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Wu S, Liu C, Tang J, Wu C, Zhang Q, Liu Z, Han J, Xue J, Lin J, Chen Y, Yang J, Zhuo Y, Li Y. Tafluprost promotes axon regeneration after optic nerve crush via Zn 2+-mTOR pathway. Neuropharmacology 2024; 242:109746. [PMID: 37832634 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2023.109746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2023] [Revised: 09/23/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023]
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PURPOSE To investigate whether Tafluprost could promote optic nerve regeneration in mice after optic nerve crush (ONC) and determine the underlying molecular mechanism. METHODS Tafluprost was injected into the vitreous body immediately after ONC. The level of Zn2+ in the inner plexiform layer (IPL) of the retina was stained using autometallography (AMG). The number of survival retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) was determined via dual staining with RGC markers Tuj1 and RBPMS. Individual axons that regenerated to 0.25, 0.5, 0.75 and 1 mm were manually counted in the whole-mount optic nerve labeled by cholera toxin B fragment (CTB). Immunofluorescence and Western blot were performed to detect protein expression levels. Pattern electroretinogram was used to evaluate RGCs function. RESULTS Tafluprost promoted RGC survival in a dose-dependent manner with an optimal concentration of 1 μM. Tafluprost significantly decreased ZnT-3 expression and Zn2+ accumulation in the IPL of retina. Tafluprost stimulated intense axonal regeneration and maintained RGCs function compared to control. Mechanistically, Tafluprost and Zn2+ elimination treatment (TPEN or ZnT-3 deletion) can activate the mTOR pathway with an improved percentage of pS6+ RGCs in the retina. However, rapamycin, a specific inhibitor of the mTOR1, inhibited the activation of the mTOR pathway and abolished the regenerative effect mediated by Tafluprost. Tafluprost also inhibited the upregulation of p62, LC3 and Beclin-1, attenuated the overactivation of microglia/macrophages and downregulated the expression of TNFα and IL-1β. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that Tafluprost promoted axon regeneration via regulation of the Zn2+-mTOR pathway, and provide novel research directions for glaucomatous optic nerve injury mechanisms.
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- Siting Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology Visual Science, Guangzhou, 510060, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology Visual Science, Guangzhou, 510060, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology Visual Science, Guangzhou, 510060, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology Visual Science, Guangzhou, 510060, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology Visual Science, Guangzhou, 510060, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology Visual Science, Guangzhou, 510060, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology Visual Science, Guangzhou, 510060, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology Visual Science, Guangzhou, 510060, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology Visual Science, Guangzhou, 510060, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology Visual Science, Guangzhou, 510060, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology Visual Science, Guangzhou, 510060, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology Visual Science, Guangzhou, 510060, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology Visual Science, Guangzhou, 510060, China.
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Tsugeno Y, Sato T, Watanabe M, Furuhashi M, Ohguro H. Prostanoid FP and EP2 Receptor Agonists Induce Epithelial and Subepithelial Fibrogenetic Changes in Human Conjunctival Fibroblasts in Different Manners. J Ocul Pharmacol Ther 2023; 39:404-414. [PMID: 37459581 DOI: 10.1089/jop.2023.0011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/20/2023] Open
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Purpose: To examine the effects of prostanoid FP and EP2 receptor agonists, PGF2α and Omidenepag (OMD), respectively, on the transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β2) induced conjunctival fibrogenesis. Methods: Two-dimension (2D) and three-dimension (3D) cultures of these fibroblasts were subjected to following analyses: (1) planar proliferation evaluated by transendothelial electron resistance (TEER) measurements, (2) real-time metabolic analyses, (3) subepithelial proliferation evaluated by 3D spheroid' size and stiffness measurements, and (4) the mRNA expression of extracellular matrix (ECM) molecules and their modulators. Results: TGF-β2 induced increase in the planar proliferation was significantly decreased or enhanced by PGF2α or OMD, respectively. The proportion of oxygen consumption required to drive ATP synthesis compared with that driving proton leakage was increased by PGF2α and OMD independently with TGF-β2. In contrast, maximal mitochondrial respiration was decreased by PGF2α and OMD, and the OMD-induced effect was further enhanced by the presence of TGF-β2. In addition, the TGF-β2 dependent increase in the glycolytic capacity was cancelled by PGF2α and/or OMD. Alternatively, subepithelial proliferation, as evidenced by the stiffness of the 3D spheroids, was substantially increased by both PGF2α and OMD, and these were differently modulated by TGF-β2. The expression of several related factors as above fluctuated among the conditions for both 2D and 3D and TGF-β2 untreated or treated cultures. Conclusion: The present findings indicate that the prostanoid FP or the EP2 receptor agonist may solely and differently induce the planar and subepithelial proliferation of HconF cells and these were also modulated by TGF-β2.
