PMID- 37186061 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230811 LR - 20230811 IS - 1099-0461 (Electronic) IS - 1095-6670 (Linking) VI - 37 IP - 8 DP - 2023 Aug TI - Ox-LDL aggravates contrast-induced injury of renal tubular epithelial cells. PG - e23379 LID - 10.1002/jbt.23379 [doi] AB - Hypercholesterolemia can aggravate contrast-induced acute kidney injury, and the exacerbation of renal tubular epithelial cell (RTEC) injury is a major cause. However, the exact mechanisms remain obscure. Mitophagy, a type of autophagy, selectively eliminates damaged mitochondria and reduces mitochondrial oxidative stress, which is strongly implicated in cell homeostasis and acute kidney injury. Oxidized low-density lipoprotein (Ox-LDL) is accumulated in hypercholesterolemia and has a cytotoxic effect. This study aimed to determine whether and how ox-LDL exacerbates contrast-induced injury in RTECs and to further explore whether PINK1/Parkin-dependent mitophagy is involved in this process. Iohexol and ox-LDL were used alone or in combination to treat HK-2 cells. Rapamycin pretreatment was utilized to enhance mitophagy. Cell viability, apoptosis, mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) and mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (mtROS) were detected by cell counting kit-8, TUNEL staining, JC-1 kit and MitoSOX fluorescence, respectively. The expression of mitophagy-related proteins (including PINK1, Parkin, and so on) and cleaved caspase-3 was confirmed by western blot. Colocalization of MitoTracker-labeled mitochondria and LysoTracker-labeled lysosomes was observed by fluorescence microscopy to evaluate mitophagy. The results of our study showed that ox-LDL aggravated MMP decline, mtROS release and apoptosis in iohexol-treated HK-2 cells, accompanied by a further increased autophagy level. Enhancement of PINK1/Parkin-dependent mitophagy by rapamycin alleviated apoptosis and mitochondrial injury in HK-2 cells in response to iohexol under ox-LDL condition. Therefore, our findings indicate that ox-LDL aggravates contrast-induced injury of RTECs by increasing mitochondrial damage and mitochondrial oxidative stress, which may be associated with the relative insufficiency of PINK1/Parkin-dependent mitophagy. CI - (c) 2023 The Authors. Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. FAU - Yang, Dingwei AU - Yang D AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1675-3667 AD - Department of Nephrology, Tianjin Hospital of Tianjin University, Tianjin, China. FAU - Yang, Xueyan AU - Yang X AD - Department of Nephrology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China. FAU - Chen, Sha AU - Chen S AD - Department of Nephrology, Tianjin Hospital of Tianjin University, Tianjin, China. FAU - Lv, Meiling AU - Lv M AD - Clinical College of Orthopedics, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China. FAU - Tan, Jin AU - Tan J AD - Department of Geriatrics, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin Geriatrics Institute, Tianjin, China. FAU - Yang, Dingping AU - Yang D AD - Department of Nephrology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China. LA - eng GR - TJWJ2021ZD005/The Tianjin Health Science and Technology Foundation of Tianjin Municipal Health Commission/ GR - 82070097/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ GR - Tjyy2113/The Science and Technology Fund Project of Tianjin Hospital/ GR - 18ZXDBSY00060/The Tianjin Science and Technology Plan Project/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230426 PL - United States TA - J Biochem Mol Toxicol JT - Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology JID - 9717231 RN - 4419T9MX03 (Iohexol) RN - 0 (oxidized low density lipoprotein) RN - 0 (Lipoproteins, LDL) RN - 0 (Reactive Oxygen Species) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases) RN - EC 2.7.- (Protein Kinases) RN - W36ZG6FT64 (Sirolimus) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Iohexol/adverse effects/metabolism MH - *Hypercholesterolemia MH - Lipoproteins, LDL/metabolism MH - *Acute Kidney Injury/chemically induced/metabolism MH - Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism MH - Apoptosis MH - Epithelial Cells/metabolism MH - Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/metabolism MH - Protein Kinases/metabolism MH - Sirolimus/adverse effects/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - CI-AKI OT - mitochondrial damage OT - mitophagy OT - ox-LDL OT - oxidative stress EDAT- 2023/05/15 19:12 MHDA- 2023/08/11 06:43 CRDT- 2023/05/15 14:06 PHST- 2023/02/04 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/09/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/04/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/08/11 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2023/05/15 19:12 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/05/15 14:06 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/jbt.23379 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biochem Mol Toxicol. 2023 Aug;37(8):e23379. doi: 10.1002/jbt.23379. Epub 2023 Apr 26.