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. 2023 Dec;39(6):2787-2792.
doi: 10.1007/s10565-023-09802-z. Epub 2023 Apr 28.

Correction to: YY1 inactivated transcription co-regulator PGC-1α to promote mitochondrial dysfunction of early diabetic nephropathy-associated tubulointerstitial fibrosis

Tingting Yang  1 , Yinlu Hu  1 , Shangxiu Chen  1 , Lin Li  1 , Xinyun Cao  1 , Jiayu Yuan  1 , Fanglin Shu  2 , Zhenzhou Jiang  3 , Sitong Qian  1 , Xia Zhu  1 , Chujing Wei  3 , Rui Wei  1 , Meng Yan  1 , Chenlin Li  1 , Xiaoxing Yin  4   5 , Qian Lu  6   7
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Correction to: YY1 inactivated transcription co-regulator PGC-1α to promote mitochondrial dysfunction of early diabetic nephropathy-associated tubulointerstitial fibrosis

Tingting Yang et al. Cell Biol Toxicol. 2023 Dec.

Abstract

The development of diabetic nephropathy (DN) could be promoted by the occurrence of tubulointerstitial fibrosis (TIF), which has a close relationship with mitochondrial dysfunction of renal tubular epithelial cells (RTECs). As a key regulator of metabolic homeostasis, Yin Yang 1 (YY1) plays an important role not only in regulating the fibrosis process but also in maintaining the mitochondrial function of pancreatic β-cells. However, it was not clear whether YY1 participated in maintaining mitochondrial function of RTECs in early DN-associated TIF. In this study, we dynamically detected mitochondrial functions and protein expression of YY1 in db/db mice and high glucose (HG)-cultured HK-2 cells. Our results showed that comparing with the occurrence of TIF, the emergence of mitochondrial dysfunction of RTECs was an earlier even, besides the up-regulated and nuclear translocated YY1. Correlation analysis showed YY1 expressions were negatively associated with PGC-1α in vitro and in vivo. Further mechanism research demonstrated the formation of mTOR-YY1 heterodimer induced by HG up-regulated YY1, the nuclear translocation of which inactivated PGC-1α by binding to the PGC-1α promoter. Overexpression of YY1 induced mitochondrial dysfunctions in normal glucose-cultured HK-2 cells and 8-weeks-old db/m mice. While, dysfunctional mitochondria induced by HG could be improved by knockdown of YY1. Finally, downregulation of YY1 could retard the progression of TIF by preventing mitochondrial functions, resulting in the improvement of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in early DN. These findings suggested that YY1 was a novel regulator of mitochondrial function of RTECs and contributed to the occurrence of early DN-associated TIF.

Keywords: Diabetic nephropathy; Epithelial-mesenchymal transition; Mitochondrial; PGC-1α; Tubulointerstitial fibrosis; Yin Yang 1.

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