ArticleCytoJournal2025
Astragalus polysaccharide attenuates retinal ischemia reperfusion-induced microglial activation through sortilin-related vacuolar protein sorting 10 domain containing receptor 2/laminin subunit alpha 1 upregulation.
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- Astragalus Polysaccharides Induce Immunogenic Cell Death in Melanoma: A Mechanism Mediated by cGAS/STING Activation via Intratumoral Microbiota Modulation.Cancer medicine · 2026Article
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Abstract
Objective: Microglial activation is a hallmark of pathogenic retinal conditions such as retinal ischemia-reperfusion (RIR). While sortilin-related vacuolar protein sorting 10 domain containing receptor 2 (Sorcs2) and laminin subunit alpha 1 (Lama1) have been implicated in neuroinflammatory processes, their roles in regulating microglial activation in RIR are not reported. The current work studied the potential of Sorcs2 and Lama1 as negative regulators of microglial activation in RIR and assessed the therapeutic potential of Astragalus polysaccharide (AP). Material and Methods: Transcriptome profiling was conducted in retinal specimens of RIR group 72 h after RIR induction. Oxygen-glucose deprivation/reperfusion (OGD/R) in rat microglial cells was employed as the cellular induction model of RIR. The functional role of Sorcs2 and Lama1 in dictating microglial activation was investigated Results: Sorcs2 and Lama1 were identified as two downregulated genes in retinal samples following RIR. OGD/R induction triggered pro-inflammatory microglial activation and induced the downregulation of Sorcs2 and Lama1. Sorcs2 or Lama1 overexpression hindered OGD/R-induced microglial activation Conclusion: Our findings pinpoint Sorcs2 and Lama1 as negative regulators of microglial activation in RIR. AP could be employed as an antioxidant to attenuate microglial activation and ameliorate the inflammatory damages in RIR.
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