ArticleThe Journal of nutritional biochemistry2018
Flavin homeostasis in the mouse retina during aging and degeneration.
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- The Neuroprotective Role of Retbindin, a Metabolic Regulator in the Neural Retina.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022Review
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- Absence of retbindin blocks glycolytic flux, disrupts metabolic homeostasis, and leads to photoreceptor degeneration.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Article
- Retbindin: A riboflavin Binding Protein, Is Critical for Photoreceptor Homeostasis and Survival in Models of Retinal Degeneration.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Article
- Elimination of a Retinal Riboflavin Binding Protein Exacerbates Degeneration in a Model of Cone-Rod Dystrophy.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2020Article
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- Flavins Act as a Critical Liaison Between Metabolic Homeostasis and Oxidative Stress in the Retina.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2020Review
- Proline mediates metabolic communication between retinal pigment epithelial cells and the retina.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2019Article
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Abstract
Involvement of flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) and flavin mononucleotide (FMN) in cellular homeostasis has been well established for tissues other than the retina. Here, we present an optimized method to effectively extract and quantify FAD and FMN from a single neural retina and its corresponding retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). Optimizations led to detection efficiency of 0.1 pmol for FAD and FMN while 0.01 pmol for riboflavin. Interestingly, levels of FAD and FMN in the RPE were found to be 1.7- and 12.5-fold higher than their levels in the retina, respectively. Both FAD and FMN levels in the RPE and retina gradually decline with age and preceded the age-dependent drop in the functional competence of the retina as measured by electroretinography. Further, quantifications of retinal levels of FAD and FMN in different mouse models of retinal degeneration revealed differential metabolic requirements of these two factors in relation to the rate and degree of photoreceptor degeneration. We also found twofold reductions in retinal levels of FAD and FMN in two mouse models of diabetic retinopathy. Altogether, our results suggest that retinal levels of FAD and FMN can be used as potential markers to determine state of health of the retina in general and more specifically the photoreceptors.
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