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- Yuri Tsugeno
- Department of Ophthalmology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic Medicine, and Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
- Department of Cellular Physiology and Signal Transduction, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic Medicine, and Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Picklo MJ, Idso J, Seeger DR, Aukema HM, Murphy EJ. Comparative effects of high oleic acid vs high mixed saturated fatty acid obesogenic diets upon PUFA metabolism in mice. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 2017; 119:25-37. [PMID: 28410667 DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2017.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2016] [Revised: 02/10/2017] [Accepted: 03/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Emerging evidence indicates that the fatty acid composition of obesogenic diets influences physiologic outcomes. There are scant data regarding how the content of non-essential fatty acids like monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) and saturated fatty acids (SFAs) impact the metabolism of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). In this work, we tested the hypothesis that obesogenic diets enriched in oleic acid (OA; 18:1n-9) reduce polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) levels vs an obesogenic diet enriched in SFAs. Adult male mice were fed for eight weeks either (1) a control 16% fat energy (en) diet with 5.7% en OA and 4.4% en SFA, (2) a 50% fat en diet with 33% en OA and 9.9% en SFA, or (3) a 50% en diet with a high SFA diet with 33% en SFA and 9.1% en OA. Dietary levels and intake of linoleic acid (LA; 18:2n-6) and α-linolenic acid (ALA; 18:3n-3) were constant between the experimental groups. Several peripheral organs (liver, heart, kidney, and adipose) were analyzed for lipid composition and oxylipin analysis was performed for liver and adipose. Our data demonstrate that a high OA diet reduced tissue content of LA and ALA (≥30%) in phospholipid and neutral lipid fractions, reduced the content of some LA-derived and ALA-derived oxylipins in liver and adipose, and conversely, elevated hepatic content of PGF2α. In all tissues examined, except for adipose, levels of arachidonic acid (ARA; 20:4n-6) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA; 22:6n-3) were either elevated or unaffected by the obesogenic diets. Our data indicate that the non-essential fatty content of obesogenic diets impacts PUFA content in peripheral tissues and influences the levels of bioactive oxylipins.
