Basic Study
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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 21, 2020; 26(15): 1758-1774
Published online Apr 21, 2020. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v26.i15.1758
PTEN-induced kinase 1-induced dynamin-related protein 1 Ser637 phosphorylation reduces mitochondrial fission and protects against intestinal ischemia reperfusion injury
Wasim Qasim, Yang Li, Rui-Min Sun, Dong-Cheng Feng, Zhan-Yu Wang, De-Shun Liu, Ji-Hong Yao, Xiao-Feng Tian
Wasim Qasim, Yang Li, Dong-Cheng Feng, Zhan-Yu Wang, De-Shun Liu, Xiao-Feng Tian, Department of General Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116023, Liaoning Province, China
Yang Li, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, Zhejiang Province, China
Rui-Min Sun, Ji-Hong Yao, Department of Pharmacology, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, Liaoning Province, China
Author contributions: Qasim W, Li Y and Sun RM contributed equally to the present study; Qasim W, Li Y, Sun RM, Feng DC, Wang ZY, and Liu DS performed the experiments and analyzed the data; Qasim W, Li Y and Sun RM wrote the article; Yao JH and Tian XF designed the experiments, revised the article, and obtained research funding; all authors approved the final version of the article.
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81679154, No. 81871547.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board at Dalian Medical University.
Institutional animal care and use committee statement: All procedures involving animals were reviewed and approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of the Dalian Medical University.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors have nothing to disclose.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Corresponding author: Xiao-Feng Tian, MD, PhD, Director, Professor, Surgeon, Department of General Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, 467 Zhongshan Road, Shahekou District, Dalian 116023, Liaoning Province, China. txfdl@dmu.edu.cn
Received: December 28, 2019
Peer-review started: December 28, 2019
First decision: January 11, 2020
Revised: March 17, 2020
Accepted: March 27, 2020
Article in press: March 27, 2020
Published online: April 21, 2020
Core Tip

Core tip: PTEN-induced kinase 1 (PINK1) is a kind of mitochondrial serine/threonine-protein kinase, which regulates mitochondrial homeostasis through regulating the phosphorylation of target proteins. Depletion of PINK1 has been proved to be associated with mitochondrial fragmentation and apoptosis in ischemic model. However, the underlying mechanism has not been clarified. By establishing an intestinal ischemia reperfusion model in mice and hypoxia/reoxygenation model in Caco-2 cells, we revealed that PINK1 inhibits mitochondrial fission and apoptosis via phosphorylating dynamin-related protein 1 on Ser637. The PINK1/dynamin-related protein 1 pathway may provide a potential target in treatment of intestinal ischemia reperfusion injury.