cultivar Chinese Spring wheat and nullisomic wheat (N7A,N7B and N7D) were planted in greenhouse. The photosynthetic indexes were determined at early filling stage. [Result]The photosynthetic rate (Pn),stomatal conductance (Gs),primary photochemical efficiency (Fv/Fm),actual chemical efficiency of photosystem II (ФPS II) and apparent electron transfer rate of photosystem II (ETR) were significantly lower in the N7A and N7B than in the Chinese Spring (P0.05). The photosynthetic rate and stomatal conductance was significantly lower in the N7D than in the Chinese Spring (P0.05). The Fv/Fm,ФPS II,ETR of N7D were higher than that of the Chinese Spring without significant difference. [Conclusion]The homologous chromosomes 7A and 7B have positive effects on photosynthetic rate and have relationship with stomatal conductance and photoreaction (chlorophyll fluorescence parameters). The homologous chromosome 7D has negative effects on photosynthetic rate,which is mainly related to stomatal conductance rather than photoreaction.
基金Supported by Health Foundation of Jiangsu Province (H20 0719)the Higher Education Foundation of Jiangsu Province (08KJB320014)+2 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK2008168)Suzhou High-Level Talents Project (2008-11)the Science, Education and Health Foundation of Soochow City (SWKQ00814)
文摘AIM: To investigate the anti-tumor effects of nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) inhibitor SN50 and related mechanisms of SGC7901 human gastric carcinoma cells. METHODS: MTT assay was used to determine the cytotoxic effects of SN50 in gastric cancer cell line SGC7901. Hoechst 33258 staining was used to detect apoptosis morphological changes after SN50 treatment. Activation of autophagy was monitored with monodansylcadaverine (MDC) staining after SN50 treatment.Immunofluorescence staining was used to detect the expression of light chain 3 (LC3). Mitochondrial membrane potential was measured using the fluorescent probe JC-1. Western blotting analysis were used to determine the expression of proteins involved in apoptosis and autophagy including p53, p53 upregulated modulator of apoptosis (PUMA), damage-regulated autophagy modulator (DRAM), LC3 and Beclin 1. We detected the effects of p53-mediated autophagy activation on the apoptosis of SGC7901 cells with the p53 inhibitor pifithrin-α. RESULTS: The viability of SGC7901 cells was inhibited after SN50 treatment. Inductions in the expression of apoptotic protein p53 and PUMA as well as autophagic protein DRAM, LC3 and Beclin 1 were detected with Western blotting analysis. SN50-treated cells exhibited punctuate microtubule-associated protein 1 LC3 in immunoreactivity and MDC-labeled vesicles increased after treatment of SN50 by MDC staining. Collapse of mitochondrial membrane potential Δψ were detected for 6 to 24 h after SN50 treatment. SN50-induced increases in PUMA, DRAM, LC3 and Beclin 1 and cell death were blocked by the p53 specific inhibitor pifithrin-α. CONCLUSION: The anti-tumor activity of NF-κB inhibitors is associated with p53-mediated activation of autophagy.
基金This work is supported by grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81102079) and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 201003776). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The authors report no conflict of interest. The authors are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.
文摘Background Liraglutide is glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist for treating patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Our previous studies have demonstrated that liraglutide protects cardiac function through improving endothelial function in patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. The present study will investigate whether liraglntide can perform direct protective effects on cardiomyocytes against reperfusion injury. Methods In vitro experiments were performed using H9C2 cells and neonatal rat ventricular cadiomyocytes undergoing simulative hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) induction. Cardiomyocytes apoptosis was detected by fluorescence TUNEL. Mitochondrial membrane potential (AWm) and intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) was assessed by JC-1 and DHE, respectively. Fura-2/AM was used to measure intracellular Ca2+ concentration and calcium transient. Immtmofluorescence staining was used to assess the expression level of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA2a). In vivo experiments, myocardial apoptosis and expression of SERCA2a were detected by colorimetric TUNEL and by immunofluorescence staining, respectively. Results In vitro liraglutide inhibited cardiomyotes apoptosis against H/R. △mψ of cardiomyocytes was higher in liraglntide group than H/R group. H/R increased ROS production in H9C2 cells which was attenuated by liraglutide. Liraglutide significantly lowered Ca2+ overload and improved calcium transient compared with H/R group, lmmunofluorescence staining results showed liraglutide promoted SERCA2a expression which was decreased in H/R group. In ischemia/reperfusion rat hearts, apoptosis was significantly attenuated and SERCA2a expression was increased by liraglutide compared with H/R group. Conclusions Liraglutide can directly protect cardiomyocytes against reperfusion injury which is possibly through modulation of intracellular calcium homeostasis.