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- Matthew J Picklo
- USDA-ARS Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center, 2420 2nd Avenue North, Grand Forks, ND 58203-9034, USA; Department of Chemistry, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58201, USA
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- USDA-ARS Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center, 2420 2nd Avenue North, Grand Forks, ND 58203-9034, USA
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- Department of Basic Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine, USA
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- Department of Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 2N2
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- Department of Basic Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine, USA
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Yamamoto K, Sato K, Yukita M, Yasuda M, Omodaka K, Ryu M, Fujita K, Nishiguchi KM, Machida S, Nakazawa T. The neuroprotective effect of latanoprost acts via klotho-mediated suppression of calpain activation after optic nerve transection. J Neurochem 2017; 140:495-508. [PMID: 27859240 PMCID: PMC5299490 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.13902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2016] [Revised: 11/08/2016] [Accepted: 11/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Latanoprost was first developed for use in glaucoma therapy as an ocular hypotensive agent targeting the prostaglandin F2α (FP) receptor. Subsequently, latanoprost showed a neuroprotective effect, an additional pharmacological action. However, although it is well-known that latanoprost exerts an ocular hypotensive effect via the FP receptor, it is not known whether this is also true of its neuroprotective effect. Klotho was firstly identified as the gene linked to the suppression of aging phenotype: the defect of klotho gene in mice results aging phenotype such as hypokinesis, arteriosclerosis, and short lifespan. After that, the function of klotho was also reported to maintain calcium homeostasis and to exert a neuroprotective effect in various models of neurodegenerative disease. However, the function of klotho in eyes including retina is still poorly understood. Here, we show that klotho is a key factor underlying the neuroprotective effect of latanoprost during post-axotomy retinal ganglion cell (RGC) degeneration. Importantly, a quantitative RT-PCR gene expression analysis of klotho in sorted rat retinal cells revealed that the highest expression level of klotho in the retina was in the RGCs. Latanoprost acid, the biologically active form of latanoprost, inhibits post-traumatic calpain activation and concomitantly facilitates the expression and shedding of klotho in axotomized RGCs. This expression profile is a good match with the localization, not of the FP receptor, but of organic anion transporting polypeptide 2B1, known as a prostaglandin transporter, in the ocular tissue. Furthermore, an organic anion transporting polypeptide 2B1 inhibitor suppressed latanoprost acid-mediated klotho shedding ex vivo, whereas an FP receptor antagonist did not. The klotho fragments shed from the RGCs reduced the intracellular level of reactive oxygen species, and a specific klotho inhibitor accelerated and increased RGC death after axotomy. We conclude that the shed klotho fragments might contribute to the attenuation of axonal injury-induced calpain activation and oxidative stress, thereby protecting RGCs from post-traumatic neuronal degeneration.
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- Kotaro Yamamoto
- Department of OphthalmologyTohoku University Graduate School of MedicineMiyagiJapan
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- Department of OphthalmologyTohoku University Graduate School of MedicineMiyagiJapan
- Department of Ophthalmic Imaging and Information AnalyticsTohoku University Graduate School of MedicineMiyagiJapan
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- Department of OphthalmologyTohoku University Graduate School of MedicineMiyagiJapan
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- Department of OphthalmologyTohoku University Graduate School of MedicineMiyagiJapan
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- Department of OphthalmologyTohoku University Graduate School of MedicineMiyagiJapan
- Department of Ophthalmic Imaging and Information AnalyticsTohoku University Graduate School of MedicineMiyagiJapan
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- Department of OphthalmologyTohoku University Graduate School of MedicineMiyagiJapan
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- Department of Retinal Disease ControlTohoku University Graduate School of MedicineMiyagiJapan
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- Department of Advanced Ophthalmic MedicineTohoku University Graduate School of MedicineMiyagiJapan
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- Department of OphthalmologyDokkyo Medical University Koshigaya HospitalSaitamaJapan
- Department of OphthalmologyIwate Medical University School of MedicineIwateJapan
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- Department of OphthalmologyTohoku University Graduate School of MedicineMiyagiJapan
- Department of Ophthalmic Imaging and Information AnalyticsTohoku University Graduate School of MedicineMiyagiJapan
- Department of Retinal Disease ControlTohoku University Graduate School of MedicineMiyagiJapan
- Department of Advanced Ophthalmic MedicineTohoku University Graduate School of MedicineMiyagiJapan
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Guo N, Meng C, Bai W, Wei Q, Shi F, Davis JS, Mao D. Prostaglandin F2α induces expression of activating transcription factor 3 (ATF3) and activates MAPK signaling in the rat corpus luteum. Acta Histochem 2015; 117:211-8. [PMID: 25614048 DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2014.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2014] [Revised: 12/24/2014] [Accepted: 12/29/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The current study was conducted to evaluate the expression of ATF3, in association with the activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) during prostaglandin F2α analog (PGF)-induced luteal regression in rats. A sequential PMSG/hCG treatment paradigm was used to obtain a single, well-defined generation of corpora lutea (CL) in rats. Rats were treated with PGF for 0-4h on day 7 of pseudopregnancy. Results showed that serum progesterone (P4) concentrations declined in a time dependent manner. Western blot results revealed that ATF3 increased within 2h post-PGF injection. Phosphorylated ERK1/2 (p-ERK) and JNK (p-JNK) increased within 30min and then were gradually reduced in response to PGF. In contrast, the levels of phosphorylated p38 MAPK (p-p38) were not significantly altered. The immunostaining density for p-ERK decreased from the periphery to the center of the corpus luteum following treatment with PGF, while ATF3 was expressed uniformly in the nuclei of luteal steroidogenic cells. These results indicated that treatment with PGF in vivo could induce increases in MAPK phosphorylation, especially in p-ERK, which might be correlated with the increases in ATF3 expression and the decline in P4 concentrations. To our knowledge, this is the first study to provide evidence for temporal relationships between MAPK activation and ATF3 expression during PGF-induced luteal regression in the rat.
