Effects of PINK1 knockout on sodium fluoride(NaF)-induced mitochondrial inju-ry,oxidative stress,and inflammation in mice lungs
Six-week-old male wild-type(WT)and PTEN-induced kinase 1(PINK1)knockout mice at C57BL/6J background were adopted and were randomly divided into the WT control group,WT model group,and PINK1-/-model group.Mice in the WT model group and PINK1-/-model group were given distilled water containing 100 mg/L sodium fluoride(NaF),mice in the WT control group were given distilled water for 12 weeks.The expressions of mitophagy-related pro-teins were investigated by Western blot.Ultrastructural damages of lung mitochondria were ob-served by transmission electron microscopy.ATP levels and mtDNA copy numbers were deter-mined by ATP detection kit and RT-qPCR,respectively.Reactive oxygen species(ROS)were de-tected by DHE staining.The activities of superoxide dismutase(SOD),catalase(CAT),and malon-dialdehyde(MDA)were determined by colorimetric method.The apoptosis of lung cells was detec-ted by TUNEL staining.The levels of tumor necrosis factor(TNF-α)and interleukin-6(IL-6)in alveolar lavage fluid were determined by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA).The results showed that compared with the WT model group,the protein changes of Parkinson disease protein 2(Parkin)and microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 Ⅱ(LC3-Ⅱ)were markedly decreased(P<0.05),while the protein expressions of p62/SQSTM1 and mitochondrial 20 kDa outer mem-brane protein(TOM20)were significantly decreased(P<0.05).The percentages of damaged mito-chondria in lung cells were increased,while the ATP levels and mtDNA copy number were de-creased in the PINK 1-/-model group when compared with those in the WT model group(P<0.05).The ROS level,MDA content,and TUNEL-positive cell numbers were significantly in-creased,while the activities of SOD and CAT were decreased in the lungs of PINK1-/-model group,which were significantly different from those in WT model group(P<0.05).Additionally,compared with the WT model group,the levels of TNF-α and IL-6 in alveolar lavage fluid of PINK1-/-model group were significantly increased by PINK1 knockout(P<0.05).The results in-dicated that PINK1-mediated mitophagy could attenuate NaF-induced lung injury in mice.