Journal
AUTOPHAGY
Volume 14, Issue 5, Pages 880-897Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2017.1405880
Keywords
autophagy; mitochondria; mitophagy; PARK2; PINK1; renal ischemia-reperfusion
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [81720108008, 81430017, 81570622]
- HHS \ NIH \ National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) [058831, 087843]
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) [000319]
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Damaged or dysfunctional mitochondria are toxic to the cell by producing reactive oxygen species and releasing cell death factors. Therefore, timely removal of these organelles is critical to cellular homeostasis and viability. Mitophagy is the mechanism of selective degradation of mitochondria via autophagy. The significance of mitophagy in kidney diseases, including ischemic acute kidney injury (AKI), has yet to be established, and the involved pathway of mitophagy remains poorly understood. Here, we show that mitophagy is induced in renal proximal tubular cells in both in vitro and in vivo models of ischemic AKI. Mitophagy under these conditions is abrogated by Pink1 and Park2 deficiency, supporting a critical role of the PINK1-PARK2 pathway in tubular cell mitophagy. Moreover, ischemic AKI is aggravated in pink1 andpark2 single- as well as double-knockout mice. Mechanistically, Pink1 and Park2 deficiency enhances mitochondrial damage, reactive oxygen species production, and inflammatory response. Taken together, these results indicate that PINK1-PARK2-mediated mitophagy plays an important role in mitochondrial quality control, tubular cell survival, and renal function during AKI.
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