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- Nannan Guo
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China.
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Trappe TA, Standley RA, Jemiolo B, Carroll CC, Trappe SW. Prostaglandin and myokine involvement in the cyclooxygenase-inhibiting drug enhancement of skeletal muscle adaptations to resistance exercise in older adults. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2012; 304:R198-205. [PMID: 23220477 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00245.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Twelve weeks of resistance training (3 days/wk) combined with daily consumption of the cyclooxygenase-inhibiting drugs acetaminophen (4.0 g/day; n = 11, 64 ± 1 yr) or ibuprofen (1.2 g/day; n = 13, 64 ± 1 yr) unexpectedly promoted muscle mass and strength gains 25-50% above placebo (n = 12, 67 ± 2 yr). To investigate the mechanism of this adaptation, muscle biopsies obtained before and ∼72 h after the last training bout were analyzed for mRNA levels of prostaglandin (PG)/cyclooxygenase pathway enzymes and receptors [arachidonic acid synthesis: cytosolic phospholipase A(2) (cPLA(2)) and secreted phospholipase A(2) (sPLA(2)); PGF(2α) synthesis: PGF(2α) synthase and PGE(2) to PGF(2α) reductase; PGE(2) synthesis: PGE(2) synthase-1, -2, and -3; PGF(2α) receptor and PGE(2) receptor-4], cytokines and myokines involved in skeletal muscle adaptation (TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10), and regulators of muscle growth [myogenin, myogenic regulatory factor-4 (MRF4), myostatin] and atrophy [Forkhead box O3A (FOXO3A), atrogin-1, muscle RING finger protein 1 (MuRF-1), inhibitory κB kinase β (IKKβ)]. Training increased (P < 0.05) cPLA(2), PGF(2α) synthase, PGE(2) to PGF(2α) reductase, PGE(2) receptor-4, TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-8, and IKKβ. However, the PGF(2α) receptor was upregulated (P < 0.05) only in the drug groups, and the placebo group upregulation (P < 0.05) of IL-6, IL-10, and MuRF-1 was eliminated in both drug groups. These results highlight prostaglandin and myokine involvement in the adaptive response to exercise in older individuals and suggest two mechanisms underlying the enhanced muscle mass gains in the drug groups: 1) The drug-induced PGF(2α) receptor upregulation helped offset the drug suppression of PGF(2α)-stimulated protein synthesis after each exercise bout and enhanced skeletal muscle sensitivity to this stimulation. 2) The drug-induced suppression of intramuscular PGE(2) production increased net muscle protein balance after each exercise bout through a reduction in PGE(2)-induced IL-6 and MuRF-1, both promoters of muscle loss.
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- Todd A Trappe
- Human Performance Laboratory, Ball State Univ., Muncie, IN. USA.
