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However, few studies have confirmed the regulatory mechanism of melatonin acting on PGAM5-mediated cell death in the context of liver ischemia-reperfusion (I\/R) injury. The liver I\/R injury model and cell hypoxia-reoxygenation model were established after melatonin pretreatment. Liver injury, cell activity, cell apoptosis, oxidative stress index, and PGAM5 protein expression were detected. To investigate the role of PGAM5 in melatonin-mediated liver protection during I\/R injury, PGAM5 silencing, and overexpression were performed before melatonin pretreatment. Our results indicated that PGAM5 was significantly elevated by I\/R injury, and predominantly localized in the necrosis area. However, treatment with melatonin blocked PGAM5 activation and conferred a survival advantage of hepatocytes in liver I\/R injury, similar to the results achieved by silencing PGAM5. In terms of mechanism, we illustrated that activated PGAM5 promoted mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) opening, and administration of melatonin inhibited mPTP opening and interrupted hepatocytes death via blocking PGAM5. Our data indicated that the PGAM5-mPTP axis is responsible for I\/R-induced liver injury. In contrast, melatonin supplementation blocked the PGAM5-mPTP axis and thus decreased cell death, providing a protective advantage to hepatocytes in I\/R. 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