Vitamin-D3 (α-1, 25(OH) 2D3) Protects Retinal Pigment Epithelium From Hyperoxic Insults

Purpose: Oxidative stress affects the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) leading to development of vascular eye diseases. Cholecalciferol (VIT-D) is a known modulator of oxidative stress and angiogenesis. This in vitro study was carried out to evaluate the protective role of VIT-D on RPE cells incubated under hyperoxic conditions.

Methods: Cadaver primary RPE (PRPE) cells were cultured in hyperoxia (40% O2) with or without VIT-D (α-1, 25(OH) 2D3). The functional and physiological effects of PRPE cells with VIT-D treatment were analyzed using molecular and biochemical tools.

Results: Vascular signaling modulators, such as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and Notch, were reduced in hyperoxic conditions but significantly upregulated in the presence of VIT-D. Additionally, PRPE conditioned medium with VIT-D induced the tubulogenesis in primary human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) cells. VIT-D supplementation restored phagocytosis and transmembrane potential in PRPE cells cultured under hyperoxia.

Conclusions: VIT-D protects RPE cells and promotes angiogenesis under hyperoxic insult. These findings may give impetus to the potential of VIT-D as a therapeutic agent in hyperoxia induced retinal vascular diseases.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:61

Enthalten in:

Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 61(2020), 2 vom: 07. Feb., Seite 4

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Murugeswari, Ponnalagu [VerfasserIn]
Firoz, Arman [VerfasserIn]
Murali, Subramani [VerfasserIn]
Vinekar, Anand [VerfasserIn]
Krishna, Lekshmi [VerfasserIn]
Anandula, Venkata Ramana [VerfasserIn]
Jeyabalan, Nallathambi [VerfasserIn]
Chevour, Priyanka [VerfasserIn]
Jayadev, Chaitra [VerfasserIn]
Shetty, Rohit [VerfasserIn]
Carpentier, Gilles [VerfasserIn]
Kumaramanickavel, Govindaswamy [VerfasserIn]
Ghosh, Arkasubhra [VerfasserIn]
Das, Debashish [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

1C6V77QF41
Cholecalciferol
Journal Article
Receptors, Notch
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
Vitamins

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 13.04.2020

Date Revised 08.07.2020

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1167/iovs.61.2.4

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM306261952