PMID- 30165359 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180918 LR - 20191210 IS - 1421-9778 (Electronic) IS - 1015-8987 (Linking) VI - 49 IP - 2 DP - 2018 TI - PI3K-AKT Pathway Protects Cardiomyocytes Against Hypoxia-Induced Apoptosis by MitoKATP-Mediated Mitochondrial Translocation of pAKT. PG - 717-727 LID - 10.1159/000493037 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND/AIMS: The phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase -AKT (PI3K-AKT) is an important intracellular signal pathway in regulating cell proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis. In previous studies, we've demonstrated that PI3K-AKT pathway protects cardiomyocytes from ischemic and hypoxic apoptosis through mitochondrial function. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying hypoxia-induced cardiomyocyte apoptosis via PI3K-AKT pathway remain ill-defined. Here, we addressed this question. METHODS: Cardiomyocytes were exposed to hypoxia, with/without different inhibitors and then protein levels were assessed by Western blotting. RESULTS: We found that the PI3K-AKT pathway was activated in cardiomyocytes that were exposed to hypoxia. Moreover, the phospho-AKT (pAKT) translocated from cytosol to mitochondria via mitochondrial adenosine triphosphate-dependent potassium (mitoKATP), leading to an increase in cytochrome c oxidase (CcO) activity to suppress apoptosis. On the other hand, the mitoKATP specific blocker, 5-hydroxydecanote (5-HD), or suppression of CcO using siRNA, inhibited the pAKT mitochondrial translocation to maintain the CcO activity, resulting in mitochondrial dysfunction and cellular apoptosis induced by hypoxia. CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that the anti-apoptotic effect of the PI3K-AKT pathway through pAKT translocation to mitochondrial via mitoKATP may be conducted through modification of CcO activity. CI - (c) 2018 The Author(s). Published by S. Karger AG, Basel. FAU - Song, Hua-Pei AU - Song HP AD - Institute of Burns, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burn and Combined Injury, South-west Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China. FAU - Chu, Zhi-Gang AU - Chu ZG AD - Department of Burns, Tongren Hospital of Wuhan University & Wuhan Third Hospital, Wuhan, China. FAU - Zhang, Dong-Xia AU - Zhang DX AD - Institute of Burns, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burn and Combined Injury, South-west Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China. FAU - Dang, Yong-Ming AU - Dang YM AD - Institute of Burns, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burn and Combined Injury, South-west Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China. FAU - Zhang, Qiong AU - Zhang Q AD - Institute of Burns, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burn and Combined Injury, South-west Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180830 PL - Germany TA - Cell Physiol Biochem JT - Cellular physiology and biochemistry : international journal of experimental cellular physiology, biochemistry, and pharmacology JID - 9113221 RN - 0 (Chromones) RN - 0 (Decanoic Acids) RN - 0 (Hydroxy Acids) RN - 0 (Morpholines) RN - 0 (Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Potassium Channels) RN - 0 (RNA, Small Interfering) RN - 0 (Reactive Oxygen Species) RN - 0 (mitochondrial K(ATP) channel) RN - 31M2U1DVID (2-(4-morpholinyl)-8-phenyl-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one) RN - 624-00-0 (5-hydroxydecanoic acid) RN - EC 1.9.3.1 (Electron Transport Complex IV) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Caspase 3) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Apoptosis/drug effects MH - Caspase 3/metabolism MH - *Cell Hypoxia MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Chromones/pharmacology MH - Decanoic Acids/pharmacology MH - Electron Transport Complex IV/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/metabolism MH - Hydroxy Acids/pharmacology MH - Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial/drug effects MH - Mitochondria/metabolism MH - Morpholines/pharmacology MH - Myocytes, Cardiac/cytology/metabolism MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/*metabolism MH - Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors MH - Potassium Channels/chemistry/*metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/*metabolism MH - RNA Interference MH - RNA, Small Interfering/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects OTO - NOTNLM OT - Apoptosis OT - Cardiomyocytes OT - Hypoxic OT - MitoKATP OT - Mitochondrial OT - Pi3k-AKT EDAT- 2018/08/31 06:00 MHDA- 2018/09/19 06:00 CRDT- 2018/08/31 06:00 PHST- 2018/02/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/08/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/08/31 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/09/19 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/08/31 06:00 [entrez] AID - 000493037 [pii] AID - 10.1159/000493037 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell Physiol Biochem. 2018;49(2):717-727. doi: 10.1159/000493037. Epub 2018 Aug 30.