ReviewProgress in retinal and eye research2012
Novel roles for α-crystallins in retinal function and disease.
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73 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 122 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Anti-aggregation Properties of the Mini-Peptides Derived from Alpha Crystallin Domain of the Small Heat Shock Protein, Tpv HSP 14.3.Molecular biotechnology · 2025Article
- Quantitative spatial analysis of crystallin proteins in human lens epithelial cells.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Beyond Ornithine Metabolism in Gyrate Atrophy: Tissue-Specific Proteomic Insights into Neonatal and Adult OAT Deficiency.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
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- HSPB4/CRYAA Protect Photoreceptors during Retinal Detachment in Part through FAIM2 Regulation.Neurology international · 2024Article
- Mechanisms contributing to inhibition of retinal ganglion cell death by cell permeable peptain-1 under glaucomatous stress.Cell death discovery · 2024Article
- 4D label-free proteomics analysis of oxygen-induced retinopathy with or without anti-VEGF treatment.BMC genomics · 2024Article
- Small Extracellular Vesicles and Oxidative Pathophysiological Mechanisms in Retinal Degenerative Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Peptain-1 blocks ischemia/reperfusion-induced retinal capillary degeneration in mice.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2024Article
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- αB-Crystallin Peptide Fused with Elastin-like Polypeptide: Intracellular Activity in Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells Challenged with Oxidative Stress.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- Vitreous humor proteome: unraveling the molecular mechanisms underlying proliferative and neovascular vitreoretinal diseases.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2022Review
- An increase in mitochondrial TOM activates apoptosis to drive retinal neurodegeneration.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Mechanisms of Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition and Prevention of Dispase-Induced PVR by Delivery of an Antioxidant αB Crystallin Peptide.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Modeling PRPF31 retinitis pigmentosa using retinal pigment epithelium and organoids combined with gene augmentation rescue.NPJ Regenerative medicine · 2022Article
- Vitreous Humor Proteome: Targeting Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and Neurodegeneration in Vitreoretinal Diseases.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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Abstract
α-Crystallins are key members of the superfamily of small heat shock proteins that have been studied in detail in the ocular lens. Recently, novel functions for α-crystallins have been identified in the retina and in the retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE). αB-Crystallin has been localized to multiple compartments and organelles including mitochondria, golgi apparatus, endoplasmic reticulum and nucleus. α-Crystallins are regulated by oxidative and endoplasmic reticulum stress, and inhibit apoptosis-induced cell death. α-Crystallins interact with a large number of proteins that include other crystallins, and apoptotic, cytoskeletal, inflammatory, signaling, angiogenic, and growth factor molecules. Studies with RPE from αB-crystallin deficient mice have shown that αB-crystallin supports retinal and choroidal angiogenesis through its interaction with vascular endothelial growth factor. αB-Crystallin has also been shown to have novel functions in the extracellular space. In RPE, αB-crystallin is released from the apical surface in exosomes where it accumulates in the interphotoreceptor matrix and may function to protect neighboring cells. In other systems administration of exogenous recombinant αB-crystallin has been shown to be anti-inflammatory. Another newly described function of αB-crystallin is its ability to inhibit β-amyloid fibril formation. α-Crystallin minichaperone peptides have been identified that elicit anti-apoptotic function in addition to being efficient chaperones. Generation of liposomal particles and other modes of nanoencapsulation of these minipeptides could offer great therapeutic advantage in ocular delivery for a wide variety of retinal degenerative, inflammatory and vascular diseases including age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy.
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