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Objective   To observe whether metformin (MET) plays a protective role in acute lung injury (ALI) induced by paraquat (PQ) poisoning in rats by activating the AMPK/NF- κ B signaling pathway.Methods   PQ exposure was used to construct a rat model of ALI and a model of acute type II alveolar epithelial cell (RLE-6TN) injury, and MET intervention was performed. Rat lung tissue samples were collected to evaluate pathological changes in rat lung tissue, the oxidation index, and inflammatory factors; cell viability was detected by CCK-8 assays, and the protein expression levels of phospho-AMPK and phospho-NF- κ Bp65 in rat lung tissue and RLE-6TN cells were observed by Western blotting.Results   Compared with the PQ group, the MET treatment group showed significantly (1) reduced lung wet/dry ratio (W/D: 4.67 ± 0.31 vs. 5.45 ± 0.40,  P  < 0.001), (2) reduced pathological changes in lung tissue, (3) decreased MDA levels (nmol/mg prot: 2.70 ± 0.19 vs. 3.08 ± 0.15,  P  < 0.001) and increased SOD and GSH-Px activities (U/mg prot: 76.17 ± 5.22 vs. 45.23 ± 6.58, 30.40 ± 2.84 vs. 21.00 ± 3.20; all  P  < 0.001) in lung tissue homogenate, (4) reduced levels of IL-1 β , IL-6, and TNF- α  in lung tissue homogenates (pg/mL: 47.87 ± 5.06 vs. 66.77 ± 6.55; 93.03 ± 7.41 vs. 107.39 ± 9.81; 75.73 ± 6.08 vs. 89.12 ± 8.94; all  P  < 0.001), (5) increased activity of RLE-6TN cells (%: 0.69 ± 0.09, 0.76 ± 0.06, and 0.58 ± 0.03 vs. 0.50 ± 0.05; all  P  < 0.05), (6) decreased protein levels of phospho-NF- κ Bp65 in lung homogenates and RLE-6TN cells (p-NF- κ B/NF- κ B: 0.47 ± 0.09 vs. 0.81 ± 0.13; 0.26 ± 0.07 vs. 0.79 ± 0.13; all  P  < 0.01), and (7) upregulated protein expression of phospho-AMPK in lung homogenates and RLE-6TN cells (p-AMPK/AMPK: 0.88 ± 0.05 vs. 0.36 ± 0.12; 0.93 ± 0.03 vs. 0.56 ± 0.15; all  P  < 0.01). After the addition of the AMPK inhibitor Compound C (Com C), the protein expression levels of phospho-AMPK and phospho-NF- κ Bp65 returned to baseline.Conclusion   MET can effectively alleviate ALI induced by paraquat poisoning and increase the viability of cells exposed to paraquat. The mechanism may be related to the activation of the AMPK/NF- κ B pathway, downregulation of inflammatory mediators such as IL-6 and TNF- α , and upregulation of the SOD and GSH-Px oxidation index, and these effects can be inhibited by the AMPK inhibitor Com C.

Metformin Activates the Protective Effects of the AMPK Pathway in Acute Lung Injury Caused by Paraquat Poisoning