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ArticleExperimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.)2021

SIRT3 deficiency increases mitochondrial oxidative stress and promotes migration of retinal pigment epithelial cells.

Jing-Xian Wang, Yuan Yang, Wen-Ying Li

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Article in Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Interferon-mediated regulation of the neurovascular unit in diabetic retinopathy.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2026
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jing-Xian WangDepartment of Medical Plastic and Cosmetic, Cangzhou Central Hospital, Cangzhou 061001, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8297-1481
Yuan YangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Cangzhou Central Hospital, Cangzhou 061001, China.
Wen-Ying LiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Cangzhou Central Hospital, Cangzhou 061001, China.
Cangzhou Central Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Retinal pigment epithelial cells are closely associated with the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy. The mechanism by which diabetes impacts retinal pigment epithelial cell function is of significant interest. Sirtuins are an important class of proteins that primarily possess nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide-dependent deacetylases activity and involved in various cellular physiological and pathological processes. Here, we aimed to examine the role of sirtuins in the induction of diabetes-associated retinal pigment epithelial cell dysfunction. High glucose and platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) treatment induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition and the migration of retinal pigment epithelial cells, and decreased sirtuin-3 expression. Sirtuin-3 knockdown using siRNA increased epithelial-mesenchymal transition and migration of retinal pigment epithelial cells. In contrast, sirtuin-3 overexpression attenuated the effects caused by high glucose and PDGF on epithelial-mesenchymal transition and migration of retinal pigment epithelial cells, suggesting that sirtuin-3 deficiency contributed to retinal pigment epithelial cell dysfunction induced by high glucose and PDGF. Mechanistically, sirtuin-3 deficiency induced retinal pigment epithelial cell dysfunction by the overproduction of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species. These results suggest that sirtuin-3 deficiency mediates the migration of retinal pigment epithelial cells, at least partially by increasing mitochondrial oxidative stress, and shed light on the importance of sirtuin-3 and mitochondrial reactive oxygen species as potential targets in diabetic retinopathy therapy.

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Cell MovementDiabetic RetinopathyOxidative StressCell LineEpithelial CellsHumansMitochondriaRetinal Pigment EpitheliumSirtuin 3SIRT3 protein, humanSirtuin 3high glucosemigrationmitochondrial reactive oxygen speciesRetinal pigment epithelial cellssirtuin-3

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PMID33423553
PMCPMC8024503
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