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Protective Effect of Quercetin on Sodium Iodate-Induced Retinal Apoptosis through the Reactive Oxygen Species-Mediated Mitochondrion-Dependent Pathway
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) leads to gradual central vision loss and is the third leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. The underlying mechanisms for this progressive neurodegenerative disease remain unclear and there is currently no preventive treatment for dry AMD. Sodium i...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8071060/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33919990 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms22084056 |
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author | Chang, Yuan-Yen Lee, Yi-Ju Hsu, Min-Yen Wang, Meilin Tsou, Shang-Chun Chen, Ching-Chung Lin, Jer-An Hsiao, Yai-Ping Lin, Hui-Wen |
author_facet | Chang, Yuan-Yen Lee, Yi-Ju Hsu, Min-Yen Wang, Meilin Tsou, Shang-Chun Chen, Ching-Chung Lin, Jer-An Hsiao, Yai-Ping Lin, Hui-Wen |
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description | Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) leads to gradual central vision loss and is the third leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. The underlying mechanisms for this progressive neurodegenerative disease remain unclear and there is currently no preventive treatment for dry AMD. Sodium iodate (NaIO(3)) has been reported to induce AMD-like retinal pathology in mice. We established a mouse model for AMD to evaluate the effects of quercetin on NaIO(3)-induced retinal apoptosis, and to investigate the pertinent underlying mechanisms. Our in vitro results indicated that quercetin protected human retinal pigment epithelium (ARPE-19) cells from NaIO(3)-induced apoptosis by inhibiting reactive oxygen species production and loss of mitochondrial membrane potential as detected by Annexin V-FITC/PI flow cytometry. We also evaluated the relative expression of proteins in the apoptosis pathway. Quercetin downregulated the protein expressions of Bax, cleaved caspase-3, and cleaved PARP and upregulated the expression of Bcl-2 through reduced PI3K and pAKT expressions. Furthermore, our in vivo results indicated that quercetin improved retinal deformation and increased the thickness of both the outer nuclear layer and inner nuclear layer, whereas the expression of caspase-3 was inhibited. Taken together, these results demonstrate that quercetin could protect retinal pigment epithelium and the retina from NaIO(3)-induced cell apoptosis via reactive oxygen species-mediated mitochondrial dysfunction, involving the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway. This suggests that quercetin has the potential to prevent and delay AMD and other retinal diseases involving NaIO(3)-mediated apoptosis. |
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spelling | pubmed-80710602021-04-26 Protective Effect of Quercetin on Sodium Iodate-Induced Retinal Apoptosis through the Reactive Oxygen Species-Mediated Mitochondrion-Dependent Pathway Chang, Yuan-Yen Lee, Yi-Ju Hsu, Min-Yen Wang, Meilin Tsou, Shang-Chun Chen, Ching-Chung Lin, Jer-An Hsiao, Yai-Ping Lin, Hui-Wen Int J Mol Sci Article Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) leads to gradual central vision loss and is the third leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. The underlying mechanisms for this progressive neurodegenerative disease remain unclear and there is currently no preventive treatment for dry AMD. Sodium iodate (NaIO(3)) has been reported to induce AMD-like retinal pathology in mice. We established a mouse model for AMD to evaluate the effects of quercetin on NaIO(3)-induced retinal apoptosis, and to investigate the pertinent underlying mechanisms. Our in vitro results indicated that quercetin protected human retinal pigment epithelium (ARPE-19) cells from NaIO(3)-induced apoptosis by inhibiting reactive oxygen species production and loss of mitochondrial membrane potential as detected by Annexin V-FITC/PI flow cytometry. We also evaluated the relative expression of proteins in the apoptosis pathway. Quercetin downregulated the protein expressions of Bax, cleaved caspase-3, and cleaved PARP and upregulated the expression of Bcl-2 through reduced PI3K and pAKT expressions. Furthermore, our in vivo results indicated that quercetin improved retinal deformation and increased the thickness of both the outer nuclear layer and inner nuclear layer, whereas the expression of caspase-3 was inhibited. Taken together, these results demonstrate that quercetin could protect retinal pigment epithelium and the retina from NaIO(3)-induced cell apoptosis via reactive oxygen species-mediated mitochondrial dysfunction, involving the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway. This suggests that quercetin has the potential to prevent and delay AMD and other retinal diseases involving NaIO(3)-mediated apoptosis. MDPI 2021-04-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8071060/ /pubmed/33919990 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms22084056 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Chang, Yuan-Yen Lee, Yi-Ju Hsu, Min-Yen Wang, Meilin Tsou, Shang-Chun Chen, Ching-Chung Lin, Jer-An Hsiao, Yai-Ping Lin, Hui-Wen Protective Effect of Quercetin on Sodium Iodate-Induced Retinal Apoptosis through the Reactive Oxygen Species-Mediated Mitochondrion-Dependent Pathway |
title | Protective Effect of Quercetin on Sodium Iodate-Induced Retinal Apoptosis through the Reactive Oxygen Species-Mediated Mitochondrion-Dependent Pathway |
title_full | Protective Effect of Quercetin on Sodium Iodate-Induced Retinal Apoptosis through the Reactive Oxygen Species-Mediated Mitochondrion-Dependent Pathway |
title_fullStr | Protective Effect of Quercetin on Sodium Iodate-Induced Retinal Apoptosis through the Reactive Oxygen Species-Mediated Mitochondrion-Dependent Pathway |
title_full_unstemmed | Protective Effect of Quercetin on Sodium Iodate-Induced Retinal Apoptosis through the Reactive Oxygen Species-Mediated Mitochondrion-Dependent Pathway |
title_short | Protective Effect of Quercetin on Sodium Iodate-Induced Retinal Apoptosis through the Reactive Oxygen Species-Mediated Mitochondrion-Dependent Pathway |
title_sort | protective effect of quercetin on sodium iodate-induced retinal apoptosis through the reactive oxygen species-mediated mitochondrion-dependent pathway |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8071060/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33919990 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms22084056 |
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