D I Wu1,2,3, Satoru Kase4, Y E Liu1,2,3, Atsuhiro Kanda3, Miyuki Murata3, Susumu Ishida3. 1. Eye Center of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, School of Medicine, Hangzhou, P.R. China. 2. Zhejiang Provincial Key Lab of Ophthalmology, Hangzhou, P.R. China. 3. Laboratory of Ocular Cell Biology and Visual Science, Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. 4. Laboratory of Ocular Cell Biology and Visual Science, Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan kaseron@med.hokudai.ac.jp.
Abstract
BACKGROUND/AIM: AlphaB-crystallin plays a pivotal role in many diseases. However, the involvement of alphaB-crystallin in retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells with diabetes stimuli remains unknown. The aim of this study is to examine the alterations of RPE cells and alphaB-crystallin expression in diabetic models in vivo and in vitro. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Diabetic conditions in mice were induced by streptozotocin (STZ). The thickness of the RPE/choroid complex was measured by optical coherence tomography (OCT). Periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) staining was used to investigate the choriocapillaris in histological sections of murine eyeballs and oxidative stress was evaluated using immunofluorescence with anti-4-hydroxynonenal (HNE) antibody. AlphaB-crystallin expression was examined in the RPE/choroid complex using ELISA. Real-Time PCR was performed to evaluate the alphaB-crystallin expression in cultured human RPE cells with high glucose or following advanced glycation end-products (AGE) stimulation. RESULTS: In diabetic mice, OCT-based RPE/choroidal layers were thickened 2 months after STZ stimulation, where PAS-positive dilated choriocapillaris was noted. Immunoreactivity of 4-HNE was strongly observed in the RPE layer, from which a significant number of RPE cells was lost. Meanwhile, alphaB-crystallin expression in 2-month STZ mice was significantly lower compared to controls. In accordance with these results, in vitro data showed that the alphaB-crystallin expression was also significantly lower in RPE cells with high glucose or following AGE stimulation compared to untreated cells. CONCLUSION: In both types of diabetic models the expression of alphaB-crystallin was found to be downregulated in RPE cells and was associated with increased levels of oxidative stress.
BACKGROUND/AIM: AlphaB-crystallin plays a pivotal role in many diseases. However, the involvement of alphaB-crystallin in retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells with diabetes stimuli remains unknown. The aim of this study is to examine the alterations of RPE cells and alphaB-crystallin expression in diabetic models in vivo and in vitro. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Diabetic conditions in mice were induced by streptozotocin (STZ). The thickness of the RPE/choroid complex was measured by optical coherence tomography (OCT). Periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) staining was used to investigate the choriocapillaris in histological sections of murine eyeballs and oxidative stress was evaluated using immunofluorescence with anti-4-hydroxynonenal (HNE) antibody. AlphaB-crystallin expression was examined in the RPE/choroid complex using ELISA. Real-Time PCR was performed to evaluate the alphaB-crystallin expression in cultured human RPE cells with high glucose or following advanced glycation end-products (AGE) stimulation. RESULTS: In diabetic mice, OCT-based RPE/choroidal layers were thickened 2 months after STZ stimulation, where PAS-positive dilated choriocapillaris was noted. Immunoreactivity of 4-HNE was strongly observed in the RPE layer, from which a significant number of RPE cells was lost. Meanwhile, alphaB-crystallin expression in 2-month STZ mice was significantly lower compared to controls. In accordance with these results, in vitro data showed that the alphaB-crystallin expression was also significantly lower in RPE cells with high glucose or following AGE stimulation compared to untreated cells. CONCLUSION: In both types of diabetic models the expression of alphaB-crystallin was found to be downregulated in RPE cells and was associated with increased levels of oxidative stress.
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