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ArticleJournal of neuroinflammation2019

A small peptide antagonist of the Fas receptor inhibits neuroinflammation and prevents axon degeneration and retinal ganglion cell death in an inducible mouse model of glaucoma.

Anitha Krishnan, Andrew J Kocab, David N Zacks, Ann Marshak-Rothstein, Meredith Gregory-Ksander

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Article in Journal of neuroinflammation, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 83 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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83 citing papers in PubMed, 133 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Anitha KrishnanDepartment of Ophthalmology, The Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, 20 Staniford Street, Boston, MA, USA.
Andrew J KocabONL Therapeutics, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
David N ZacksDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Ann Marshak-RothsteinDepartment of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
Meredith Gregory-KsanderDepartment of Ophthalmology, The Schepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, 20 Staniford Street, Boston, MA, USA. meredith_gregory@meei.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7193-0032
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary · USONL Therapeutic (United States) · USUniversity of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · USUniversity of Michigan · US

Funding

VISION RESEARCHP30EY003790 · NEI · SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI Patricia Ann D'Amore · 1985 to 2026
$25.5M
Neurotoxicity and neuroprotection in the DBA/2J spontaneous model of glaucomaR01EY021543 · NEI · SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI GREGORY-KSANDER, MEREDITH · 2012 to 2015
$1.9M
Uncoupling caspase 8-mediated-apotosis from caspase 8-mediated-inflammation in glaucoma.R21EY030276 · NEI · SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI GREGORY-KSANDER, MEREDITH · 2019 to 2020
$542k
Mechanisms by which TLR9-deficiency and FasL Promote Cutaneous LupusR21AI145097 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI MARSHAK-ROTHSTEIN, ANN · 2019 to 2020
$461k
NEI NIH HHS EY021543NEI NIH HHS P30 EY003790NEI NIH HHS P30EY003790NEI NIH HHS R21 EY030276NIAID NIH HHS AI145097NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI145097
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGlaucoma is a complex, multifactorial disease where apoptosis, microglia activation, and inflammation have been linked to the death of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) and axon degeneration. We demonstrated previously that FasL-Fas signaling was required for axon degeneration and death of RGCs in chronic and inducible mouse models of glaucoma and that Fas activation triggered RGC apoptosis, glial activation, and inflammation. Here, we investigated whether targeting the Fas receptor with a small peptide antagonist, ONL1204, has anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective effects in a microbead-induced mouse model of glaucoma.

methodsIntracameral injection of microbeads was used to elevate intraocular pressure (IOP) in Fas-deficient (Fas

resultsRebound tonometry showed equivalent elevation of IOP in all groups of microbead-injected mice. At 28 days post-microbead injection, the RGC and axon counts from microbead-injected Fas

conclusionsThese results serve as proof-of-principal that the small peptide inhibitor of the Fas receptor, ONL1204, can provide robust neuroprotection in an inducible mouse model of glaucoma, even when administered after IOP elevation. Moreover, Fas signaling contributes to the pathogenesis of glaucoma through activation of both apoptotic and inflammatory pathways.

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AnimalsAxonsCell DeathDisease Models, Animalfas ReceptorGlaucomaInflammationMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNerve DegenerationNeuroprotective AgentsPeptidesRetinal Ganglion Cellsfas ReceptorNeuroprotective AgentsONL1204PeptidesApoptosisFas ligandFas receptorGlaucomaImmune privilegeMicrogliaNeurodegenerationNeuroinflammationNeuroprotectionRetinal ganglion cell

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PMID31570110
PMCPMC6767653
OpenAlexW2975634552

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