PURPOSE: To determine whether acute intraocular pressure (IOP) elevation alters dynamin-related protein 1 (Drp1) as well as whether a selective inhibitor of Drp1, mdivi-1, can block apoptotic cell death and subsequently increase retinal ganglion cell (RGC) survival in ischemic mouse retina. METHODS: C57BL/6 mice received injections of mdivi-1 (50 mg/kg) or vehicle, and then transient retinal ischemia was induced by acute IOP elevation. RGC survival was measured after FluoroGold labeling. Drp1 and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) protein expression and distribution were assessed at 12 hours after ischemia-reperfusion by Western blot and immunohistochemistry. Apoptotic cell death was assessed by TUNEL staining. RESULTS: Drp1 and GFAP protein expression was significantly increased in the early neurodegenerative events (within 12 hours) of ischemic mouse retina. Mdivi-1 treatment blocked apoptotic cell death in ischemic retina, and significantly increased RGC survival at 2 weeks after ischemia. In the normal mouse retina, Drp1 is expressed in the ganglion cell layer (GCL) as well as the inner plexiform layer, the inner nuclear layer (INL), and the outer plexiform layer (OPL). In the GCL, Drp1 immunoreactivity was strong in RGCs. While Drp1 protein expression was increased in the GCL of vehicle-treated ischemic retina at 12 hours. Mdivi-1 treatment did not change this increase of Drp1 protein expression but significantly decreased GFAP protein expression. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that altered Drp1 activity after acute IOP elevation may be an important component of a biochemical cascade leading to RGC death in ischemic retina.
PURPOSE: To determine whether acute intraocular pressure (IOP) elevation alters dynamin-related protein 1 (Drp1) as well as whether a selective inhibitor of Drp1, mdivi-1, can block apoptotic cell death and subsequently increase retinal ganglion cell (RGC) survival in ischemicmouse retina. METHODS: C57BL/6 mice received injections of mdivi-1 (50 mg/kg) or vehicle, and then transient retinal ischemia was induced by acute IOP elevation. RGC survival was measured after FluoroGold labeling. Drp1 and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) protein expression and distribution were assessed at 12 hours after ischemia-reperfusion by Western blot and immunohistochemistry. Apoptotic cell death was assessed by TUNEL staining. RESULTS:Drp1 and GFAP protein expression was significantly increased in the early neurodegenerative events (within 12 hours) of ischemicmouse retina. Mdivi-1 treatment blocked apoptotic cell death in ischemic retina, and significantly increased RGC survival at 2 weeks after ischemia. In the normal mouse retina, Drp1 is expressed in the ganglion cell layer (GCL) as well as the inner plexiform layer, the inner nuclear layer (INL), and the outer plexiform layer (OPL). In the GCL, Drp1 immunoreactivity was strong in RGCs. While Drp1 protein expression was increased in the GCL of vehicle-treated ischemic retina at 12 hours. Mdivi-1 treatment did not change this increase of Drp1 protein expression but significantly decreased GFAP protein expression. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that altered Drp1 activity after acute IOP elevation may be an important component of a biochemical cascade leading to RGC death in ischemic retina.
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