Communications Biology (Jun 2022)

Activating Parkin-dependent mitophagy alleviates oxidative stress, apoptosis, and promotes random-pattern skin flaps survival

  • Zhengtai Chen,
  • Hongqiang Wu,
  • Jianxin Yang,
  • Baolong Li,
  • Jian Ding,
  • Sheng Cheng,
  • Nageeb Bsoul,
  • Chenxi Zhang,
  • jiaorong li,
  • Haixiao Liu,
  • Damu Lin,
  • Weiyang Gao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03556-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Melatonin induces Parkin 1 dependent mitophagy in human umbilical vein endothelial cells through the AMPK/TFEB pathway, alleviating oxidative stress and apoptosis, which also enables skin flap survival in vivo.