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Tian X, Peng X, Long X, Lin J, Zhang Y, Zhan L, Zhao G. Oxidized chondroitin sulfate eye drops ameliorate the prognosis of fungal keratitis with anti-inflammatory and antifungal effects. J Mater Chem B 2022; 10:7847-7861. [PMID: 36070420 DOI: 10.1039/d2tb00114d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Fungal keratitis (FK) is a refractory ophthalmic disease that can result in vision impairment and even blindness due to the severe fungal invasiveness and excessive inflammatory response. Therefore, antifungal treatment combined with local immunosuppressive therapy is regarded as the most effective strategy to improve the clinical outcome of FK. Oxidized polysaccharides with aldehyde groups possess obvious inhibitory activity towards microorganisms. Herein, we use chondroitin sulfate (CS), a recognized anti-inflammatory biopolysaccharide, to prepare oxidized chondroitin sulfate (OCS) via sodium periodate (NaIO4) oxidation for the treatment of FK. The chemical structure of OCS was characterized by FTIR, 1H NMR, and XPS, revealing that the O-dihydroxy in the D-glucuronic acid unit of CS was selectively broken by NaIO4, forming active aldehyde groups. The introduction of aldehydes not only retains the anti-inflammatory activity but also confers OCS with antifungal property. In vitro antifungal experiments showed that OCS inhibits the growth, represses the biofilm formation and alters the membrane integrity of A. fumigatus. The toxicity of OCS was evaluated by cytotoxicity tests (CCK-8) and the Draize eye test in vitro and in vivo. qRT-PCR confirmed that OCS had similar anti-inflammatory activity as CS. In mice with A. fumigatus keratitis, OCS versus CS or PBS showed an excellent therapeutic effect, characterized by a lower corneal inflammation score, less fungal load, reduced neutrophil recruitment, and the downregulated expression of pro-inflammatory factors. Our findings demonstrate that OCS improves the prognosis of A. fumigatus keratitis in mice by inhibiting the growth of fungi, reducing the recruitment of neutrophils and inhibiting the inflammatory response. It provides innovative ideas for the development and application of OCS in medicine and biomaterials fields.
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- Xue Tian
- Department of Ophthalmology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China. .,Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Bio-fibers and Eco-textiles, Institute of Marine Biobased Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 40201, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China.
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Genome-Wide Association Analysis for Chronic Superficial Keratitis in the Australian Racing Greyhound. Genes (Basel) 2022; 13:genes13081328. [PMID: 35893065 PMCID: PMC9332392 DOI: 10.3390/genes13081328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Revised: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 07/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Chronic superficial keratitis (CSK) is a progressive inflammatory condition of the eye (cornea) that can cause discomfort and blindness. Differential disease risk across dog breeds strongly suggests that CSK has a genetic basis. In addition to genetic risk, the occurrence of CSK is exacerbated by exposure to ultraviolet light. Genome-wide association analysis considered 109 greyhounds, 70 with CSK and the remainder with normal phenotype at an age over four years. Three co-located variants on CFA18 near the 5' region of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) gene were associated with genome-wide significance after multiple-test correction (BICF2P579527, CFA18: 6,068,508, praw = 1.77 × 10-7, pgenome = 0.017; BICF2P1310662, CFA18: 6,077,388, praw = 4.09 × 10-7, pgenome = 0.040; BICF2P160719, CFA18: 6,087,347, praw = 4.09 × 10-7, pgenome = 0.040) (canFam4)). Of the top 10 associated markers, eight were co-located with the significantly associated markers on CFA18. The associated haplotype on CFA18 is protective for the CSK condition. EGFR is known to play a role in corneal healing, where it initiates differentiation and proliferation of epithelial cells that in turn signal the involvement of stromal keratocytes to commence apoptosis. Further validation of the putative functional variants is required prior to their use in genetic testing for breeding programs.
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Zhang R, Peng X, Lin J, Zhang Y, Zhan L, Tian X, Yin J, Zhao G. The Role of SREC-Ⅰ in Innate Immunity to Aspergillus fumigatus Keratitis. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2021; 62:12. [PMID: 34236384 PMCID: PMC8267217 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.62.9.12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Purpose To determine the role of scavenger receptor expressed by endothelial cell-1 (SREC-Ⅰ) in vitro and in a mouse model of Aspergillus fumigatus keratitis. Methods SREC-Ⅰ mRNA and protein expression were tested in both normal and A fumigatus stimulated human corneal epithelial cells (HCECs). Immunofluorescence was used to detect SREC-Ⅰ expression in human corneas with or without A fumigatus infection. HCECs were incubated with SREC-Ⅰ small interfering RNA, then the mRNA levels of LOX-1, IL-1β, and TNF-α were detected after A fumigatus stimulation. A mouse fungal keratitis (FK) model was established and SREC-Ⅰ mRNA and protein expression were detected by RT-PCR, Western blot and immunofluorescence. The severity of FK was evaluated by clinical score. CLCX1, LOX-1, IL-1β, and TNF-α mRNA expression levels were tested before and after anti-SREC-Ⅰ treatment. Results SREC-Ⅰ expressed in normal and A fumigatus treated HCECs and human corneal epithelium. In vitro experiment showed that SREC-Ⅰ mRNA and protein levels were significantly increased after A fumigatus stimulation. SREC-Ⅰ small interfering RNA treatment inhibited the expressions of LOX-1, IL-1β, and TNF-α in HCECs. The expressions of CLCX1, LOX-1, IL-1β, and TNF-α were elevated in mice with A fumigatus keratitis, which could be decreased by SREC-Ⅰ-neutralizing antibody treatment. Conclusions SREC-Ⅰ is a key mediator in inflammatory response induced by A fumigatus keratitis. SREC-Ⅰ blockade could be a potential therapeutic approach for FK.