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Kwok AHY, Wang Y, Leung FC. Molecular characterization of prostaglandin F receptor (FP) and E receptor subtype 3 (EP3) in chickens. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2012; 179:88-98. [PMID: 22885557 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.07.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2011] [Revised: 07/18/2012] [Accepted: 07/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Prostaglandin E and F regulate diverse physiological functions including gastrointestinal motility, fever induction and reproduction. This multitude of biological effects is mediated via their four E receptor subtypes (EP(1), EP(2), EP(3) and EP(4)) and F receptor (FP), respectively. Majority of these studies was performed in mammalian species, while investigations on their roles were impeded by inadequate information on their receptors in avian species. In present study, full-length cDNAs of chicken EP(3) (cEP(3)) and two isoforms of FP - cFPa and cFPb - were cloned from adult hen ovary. The putative cEP(3) and cFPa share high amino acid sequence identity with their respective orthologs, while the predicted cFPb is a novel middle-truncated splice variant which lacks 107 amino acids between transmembrane domains 4 and 6. RT-PCR showed that cEP(3), cFPa and cFPb are widely expressed in adult tissues examined, including ovary and oviduct. Using a pGL3-CRE luciferase reporter system, cEP(3)-expressing DF1 cells inhibited forskolin-induced luciferase activity (EC(50): <1.9 pM) upon PGE(2) treatment, suggesting that cEP(3) may functionally couple to Gi protein. Upon PGF(2α) addition, cFPa was shown to potentially couple to intracellular Ca(2+)-signaling pathway by pGL3-NFAT-RE reporter assay (EC(50): 2.9 nM), while cFPb showed no response. Using a pGL4-SRE reporter system, both cEP(3) and cFPa exhibited potential MAPK activation by PGE(2) and PGF(2α) at EC(50) 0.34 and 13 nM, respectively. Molecular characterization of these receptors paved the road to the better understanding of PGE(2) and PGF(2α) roles in avian physiology and comparative endocrinology studies.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Chickens/genetics
- Chickens/metabolism
- Cloning, Molecular
- Conserved Sequence
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Protein Isoforms/chemistry
- Protein Isoforms/genetics
- Protein Isoforms/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptors, Prostaglandin/chemistry
- Receptors, Prostaglandin/genetics
- Receptors, Prostaglandin/metabolism
- Receptors, Prostaglandin E, EP3 Subtype/chemistry
- Receptors, Prostaglandin E, EP3 Subtype/genetics
- Receptors, Prostaglandin E, EP3 Subtype/metabolism
- Sequence Alignment
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- Amy H Y Kwok
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China.
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Mechiche H, Grassin-Delyle S, Robinet A, Nazeyrollas P, Devillier P. Prostanoid receptors involved in regulation of the beating rate of neonatal rat cardiomyocytes. PLoS One 2012; 7:e45273. [PMID: 22984630 PMCID: PMC3440323 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2012] [Accepted: 08/13/2012] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
Although prostanoids are known to be involved in regulation of the spontaneous beating rate of cultured neonatal rat cardiomyocytes, the various subtypes of prostanoid receptors have not been investigated in detail. In our experiments, prostaglandin (PG)F2α and prostanoid FP receptor agonists (fluprostenol, latanoprost and cloprostenol) produced a decrease in the beating rate. Two prostanoid IP receptor agonists (iloprost and beraprost) induced first a marked drop in the beating rate and then definitive abrogation of beating. In contrast, the prostanoid DP receptor agonists (PGD2 and BW245C) and TP receptor agonists (U-46619) produced increases in the beating rate. Sulprostone (a prostanoid EP1 and EP3 receptor agonist) induced marked increases in the beating rate, which were suppressed by SC-19220 (a selective prostanoid EP1 antagonist). Butaprost (a selective prostanoid EP2 receptor agonist), misoprostol (a prostanoid EP2 and EP3 receptor agonist), 11-deoxy-PGE1 (a prostanoid EP2, EP3 and EP4 receptor agonist) did not alter the beating rate. Our results strongly suggest that prostanoid EP1 receptors are involved in positive regulation of the beating rate. Prostanoid EP1 receptor expression was confirmed by western blotting with a selective antibody. Hence, neonatal rat cardiomyocytes express both prostanoid IP and FP receptors (which negatively regulate the spontaneous beating rate) and prostanoid TP, DP1 and EP1 receptors (which positively regulate the spontaneous beating rate).
