“…H9c2 cardiomyoblasts from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC,CRL-1446) (Rockville, MD, USA) were cultured in 100-mm or 60-mm culture dishes in Dulbecco's modified Eagles medium (DMEM, Sigma-Aldrich, USA) supplemented with 100 μg/mL penicillin (Gibco, Waltham, MA, USA), 100 μg/mL streptomycin (Gibco), 2 mM glutamine (Gibco), and 10% Clontech fetal bovine serum (Hyclone, GE Healthcare Life Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA, USA) inside humidified air (5% CO 2 ) at 37°C. The control cells were exposed to media containing 5.5 mM D-glucose and for high-glucose challenge the cells were exposed to 33 mM D-glucose according to previous reports [4,7,25].…”