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- Ranran Zhang
- Department of Ophthalmology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China
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The Existence of Periodontal Disease and Subsequent Ocular Diseases: A Population-Based Cohort Study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020; 56:medicina56110621. [PMID: 33218003 PMCID: PMC7698707 DOI: 10.3390/medicina56110621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2020] [Revised: 11/16/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Background and objectives: We aimed to evaluate the correlation between periodontal disease (PD) and following ocular diseases via the National Health Insurance Research Database in Taiwan. Materials and Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted. Subjects were regarded as having PD according to the diagnostic codes. For comparison, each subject with PD was matched to one non-PD individual from the database after exclusion. The main outcome was defined as the development of infectious keratitis, endophthalmitis, orbital cellulitis, lacrimal duct infection, uveitis and infectious scleritis. Cox proportional hazard regression was used to yield the adjusted hazard ratios (aHR) of ocular diseases between the study and control groups. Results: A total of 426,594 subjects were enrolled in both the study and control groups. In the multivariable analysis, significantly higher rates of infectious keratitis (aHR: 1.094, 95% CI: 1.030–1.161), uveitis (aHR: 1.144, 95% CI: 1.074–1.218) and infectious scleritis (aHR: 1.270, 95% CI: 1.114–1.449) were found in the study group. Concerning the PD interval, infectious keratitis (aHR: 1.159, 95% CI: 1.041–1.291) and infectious scleritis (aHR: 1.345, 95% CI: 1.055–1.714) would significantly occur in PD patients with an interval shorter than two years, individuals with a PD interval that ranged from two to five years were under a higher risk of developing uveitis (aHR: 1.184, 95% CI: 1.065–1.315) and infectious scleritis (aHR: 1.386, 95% CI: 1.125–1.708), and the rate of uveitis (aHR: 1.149, 95% CI: 1.038–1.272) was significantly higher if PD persisted more than five years. Conclusions: The presence of PD was moderately associated with the risk of developing infectious keratitis, uveitis and infectious scleritis.
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Mursalin MH, Coburn PS, Livingston E, Miller FC, Astley R, Flores-Mireles AL, Callegan MC. Bacillus S-Layer-Mediated Innate Interactions During Endophthalmitis. Front Immunol 2020; 11:215. [PMID: 32117322 PMCID: PMC7028758 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2019] [Accepted: 01/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Bacillus endophthalmitis is a severe intraocular infection. Hallmarks of Bacillus endophthalmitis include robust inflammation and rapid loss of vision. We reported that the absence of Bacillus surface layer protein (SLP) significantly blunted endophthalmitis severity. Here, we further investigated SLP in the context of Bacillus-retinal cell interactions and innate immune pathways to explore the mechanisms by which SLP contributes to intraocular inflammation. We compared phenotypes of Wild-type (WT) and SLP deficient (ΔslpA) Bacillus thuringiensis by analyzing bacterial adherence to and phagocytosis by human retinal Muller cells and phagocytosis by mouse neutrophils. Innate immune receptor activation by the Bacillus envelope and purified SLP was analyzed using TLR2/4 reporter cell lines. A synthetic TLR2/4 inhibitor was used as a control for this receptor activation. To induce endophthalmitis, mouse eyes were injected intravitreally with 100 CFU WT or ΔslpA B. thuringiensis. A group of WT infected mice was treated intravitreally with a TLR2/4 inhibitor at 4 h postinfection. At 10 h postinfection, infected eyes were analyzed for viable bacteria, inflammation, and retinal function. We observed that B. thuringiensis SLPs contributed to retinal Muller cell adherence, and protected this pathogen from Muller cell- and neutrophil-mediated phagocytosis. We found that B. thuringiensis envelope activated TLR2 and, surprisingly, TLR4, suggesting the presence of a surface-associated TLR4 agonist in Bacillus. Further investigation showed that purified SLP from B. thuringiensis activated TLR4, as well as TLR2 in vitro. Growth of WT B. thuringiensis was significantly higher and caused greater inflammation in untreated eyes than in eyes treated with the TLR2/4 inhibitor. Retinal function analysis also showed greater retention of A-wave and B-wave function in infected eyes treated with the TLR2/4 inhibitor. The TLR2/4 inhibitor was not antibacterial in vitro, and did not cause inflammation when injected into uninfected eyes. Taken together, these results suggest a potential role for Bacillus SLP in host-bacterial interactions, as well as in endophthalmitis pathogenesis via TLR2- and TLR4-mediated pathways.
