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  2. The combination of high glucose and LPS induces autophagy in bovine kidney epithelial cells via the Notch3/mTOR signaling pathway

The combination of high glucose and LPS induces autophagy in bovine kidney epithelial cells via the Notch3/mTOR signaling pathway

  • BMC Vet Res. 2022 Aug 11;18(1):307. doi: 10.1186/s12917-022-03395-1.
Yaocheng Cui  # 1 Hongrui Guo  # 1 Qin Zhang 2 Jing Fang 1 Yue Xie 1 Shiyi Chen 3 Xiaoping Ma 1 Liping Gou 1 Hengmin Cui 1 Yi Geng 1 Gang Ye 1 Zhijun Zhong 1 Zhihua Ren 1 Ya Wang 1 Junliang Deng 1 Shuming Yu 1 Suizhong Cao 1 Zhisheng Wang 4 Zhicai Zuo 5
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China.
  • 2 Chengdu Customs of the People's Republic of China, Chengdu, 610095, Sichuan, China.
  • 3 College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China.
  • 4 Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China. wangzs67@163.com.
  • 5 Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China. zzcjl@126.com.
  • # Contributed equally.
Abstract

Background: Aside respiratory diseases, beef cattle may also suffer from serious kidney diseases after transportation. Hyperglycemia and gram-negative Bacterial infection may be the main reasons why bovine is prone to severe kidney disease during transportation stress, however, the precise mechanism is still unclear. The purpose of the current study is to explore whether the combined treatment of high glucose (HG) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) could induce madin-darby bovine kidney (MDBK) cells injury and Autophagy, as well as investigate the potential molecular mechanisms involved.

Results: As we discovered, the combined effect of HG and LPS decreased MDBK cells viability. And, HG and LPS combination also induced Autophagy in MDBK cells, which was characterized by increasing the expression of LC3-II/I and Beclin1 and decreasing p62 expression. LC3 fluorescence signal formation was also significantly increased by HG and LPS combination treatment. Furthermore, we measured whether the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) and the Notch3 signaling pathways were involved in HG and LPS-induced Autophagy. The results showed that the combination of HG and LPS significantly increased the protein expression of Notch3 and decreased protein expression of p-mTOR, indicating that Notch3 and mTOR signaling pathways were activated. However, co-treatment with the Notch3 inhibitor (DAPT) could reverse the induction of Autophagy, and increased the protein expression of p-mTOR.

Conclusions: This study demonstrated that the combination effect of HG and LPS could induce Autophagy in MDBK cells, and the Notch3/mTOR signaling pathway was involved in HG and LPS-induced Autophagy.

Keywords

Autophagy; High glucose; LPS; Notch3; mTOR.

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