PMID- 31538845 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200210 LR - 20200210 IS - 1532-4281 (Electronic) IS - 1079-9893 (Linking) VI - 39 IP - 3 DP - 2019 Jun TI - PPARgamma and mitophagy are involved in hypoxia/reoxygenation-induced renal tubular epithelial cells injury. PG - 235-242 LID - 10.1080/10799893.2019.1660894 [doi] AB - Renal tubular epithelial cell (RTEC) injury is the main cause and common pathological process of various renal diseases. Mitochondrial dysfunction (MtD) is a pathological process after renal injury. Mitophagy is vital for mitochondrial function. Hypoxia is a common cause of RTEC injury. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) is involved in cell proliferation, apoptosis, and inflammation. Previous studies have shown that the low expression of PPARgamma might be involved in hypoxia-induced RTEC injury. The present study aimed to investigate the correlation between PPARgamma and mitophagy in damaged RTEC in the hypoxia/reoxygenation (HR) model. The results showed that HR inhibited the expression of PPARgamma, but increased the expression of LC3II, Atg5, SQSTM1/P62, and PINK1 in a time-dependent manner. Moreover, mitochondrial DNA (mt DNA) copy number, mitochondria membrane potential (MMP) levels, ATP content, and cell viability were decreased in hypoxic RTECs, the expression of SQSTM1/P62 and PINK1, the release of cytochrome c (cyt C), and production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) were increased. Mitochondrial-containing autophagosomes (APs) were detected using transmission election microscope (TEM) and laser scanning confocal microscope (LSCM). Furthermore, PPARgamma protein expression was negatively correlated with that of LC3II, PINK1, and the positive rate of RTEC-containing mitochondrial-containing APs (all p < .05), but positively correlated with cell viability, MMP level, and ATP content (all p < .05). These data suggested that PPARgamma and mitophagy are involved in the RTEC injury process. Thus, a close association could be detected between PPARgamma and mitophagy in HR-induced RTEC injury, albeit additional investigation is imperative. FAU - Wei, Luming AU - Wei L AD - Department of Pediatrics, Guangxi Medical University First Affiliated Hospital , Nanning 530021 , China. FAU - Qin, Yuanhan AU - Qin Y AD - Department of Pediatrics, Guangxi Medical University First Affiliated Hospital , Nanning 530021 , China. FAU - Jiang, Ling AU - Jiang L AD - Department of Pediatrics, Guangxi Medical University First Affiliated Hospital , Nanning 530021 , China. FAU - Yu, Xueyun AU - Yu X AD - Department of Pediatrics, Guangxi Medical University First Affiliated Hospital , Nanning 530021 , China. FAU - Xi, Zhiyang AU - Xi Z AD - Department of Pediatrics, Guangxi Medical University First Affiliated Hospital , Nanning 530021 , China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190905 PL - England TA - J Recept Signal Transduct Res JT - Journal of receptor and signal transduction research JID - 9509432 RN - 0 (PPAR gamma) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - S88TT14065 (Oxygen) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Autophagy MH - Cell Hypoxia MH - Cell Line MH - Cell Survival MH - Epithelial Cells/*pathology/ultrastructure MH - Kidney Tubules/*pathology MH - Mitochondria/metabolism/pathology/ultrastructure MH - *Mitophagy MH - Oxygen MH - PPAR gamma/genetics/*metabolism MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism MH - Rats OTO - NOTNLM OT - PPARgamma OT - hypoxia/reoxygenation OT - mitophagy OT - renal tubular epithelial cells EDAT- 2019/09/21 06:00 MHDA- 2020/02/11 06:00 CRDT- 2019/09/21 06:00 PHST- 2019/09/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/09/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/02/11 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1080/10799893.2019.1660894 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Recept Signal Transduct Res. 2019 Jun;39(3):235-242. doi: 10.1080/10799893.2019.1660894. Epub 2019 Sep 5.