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ArticleMolecular vision2012

Decreased K5 receptor expression in the retina, a potential pathogenic mechanism for diabetic retinopathy.

Jianfang Ma, Chaoyang Li, Chunkui Shao, Guoquan Gao, Xia Yang

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Article in Molecular vision, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Jianfang MaDepartment of Medicine, PLA 476th Hospital, Fuzhou, China.
Chaoyang Li
Chunkui Shao
Guoquan Gao
Xia Yang
82th Hospital of Pla · CN

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Abstract

purposePlasminogen kringle 5 (K5) is a potent angiogenic inhibitor and specifically binds to the voltage-dependent anion channel believed to function as the K5 receptor (K5R). To investigate the role of K5R in diabetic retinopathy, the present study measured the expression levels of K5R in the retina of diabetic retinopathy models. In cultured retinal Müller cells, K5 inhibited vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression as shown with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and western blot analysis, suggesting that K5 has a direct effect on Müller cells.

methodsTo identify K5R in retinal Müller cells, ligand binding and competition assays as well as real-time reverse transcriptional polymerase chain reaction were performed in Müller cells. (125)I-K5 showed saturable binding to cultured Müller cells. The binding can be competed off by an excess amount of unlabeled K5 but not by angiostatin, demonstrating the specificity of the K5 binding to Müller cells. Consistent with the binding assay, reverse transcriptional polymerase chain reaction using voltage-dependent anion channel-specific primers detected the K5R mRNA in the Müller cells.

resultsInterestingly, K5R mRNA expression in Müller cells was downregulated by diabetic conditions including hypoxia and high glucose medium. Incubation with K5 ligand prevented hypoxia-induced downregulation of K5R. Furthermore, K5R expression was also downregulated in the retina of the oxygen-induced retinopathy model, a model of ischemia-induced retinal neovascularization. In a type 1 diabetic rat model, K5R expression in the retina was significantly suppressed in rats that had diabetes for 5 and 8 weeks.

conclusionsThese results suggest that K5R is expressed in retinal Müller cells, which may mediate the inhibitory effect of K5 on VEGF expression. In diabetes conditions, K5R expression levels are decreased in the retina, which could contribute to the VEGF overexpression in diabetic retinopathy. These findings suggest that the decreased levels of K5R may also play a pathogenic role in diabetic retinopathy.

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AnimalsBase SequenceCells, CulturedDiabetic RetinopathyDown-RegulationLigandsPeptide FragmentsPlasminogenRatsRats, Inbred BNRetinaRetinal NeovascularizationRNA, MessengerVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVoltage-Dependent Anion ChannelsLigandsPeptide FragmentsPlasminogenplasminogen kringle 5RNA, MessengerVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Avascular endothelial growth factor A, ratVoltage-Dependent Anion Channels

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