ArticleMolecular vision2020
Role of the PGE2 receptor in ischemia-reperfusion injury of the rat retina.
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- Protective effect of resveratrol on retinal damage in glaucoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis of preclinical studies.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Pooled it
- Resveratrol's Neuroprotective Effects on the Retina in a Pentylenetetrazol-Induced Epilepsy Model in Rats: Insights into SIRT1 Signaling, Apoptosis, and Gliosis.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The role of prostanoids in the retina and optic nerve in health and disease.Progress in retinal and eye research · 2026Review
- MFSD2A: a molecular nexus linking blood-brain barrier, lipid metabolism, and ischemia-reperfusion injury.Cellular & molecular biology letters · 2025Review
- Targeting the sigma-1 receptor with pridopidine induces functional neurorestoration in spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion injury.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2025Article
- In Diabetic Aged Female Rats, Resveratrol Supplementation Prevents Retinal Tissue Damage By Increasing Antioxidant Activity Through SIRT1 Gene Expression.Noro psikiyatri arsivi · 2025Article
- Glial-mediated immune modulation in glaucomatous neurodegeneration: mechanisms and therapeutic implications.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Untargeted and temporal analysis of retinal lipidome in bacterial endophthalmitis.Prostaglandins & other lipid mediators · 2024Review
- Long noncoding RNA uc007nnj.1 mediates neuronal death induced by retinal ischemia/reperfusion in mice via the miR-155-5p/Tle4 axis.Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2023Article
- Impairments of retinal hemodynamics and oxygen metrics in ocular hypertension-induced ischemia-reperfusion.Experimental eye research · 2022Article
- Inherited Retinal Dystrophies: Role of Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Their Physiopathology and Therapeutic Implications.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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Abstract
Purpose: To investigate the function and expression of the PGE2 receptors EP1-4 in rat retinal ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury and to determine the regulatory role of resveratrol (RES) in this process. Methods: In vitro, we stimulated primary astrocytes extracted from the optic disc of rats with epidermal growth factor (EGF) and RES, and detected the location of EP1-4 expression with immunofluorescence. The expression of antiglial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), EGF receptor (EGFR), inducible NOS (iNOS), and EP1-4 in astrocytes was detected with western blotting. In vivo, we established an I/R injury model and RES treatment model with Sprague-Dawley rats. Changes in the thickness of the inner retina were observed with hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining. EP1-4 localization in the retina was observed with immunohistochemistry. The expression of COX-2, iNOS, and EP1-4 in the control and model groups was detected with western blotting. Results: In this study, immunofluorescence and immunohistochemistry showed that EP1-4 are expressed in astrocytes and the rat retina. EGF stimulation increased the expression of EGFR, iNOS, EP1, EP2, and EP4 in astrocytes. The expression of EP1-4 was statistically significantly increased on the third day after model induction, and EP1-4 expression decreased to normal levels on day 7. EGF and RES mediated the decrease in the expression of EP2. RES treatment significantly reduced retinal damage and RGC loss, as demonstrated by the relatively intact tissue structure on day 7 observed with H&E staining. Moreover, inflammation was associated with this I/R injury model, as demonstrated by the early induction of proinflammatory mediators, and this inflammation was significantly attenuated after RES treatment. Conclusions: These results indicate that the COX-2/PGE2/EPs pathway is involved in retinal damage and astrocyte inflammation. In addition, the results suggest that the neuroprotective effects of RES may be associated with decreased production of inflammatory mediators. These results suggest that the PGE2 receptor may be a key factor in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, and that RES may be used as a possible therapeutic strategy for glaucoma.
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