PMID- 24349491 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140929 LR - 20220408 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 12 DP - 2013 TI - Mitochondrial DNA damage via augmented oxidative stress regulates endoplasmic reticulum stress and autophagy: crosstalk, links and signaling. PG - e83349 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0083349 [doi] LID - e83349 AB - Saturated free fatty acids (FFAs) have been implicated in the increase of oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, autophagy, and insulin resistance (IR) observed in skeletal muscle. Previously, we have shown that palmitate-induced mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) damage triggers mitochondrial dysfunction, mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (mtROS) production, apoptosis and IR in L6 myotubes. The present study showed that mitochondrial overexpression of human 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase/AP lyase (hOGG1) decreased palmitate-induced carbonylation of proteins in mitochondria. Additionally, we found that protection of mtDNA from palmitate-induced damage significantly diminished markers of both ER stress and autophagy in L6 myotubes. Moreover, we observed that the addition of ROS scavenger, N-acetylcystein (NAC), to palmitate diminished both ER stress and autophagy markers mimicking the effect of mitochondrial overexpression of hOGG1. This is the first study to show that mtDNA damage is upstream of palmitate-induced ER stress and autophagy in skeletal muscle cells. FAU - Yuzefovych, Larysa V AU - Yuzefovych LV AD - Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America. FAU - LeDoux, Susan P AU - LeDoux SP AD - Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America. FAU - Wilson, Glenn L AU - Wilson GL AD - Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America. FAU - Rachek, Lyudmila I AU - Rachek LI AD - Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America. LA - eng GR - R01 DK073808/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - DK073808/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20131213 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (DNA, Mitochondrial) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Autophagy MH - Cell Line MH - *DNA Damage MH - DNA, Mitochondrial/*metabolism MH - *Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress MH - Humans MH - Mitochondria, Muscle/*metabolism/pathology MH - Muscle, Skeletal/*metabolism/pathology MH - *Oxidative Stress MH - Rats MH - *Signal Transduction PMC - PMC3862720 COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2013/12/19 06:00 MHDA- 2014/09/30 06:00 PMCR- 2013/12/13 CRDT- 2013/12/19 06:00 PHST- 2013/08/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/11/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/12/19 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/12/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/09/30 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/12/13 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-13-32990 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0083349 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS One. 2013 Dec 13;8(12):e83349. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083349. eCollection 2013.