Protection of Parkin Over-expression on Lung in Rats with Exertional Heat Stroke by Activating Mitophagy

Overview

Journal BMC Pulm Med

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialty Pulmonary Medicine

Date 2024 Aug 31

PMID 39217313

Authors

Jiaxing Wang

Ran Meng

Zhengzhong Sun

Lyv Xuan

Jiao Wang

Yan Gu

Yuxiang Zhang

Affiliations

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Abstract

Objective: To investigate the role of Parkin overexpression-induecd mitophagy in alleviating acute lung injury of exertional heat stroke(EHS) rats.

Methods: Eighty SD rats were divided into four groups: Control group (CON group), Control Parkin overexpression group (CON + Parkin group), exertional heat stroke group (EHS group), and exertional heat stroke Parkin overexpression group (EHS + Parkin group). Adeno-associated virus carrying the Parkin gene was intravenously injected into the rats to overexpress Parkin in the lung tissue. An exertional heat stroke rat model was established, and survival curves were plotted. Lung Micro-CT was performed, and lung coefficient and pulmonary microvascular permeability were measured. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays(ELISA) were used to determine the levels of interleukin-6(IL-6), interleukin-1β(IL-1β), Tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α), and reactive oxygen species(ROS). The morphology of mitochondria in type II epithelial cells of lung tissue was observed using transmission electron microscopy. The apoptosis of lung tissue, the level of mitophagy, and the co-localization of Pink1 and Parkin were determined using immunofluorescence. The expression of Pink1, Parkin, MFN2, PTEN-L, PTEN, p62, and microtubule associated protein 1 light chain 3 (LC3) in rat lung tissue was measured by western blot.

Results: Compared with the CON group, there were more severe lung injury and more higher levels of IL-6, IL-1β, TNF-α in EHS rats. Both of the LC3-II/LC3-I ratio and the co-localization of LC3 and Tom20 in the lung tissue of EHS rats decreased. Compared with the EHS group, the survival rate of rats in the EHS + Parkin overexpression group was significantly increased, lung coefficient and pulmonary microvascular permeability were reduced, and pathological changes such as exudation and consolidation were significantly alleviated. The levels of IL-6, IL-1β, TNF-α, and ROS were significantly decreased; the degree of mitochondrial swelling in type II alveolar epithelial cells was reduced, and no vacuolization was observed. Lung tissue apoptosis was reduced, and the colocalization fluorescence of Pink1 and Parkin, as well as LC3 and Tom20, were increased. The expression of Parkin and LC3-II/LC3-I ratio in lung tissue were both increased, while the expression of P62, Pink1, MFN2, and PTEN-L was decreased.

Conclusion: Pink1/Parkin-mediated mitophagy dysfunction is one of the mechanisms underlying acute lung injury in rats with EHS, and activation of Parkin overexpression induced-mitophagy can alleviate acute lung injury caused by EHS.

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