Research Paper Volume 13, Issue 6 pp 8421—8439
PGC-1α alleviates mitochondrial dysfunction via TFEB-mediated autophagy in cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury
- 1 Key Laboratory of Transplant Engineering and Immunology, NHFPC, Department of Nephrology, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-Related Molecular Network, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
Received: September 8, 2020 Accepted: December 19, 2020 Published: March 10, 2021
https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.202653How to Cite
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Abstract
Because of the key role of impaired mitochondria in the progression of acute kidney injury (AKI), it is striking that peroxisome proliferator γ coactivator 1-α (PGC-1α), a transcriptional coactivator of genes involved in mitochondrial biogenesis and autophagy, protects from kidney injury. However, the specific mechanism involved in PGC-1α-mediated autophagy remains elusive. In vivo, along with the severe kidney damage, the expression of PGC-1α was decreased in cisplatin-induced AKI mice. Conversely, PGC-1α activator (ZLN005) administration could alleviate kidney injury. Consistently, in vitro overexpression of PGC-1α or ZLN005 treatment inhibited cell apoptosis and mitochondrial dysfunction induced by cisplatin. Moreover, ZLN005 treatment increased the expression of LC3-II and co-localization between LC3 and mitochondria, suggesting that the mitophagy was activated. Furthermore, PGC-1α-mediated the activation of mitophagy was reliant on the increased expression of TFEB, and the protective effects were abrogated in TFEB-knockdown cells. These data suggest that the activation of PGC-1α could alleviate mitochondrial dysfunction and kidney injury in AKI mice via TFEB-mediated autophagy.
Abbreviations
AKI: acute kidney injury; BUN: blood urea nitrogen; CCK8: cell counting kit 8; Cisp: cisplatin; Zln: ZLN005; C+Z: cisplatin +ZLN005; Con: control; NC: normal control; Crea: serum creatinine; HCQ: hydroxychloroquine; Cisp + HCQ: cisplatin + hydroxychloroquine; ROS: reactive oxygen species; SDS-PAGE: sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis; TFEB: transcription factor EB; PGC-1α: peroxisome proliferator γcoactivator 1-α; TUNEL: terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling staining.