Rongsong Li1, Nelson Jen2, Lan Wu1, Juhyun Lee2, Karen Fang1, Katherine Quigley1, Katherine Lee1, Sky Wang1, Bill Zhou1, Laurent Vergnes3, Yun-Ru Chen4, Zhaoping Li5, Karen Reue3, David K Ann4, Tzung K Hsiai1,2,5. 1. 1 Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine , Los Angeles, California. 2. 2 Department of Bioengineering, UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science , Los Angeles, California. 3. 3 Department of Human Genetics, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine , Los Angeles, California. 4. 4 Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope National Medical Center , Duarte, California. 5. 5 Department of Medicine, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine , Los Angeles, California.
Abstract
AIM: Temporal and spatial variations in shear stress are intimately linked with vascular metabolic effects. Autophagy is tightly regulated in intracellular bulk degradation/recycling system for maintaining cellular homeostasis. We postulated that disturbed flow modulates autophagy with an implication in mitochondrial superoxide (mtO2(•-)) production. RESULTS: In the disturbed flow or oscillatory shear stress (OSS)-exposed aortic arch, we observed prominent staining of p62, a reverse marker of autophagic flux, whereas in the pulsatile shear stress (PSS)-exposed descending aorta, p62 was attenuated. OSS significantly increased (i) microtubule-associated protein light chain 3 (LC3) II to I ratios in human aortic endothelial cells, (ii) autophagosome formation as quantified by green fluorescent protein (GFP)-LC3 dots per cell, and (iii) p62 protein levels, whereas manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) overexpression by recombinant adenovirus, N-acetyl cysteine treatment, or c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) inhibition reduced OSS-mediated LC3-II/LC3-I ratios and mitochondrial DNA damage. Introducing bafilomycin to Earle's balanced salt solution or to OSS condition incrementally increased both LC3-II/LC3-I ratios and p62 levels, implicating impaired autophagic flux. In the OSS-exposed aortic arch, both anti-phospho-JNK and anti-8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) staining for DNA damage were prominent, whereas in the PSS-exposed descending aorta, the staining was nearly absent. Knockdown of ATG5 with siRNA increased OSS-mediated mtO2(•-), whereas starvation or rapamycin-induced autophagy reduced OSS-mediated mtO2(•-), mitochondrial respiration, and complex II activity. INNOVATION: Disturbed flow-mediated oxidative stress and JNK activation induce autophagy. CONCLUSION: OSS impairs autophagic flux to interfere with mitochondrial homeostasis. Antioxid. Redox Signal. 23, 1207-1219.
AIM: Temporal and spatial variations in shear stress are intimately linked with vascular metabolic effects. Autophagy is tightly regulated in intracellular bulk degradation/recycling system for maintaining cellular homeostasis. We postulated that disturbed flow modulates autophagy with an implication in mitochondrial superoxide (mtO2(•-)) production. RESULTS: In the disturbed flow or oscillatory shear stress (OSS)-exposed aortic arch, we observed prominent staining of p62, a reverse marker of autophagic flux, whereas in the pulsatile shear stress (PSS)-exposed descending aorta, p62 was attenuated. OSS significantly increased (i) microtubule-associated protein light chain 3 (LC3) II to I ratios in human aortic endothelial cells, (ii) autophagosome formation as quantified by green fluorescent protein (GFP)-LC3 dots per cell, and (iii) p62 protein levels, whereas manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) overexpression by recombinant adenovirus, N-acetyl cysteine treatment, or c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) inhibition reduced OSS-mediated LC3-II/LC3-I ratios and mitochondrial DNA damage. Introducing bafilomycin to Earle's balanced salt solution or to OSS condition incrementally increased both LC3-II/LC3-I ratios and p62 levels, implicating impaired autophagic flux. In the OSS-exposed aortic arch, both anti-phospho-JNK and anti-8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) staining for DNA damage were prominent, whereas in the PSS-exposed descending aorta, the staining was nearly absent. Knockdown of ATG5 with siRNA increased OSS-mediated mtO2(•-), whereas starvation or rapamycin-induced autophagy reduced OSS-mediated mtO2(•-), mitochondrial respiration, and complex II activity. INNOVATION: Disturbed flow-mediated oxidative stress and JNK activation induce autophagy. CONCLUSION:OSS impairs autophagic flux to interfere with mitochondrial homeostasis. Antioxid. Redox Signal. 23, 1207-1219.
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