Jun Arai1, Naomichi Katai2, Keisuke Kuida3, Takanobu Kikuchi4, Nagahisa Yoshimura5. 1. Department of Ophthalmology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan. 2. Department of Ophthalmology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan. katainao@hsp.md.shinshu-u.ac.jp. 3. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. 4. Research Support Center for Human and Environmental Sciences, Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Japan. 5. Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To determine whether apoptosis of retinal neurons induced by excessive light exposure and ischemia-reperfusion injury is altered in caspase-1 knockout mice. METHODS: Eight- to 10-week-old caspase-1 knockout mice (Casp1-/-) and wild-type (WT) mice (C57BL/6) were exposed to diffuse, cool, white fluorescent light of 25,000 lux for 2 h. Other mice were subjected to retinal ischemia by increasing the intraocular pressure to 110 mmHg for 45 min. Electroretinograms (ERGs) were recorded before and after the light exposure. TdT-dUTP terminal nick-end labeling (TUNEL) was performed to identify the apoptotic cells after the insults. The inner retinal thickness was measured to evaluate the retinal injury after the ischemia-reperfusion. Expression of caspase-1 protein was studied by immunohistochemical analysis and Western blotting. Caspase-1-like protease activity was determined by a colorimetric tetrapeptide substrate. RESULTS: The morphology of the retina and the amplitudes of the a and b waves of the ERGs of Casp1-/- mice did not differ from those of WT mice. After the light exposure, TUNEL-positive cells were observed in the outer nuclear layer of the WT mice retina. The number of TUNEL-positive photoreceptor nuclei after the light exposure, and the number of nuclei in the inner nuclear layer after the ischemia-reperfusion injury, were significantly less in Casp1-/- mice than in WT mice. There were more caspase-1-positive photoreceptor cells in WT mice after the light injury. The inner retinal layer of Casp1-/- mice was significantly thicker in Casp1-/- mice than in WT mice 2 weeks after the ischemic insult. CONCLUSIONS: Retinal neuronal apoptosis was less prominent in Casp1-/- mice after excessive light exposure and ischemia-reperfusion injury. These data indicate that caspase-1 plays a role in retinal neuronal apoptosis. Copyright Japanese Ophthalmological Society 2006.
PURPOSE: To determine whether apoptosis of retinal neurons induced by excessive light exposure and ischemia-reperfusion injury is altered in caspase-1 knockout mice. METHODS: Eight- to 10-week-old caspase-1 knockout mice (Casp1-/-) and wild-type (WT) mice (C57BL/6) were exposed to diffuse, cool, white fluorescent light of 25,000 lux for 2 h. Other mice were subjected to retinal ischemia by increasing the intraocular pressure to 110 mmHg for 45 min. Electroretinograms (ERGs) were recorded before and after the light exposure. TdT-dUTP terminal nick-end labeling (TUNEL) was performed to identify the apoptotic cells after the insults. The inner retinal thickness was measured to evaluate the retinal injury after the ischemia-reperfusion. Expression of caspase-1 protein was studied by immunohistochemical analysis and Western blotting. Caspase-1-like protease activity was determined by a colorimetric tetrapeptide substrate. RESULTS: The morphology of the retina and the amplitudes of the a and b waves of the ERGs of Casp1-/- mice did not differ from those of WT mice. After the light exposure, TUNEL-positive cells were observed in the outer nuclear layer of the WT mice retina. The number of TUNEL-positive photoreceptor nuclei after the light exposure, and the number of nuclei in the inner nuclear layer after the ischemia-reperfusion injury, were significantly less in Casp1-/- mice than in WT mice. There were more caspase-1-positive photoreceptor cells in WT mice after the light injury. The inner retinal layer of Casp1-/- mice was significantly thicker in Casp1-/- mice than in WT mice 2 weeks after the ischemic insult. CONCLUSIONS:Retinal neuronal apoptosis was less prominent in Casp1-/- mice after excessive light exposure and ischemia-reperfusion injury. These data indicate that caspase-1 plays a role in retinal neuronal apoptosis. Copyright Japanese Ophthalmological Society 2006.
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