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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 663, Issue -, Pages 1-7Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.04.070
Keywords
Hyperosmotic stress; Autophagy; Actin cytoskeleton; Microtubule; Tubular epithelial cell
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This study investigated the effect of hyperosmotic stress on autophagy in renal tubular epithelial cells, focusing on the role of actin and microtubule cytoskeletons. The results showed that hyperosmotic stress can induce autophagy in tubular epithelial cells through the reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton.
Tubular epithelial cells are routinely exposed to severe changes in osmolarity. Although the autophagic activity of cells is an indispensable process to maintain cellular homeostasis and respond to stressors, the effect of hyperosmotic stress on autophagic activity in tubular epithelial cells remains unknown. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of hyperosmotic stress on autophagy in rat kidney tubular epithelial cells focusing on the role of actin and microtubule cytoskeletons. Normal rat kidney (NRK)-52E cells exposed to mannitol-induced hyperosmotic stress. As a result, NRK-52E cells showed elevated protein levels of the autophagosome marker LC3-II, indicating enhancement of the autophagic flux. Hyperosmotic stress also transiently decreased cell volume and caused the reorganization of actin and microtubule cytoskeletal structures in NRK-52E cells. The inhibition of the actin cytoskeleton reorgani-zation by cytochalasin D impaired the increase in the levels of LC3-II; however, disassembly of the mi-crotubules following treatment with nocodazole did not affect the increase. These results indicate that hyperosmotic stress can induce autophagy mediated by the reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton in tubular epithelial cells. (c) 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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