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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2019

Elovanoids counteract oligomeric β-amyloid-induced gene expression and protect photoreceptors.

Khanh V Do, Marie-Audrey I Kautzmann, Bokkyoo Jun, William C Gordon, Robert Nshimiyimana, Rong Yang, Nicos A Petasis, Nicolas G Bazan

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.

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51citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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51 citing papers in PubMed, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Khanh V DoNeuroscience Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70112.
Marie-Audrey I KautzmannNeuroscience Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70112.
Bokkyoo JunNeuroscience Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70112.
William C GordonNeuroscience Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70112.
Robert NshimiyimanaDepartment of Chemistry and Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1661.
Rong YangDepartment of Chemistry and Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1661.
Nicos A PetasisDepartment of Chemistry and Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1661.ORCID 0000-0002-8864-4446
Nicolas G BazanNeuroscience Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70112; nbazan@lsuhsc.edu.
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans · USUniversity of Southern California · US

Funding

RPE Messengers, Transcription &Photoreceptor RenewalR01EY005121 · NEI · LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER · PI Nicolas G. Bazan · 1985 to 2026
$9.1M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY005121
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The onset of neurodegenerative diseases activates inflammation that leads to progressive neuronal cell death and impairments in cognition (Alzheimer's disease) and sight (age-related macular degeneration [AMD]). How neuroinflammation can be counteracted is not known. In AMD, amyloid β-peptide (Aβ) accumulates in subretinal drusen. In the 5xFAD retina, we found early functional deficiencies (ERG) without photoreceptor cell (PRC) death and identified early insufficiency in biosynthetic pathways of prohomeostatic/neuroprotective mediators neuroprotectin D1 (NPD1) and elovanoids (ELVs). To mimic an inflammatory milieu in wild-type mouse, we triggered retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) damage/PRC death by subretinally injected oligomeric β-amyloid (OAβ) and observed that ELVs administration counteracted their effects, protecting these cells. In addition, ELVs prevented OAβ-induced changes in gene expression engaged in senescence, inflammation, autophagy, extracellular matrix remodeling, and AMD. Moreover, as OAβ targets the RPE, we used primary human RPE cell cultures and demonstrated that OAβ caused cell damage, while ELVs protected and restored gene expression as in mouse. Our data show OAβ activates senescence as reflected by enhanced expression of p16

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Amyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsApoptosisAutophagyCells, CulturedDocosahexaenoic AcidsExtracellular MatrixFatty Acids, Omega-3Gene Expression RegulationHumansMaleMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicPhotoreceptor CellsRetinaRetinal Pigment EpitheliumAmyloid beta-PeptidesDocosahexaenoic AcidsFatty Acids, Omega-3protectin D1age-related macular degenerationp16retinal pigment epithelial cellsSASPsenescence gene program

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PMID31712409
PMCPMC6883841
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