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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2020

Fructosamine-3-Kinase as a Potential Treatment Option for Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

Sander De Bruyne, Caroline Van den Broecke, Henk Vrielinck, Samira Khelifi, Olivier De Wever, Ken Bracke, Manon Huizing, Nezahat Boston, Jonas Himpe, Marijn Speeckaert and 4 more

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Sander De BruyneDepartment of Diagnostic Sciences, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-9041-4404
Caroline Van den BroeckeDepartment of Pathology, Ghent University Hospital, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Henk VrielinckDepartment of Solid State Sciences, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Samira KhelifiDepartment of Solid State Sciences, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Olivier De WeverDepartment of Human Structure and Repair, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Ken BrackeDepartment of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Manon HuizingBiobank, Antwerp University Hospital, 2650 Antwerp, Belgium.
Nezahat BostonBiobank, Antwerp University Hospital, 2650 Antwerp, Belgium.
Jonas HimpeDepartment of Diagnostic Sciences, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Marijn SpeeckaertDepartment of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-9183-4390
Anne VralDepartment of Human Structure and Repair, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Jo Van DorpeDepartment of Diagnostic Sciences, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Elisabeth Van AkenDepartment of Head and Skin, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Joris R DelangheDepartment of Diagnostic Sciences, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-5702-6792
Ghent University · BEAntwerp University Hospital · BEGhent University Hospital · BEResearch Foundation - Flanders · BE

Funding

IOF grant F2018/IOF-Advanced/411Research Foundation Flanders - Hercules Foundation AUGE/13/13 : FT-IMAGER
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness in the developed world. Since advanced glycation end products (AGEs) are implicated in the pathogenesis of AMD through various lines of evidence, we investigated the potential of fructosamine-3-kinase (FN3K) in the disruption of retinal AGEs, drusenoid material and drusenoid lesions in patients with AMD. AGE-type autofluorescence was measured to evaluate the effects of FN3K on glycolaldehyde-induced AGE-modified neural porcine retinas and unmodified human neural retinas. Eye pairs from cigarette-smoke- and air-exposed mice were treated and evaluated histologically. Automated optical image analysis of human tissue sections was performed to compare control- and FN3K-treated drusen and near-infrared (NIR) microspectroscopy was performed to examine biochemical differences. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) was used to evaluate the effect of FN3K on drusenoid deposits after treatment of post-mortem human eyes. FN3K treatment provoked a significant decrease (41%) of AGE-related autofluorescence in the AGE-modified porcine retinas. Furthermore, treatment of human neural retinas resulted in significant decreases of autofluorescence (-24%). FN3K-treated murine eyes showed less drusenoid material. Pairwise comparison of drusen on tissue sections revealed significant changes in color intensity after FN3K treatment. NIR microspectroscopy uncovered clear spectral differences in drusenoid material (Bruch's membrane) and drusen after FN3K treatment. Ex vivo treatment strongly reduced size of subretinal drusenoid lesions on OCT imaging (up to 83%). In conclusion, our study demonstrated for the first time a potential role of FN3K in the disruption of AGE-related retinal autofluorescence, drusenoid material and drusenoid lesions in patients with AMD.

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advancedage-related macular degenerationeye diseasesfructosamine-3-kinaseglycation end productsretinal drusentherapeutics

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PMID32899850
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