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- Md Huzzatul Mursalin
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, United States
- Dean McGee Eye Institute, Oklahoma City, OK, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, United States
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- Department of Cell Biology and Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, United States
- Dean McGee Eye Institute, Oklahoma City, OK, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, United States
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, United States
- Dean McGee Eye Institute, Oklahoma City, OK, United States
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Cioanca AV, McCluskey PJ, Eamegdool SS, Madigan MC. Human choroidal melanocytes express functional Toll-like receptors (TLRs). Exp Eye Res 2018; 173:73-84. [PMID: 29698675 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2018.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2018] [Revised: 03/28/2018] [Accepted: 04/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are a class of pattern recognition receptors that sense highly conserved pathogen associated antigenic determinants, triggering an innate immune response and subsequently instructing the adaptive immune system so that together, the pathogen can be eliminated. TLRs are widely distributed in human ocular tissues and cell types, and are active players in ocular inflammation. To date, the presence and function of TLRs on human choroidal melanocytes (HCMs), the most abundant choroidal cell type, have not been characterized. The current study investigated the in vitro and in situ expression and functional status of TLRs on HCMs. HCMs were isolated and cultured from post-mortem human donor eyes, and displayed characteristic melanocyte morphology and MART1 expression - a key melanocyte lineage marker up to passage 5 (P5). In vitro experiments used P1 to P4 HCMs from different donor eyes. Initial quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) analysis revealed that HCMs (n = 3 donors) expressed specific mRNA transcripts for TLR1-10 and MYD88 (a key adaptor protein initiating the TLR signalling pathway). HCMs were stimulated with a set of synthetic TLR specific agonists and the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines, MCP-1 and IL-8, at 24 h measured by ELISA (n = 3 donors). The agonists Pam3CSK4 (TLR1/2), Poly I:C (TLR3), LPS (TLR4), Flagellin (TLR5), and FLS-1 (TLR2) induced a significant increase in the production of MCP-1 and IL-8, compared to untreated cells. Application of biotinylated Pam3CSK4 provided in vitro visualization of receptor-agonist interactions for TLR1/2. We confirmed that cultured HCMs (n = 3 donors) expressed TLR1-6 protein using immunocytochemistry and confocal microscopy. The expression and distribution of TLR 1-6 was also studied in human choroid and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) sections (n = 3 eyes) using immunofluorescence and confocal microscopy. Strong TLR1-6 immunolabelling that co-localized with melanocyte-dense areas (and RPE) was consistently observed; intraluminal and blood vessel-related cells (including endothelial cells) also expressed several TLRs. Taken together these observations show for the first time that HCMs constitutively express a range of functional TLRs, and as such can contribute to choroidal responses during infection and inflammation.
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- Adrian V Cioanca
- School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia; Save Sight Institute, Discipline of Ophthalmology, University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2006, Australia.
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- Save Sight Institute, Discipline of Ophthalmology, University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2006, Australia.
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- Save Sight Institute, Discipline of Ophthalmology, University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2006, Australia.
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- School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia; Save Sight Institute, Discipline of Ophthalmology, University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2006, Australia.
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Fusarium solani Activates Dectin-1 in Experimentally Induced Keratomycosis. Curr Med Sci 2018; 38:153-159. [PMID: 30074165 DOI: 10.1007/s11596-018-1859-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2017] [Revised: 11/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In this study, the response of Dectin-1 on macrophages to Fusarium solani (F. solani) and the expression patterns of Dectin-1 in experimentally F. solani-induced keratomycosis were investigated. Peritoneal macrophages isolated after intraperitoneal injection of sodium thioglycollate were co-cultured with laminarin and spores of F. solani for 12 h. The expression levels of Dectin-1 and CARD9 were detected by immunofluorescence and real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction. A mouse model of fungal keratitis was established by substromal inoculation with spores of F. solani. Corneal lesions and inflammatory responses were observed by slit-lamp and histopathology at 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7 day(s) after infection. Dectin-1 expression was significantly upregulated on macrophages stimulated by spores of F. solani. Dectin-1 was not detected in normal corneas of C57BL/6 mice, but detected in infected corneas from the first day after inoculation, with high mRNA levels observed on days 2 and 3. CARD9, a key transducer of Dectin-1 signaling, was also upregulated in infected corneas. In conclusion, Dectin-1 is an important recognition receptor in F. solani-induced keratitis, but the molecular mechanisms warrant further investigation.
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