Decreasing mitochondrial fission ameliorates HIF-1α-dependent pathological retinal angiogenesis

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Angiogenesis plays a critical role in many pathological processes, including irreversible blindness in eye diseases such as retinopathy of prematurity. Endothelial mitochondria are dynamic organelles that undergo constant fusion and fission and are critical signalling hubs that modulate angiogenesis by coordinating reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and calcium signalling and metabolism. In this study, we investigated the role of mitochondrial dynamics in pathological retinal angiogenesis. We showed that treatment with vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF; 20 ng/ml) induced mitochondrial fission in HUVECs by promoting the phosphorylation of dynamin-related protein 1 (DRP1). DRP1 knockdown or pretreatment with the DRP1 inhibitor Mdivi-1 (5 μM) blocked VEGF-induced cell migration, proliferation, and tube formation in HUVECs. We demonstrated that VEGF treatment increased mitochondrial ROS production in HUVECs, which was necessary for HIF-1α-dependent glycolysis, as well as proliferation, migration, and tube formation, and the inhibition of mitochondrial fission prevented VEGF-induced mitochondrial ROS production. In an oxygen-induced retinopathy (OIR) mouse model, we found that active DRP1 was highly expressed in endothelial cells in neovascular tufts. The administration of Mdivi-1 (10 mg·kg-1·d-1, i.p.) for three days from postnatal day (P) 13 until P15 significantly alleviated pathological angiogenesis in the retina. Our results suggest that targeting mitochondrial fission may be a therapeutic strategy for proliferative retinopathies and other diseases that are dependent on pathological angiogenesis.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Acta pharmacologica Sinica - (2024) vom: 02. Apr.

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Englisch

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Huang, Shu-Qi [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Kai-Xiang [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Cai-Ling [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Pei-Ling [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Yi-Xin [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yu-Ting [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Shi-Hui [VerfasserIn]
Bai, Zai-Xia [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Shuai [VerfasserIn]
Liao, Mu-Xi [VerfasserIn]
Li, Qiao-Wen [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Guo-Qi [VerfasserIn]
He, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Yi-Ming [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Dynamin-related protein 1
Glycolysis
Journal Article
Mdivi-1
Mitochondrial fission
Pathological angiogenesis
ROS.

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Date Revised 02.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1038/s41401-024-01262-3

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NLM370554035