Ischemic Preconditioning Promotes Autophagy and Alleviates Renal Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury

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Autophagy is important for cellular survival during renal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. Ischemic preconditioning (IPC) has a strong renoprotective effect during renal I/R. Our study here aimed to explore the effect of IPC on autophagy during renal I/R injury. Rats were subjected to unilateral renal ischemia with or without prior IPC. Hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) injury was induced in HK-2 cells with or without prior hypoxic preconditioning (HPC). Autophagy and apoptosis were detected after reperfusion or reoxygenation for different time. The results showed that the levels of LC3II, Beclin-1, SQSTM1/p62, and cleaved caspase-3 were altered in a time-dependent manner during renal I/R. IPC further induced autophagy as indicated by increased levels of LC3II and Beclin-1, decreased level of SQSTM1/p62, and accumulation of autophagosomes compared to I/R groups at corresponding reperfusion time. In addition, IPC reduced the expression of cleaved caspase-3 and alleviated renal cell injury, as evaluated by the levels of serum creatinine (Scr), neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), and kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1) in renal tissues. In conclusion, autophagy and apoptosis are dynamically altered during renal I/R. IPC protects against renal I/R injury and upregulates autophagic flux, thus increasing the possibility for a novel therapy to alleviate I/R-induced acute kidney injury (AKI).

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Xie, Y., Xiao, J., Fu, C., Zhang, Z., Ye, Z., & Zhang, X. (2018). Ischemic Preconditioning Promotes Autophagy and Alleviates Renal Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury. BioMed Research International, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/8353987

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