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ArticleInvestigative ophthalmology & visual science2012

TMP prevents retinal neovascularization and imparts neuroprotection in an oxygen-induced retinopathy model.

Xiaoling Liang, Huanjiao Zhou, Yungang Ding, Jie Li, Cheng Yang, Yan Luo, Shiqing Li, Gang Sun, Xulong Liao, Wang Min

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Article in Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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10 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Xiaoling LiangState Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. liangxlsums@yahoo.com.cn
Huanjiao Zhou
Yungang Ding
Jie Li
Cheng Yang
Yan Luo
Shiqing Li
Gang Sun
Xulong Liao
Wang Min
Sun Yat-sen University · CNGuangzhou Medical University · CN

Funding

STRESS SIGNALING PATHWAYS LINKING ENDOTHELIAL INJURY TO GRAFT ARTERIOSCLEROSISR01HL109420 · NHLBI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI POBER, JORDAN S · 2012 to 2020
$3.3M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL109420
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo evaluate the effects of tetramethylpyrazine (TMP) on retinal neovascularization (NV) and neuroprotection in an oxygen-induced retinopathy (OIR) model.

methodsNeonatal C57BL/6J mice were subjected to 75% oxygen from postnatal day 7 (P7) to P12 and then returned to room air. TMP (200 mg/kg) or normal saline was given daily from P12 to P17. Immunostaining, HE staining, TUNEL assay, and RT-PCR were used to assess the effects of TMP on retinal neurovascular repair.

resultsTMP effectively prevented pathologic NV and accelerated physiologic revascularization by enhancing the formation of endothelial tip cells at the edges of the repairing capillary networks and preserving the astrocytic template in the avascular retina. TMP also prevented morphologic changes and significantly decreased TUNEL-positive cells in the avascular retina by rescuing neurons such as amacrine, rod bipolar, horizontal, and Müller cells. In TMP-treated mice retinas, there was a less obvious loss of amacrine cell bodies and their distinct bands; the number of both rod bipolar and horizontal cell bodies, as well as the density of their dendrites in the outer plexiform layer, was greater than that in OIR control mice. TMP not only decreased the loss of alignment of Müller cell bodies and distortion of processes but reduced the reactive expression of GFAP in Müller cells. Furthermore, HIF-1α and VEGF mRNA expression were downregulated in TMP-treated mice retinas.

conclusionsTMP improved neurovascular recovery by preventing NV and protecting retinal astroglia cells and neurons from ischemia-induced cell death partially due to its downregulation of HIF-1α and VEGF mRNA expression.

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Disease Models, AnimalAnimalsAnimals, NewbornApoptosisDrugs, Chinese HerbalFluorescent Antibody Technique, IndirectGlial Fibrillary Acidic ProteinHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha SubunitIn Situ Nick-End LabelingLigusticumMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMicroscopy, ConfocalNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuroprotective AgentsOxygenDrugs, Chinese HerbalGlial Fibrillary Acidic Proteinglial fibrillary astrocytic protein, mouseHif1a protein, mouseHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha SubunitNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuroprotective AgentsOxygenPyrazinesRNA, MessengertetramethylpyrazineVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Avascular endothelial growth factor A, mouseVasodilator Agents

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PMID22410554
PMCPMC4627509
OpenAlexW2062196385

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