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MESH Headings
- 15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid/pharmacology
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Blotting, Western
- Cells, Cultured
- Cloprostenol/pharmacology
- Dibenz(b,f)(1,4)oxazepine-10(11H)-carboxylic acid, 8-chloro-, 2-acetylhydrazide/pharmacology
- Dinoprostone/analogs & derivatives
- Dinoprostone/pharmacology
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Epoprostenol/analogs & derivatives
- Epoprostenol/pharmacology
- Hydantoins/pharmacology
- Iloprost/pharmacology
- Latanoprost
- Myocytes, Cardiac/drug effects
- Myocytes, Cardiac/metabolism
- Myocytes, Cardiac/physiology
- Prostaglandin D2/pharmacology
- Prostaglandins F, Synthetic/pharmacology
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptors, Prostaglandin/agonists
- Receptors, Prostaglandin/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Prostaglandin/physiology
- Receptors, Prostaglandin E, EP1 Subtype/agonists
- Receptors, Prostaglandin E, EP1 Subtype/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Prostaglandin E, EP1 Subtype/physiology
- Receptors, Thromboxane/agonists
- Receptors, Thromboxane/physiology
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- Hakima Mechiche
- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Université Champagne Ardennes, Reims, France
- UPRES EA 220, Université Versailles Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, Hôpital Foch, Suresnes, France
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Université Champagne Ardennes, Reims, France
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Université Champagne Ardennes, Reims, France
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Université Champagne Ardennes, Reims, France
- UPRES EA 220, Université Versailles Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, Hôpital Foch, Suresnes, France
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Markworth JF, Cameron-Smith D. Prostaglandin F2α stimulates PI3K/ERK/mTOR signaling and skeletal myotube hypertrophy. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2010; 300:C671-82. [PMID: 21191105 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00549.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Cyclooxygenase (COX) enzymes mediate the synthesis of proinflammatory prostaglandin (PG) species from cellular arachidonic acid. COX/PGs have been implicated in skeletal muscle growth/regeneration; however, the mechanisms by which PGs influence skeletal muscle adaptation are poorly understood. The present study aimed to investigate PGF(2α) signaling and its role in skeletal myotube hypertrophy. PGF(2α) or the FP receptor agonist fluprostenol increased C2C12 myotube diameter. This effect was abolished by the FP receptor antagonist AL8810 and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibition. PGF(2α) stimulated time- and dose-dependent increases in the phosphorylation of extracellular receptor kinase (ERK)1/2 (Thr202/Tyr204), p70S6 kinase (p70S6K) (Thr389 and Thr421/Ser424), and eukaryotic initiation factor 4G (eIF4G) (Ser1108) without influencing Akt (Ser473). Pretreatment with the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor LY294002 and the ERK inhibitor PD98059 blocked F prostanoid receptor signaling responses, whereas rapamycin blocked heightened p70S6K/eIF4G phosphorylation without influencing ERK1/2 phosphorylation. These data suggest that activation of the F prostanoid receptor is coupled to C2C12 myotube growth and intracellular signaling via a PI3K/ERK/mTOR-dependent pathway.
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- James F Markworth
- School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin Univ., 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125, Australia
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Sharif NA. Synthetic FP-prostaglandin-induced contraction of rat uterus smooth muscle in vitro. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 2008; 78:199-207. [PMID: 18375109 DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2008.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2007] [Revised: 01/15/2008] [Accepted: 01/21/2008] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Numerous synthetic FP-class prostaglandin (PG) analogs stimulated the contraction of isolated non-pregnant female rat uterus in a concentration-dependent manner with the following agonist potencies: bimatoprost acid (17-phenyl-trinor PGF(2alpha); EC(50)=0.68+/-0.06 nM)=cloprostenol (EC(50)=0.73+/-0.01 nM)>travoprost acid (EC(50)=1.3+/-0.07 nM)>latanoprost acid (EC(50)=2.7+/-0.08 nM)>PGF(2alpha) (EC(50)=52+/-11 nM)>unoprostone (UF-021; EC(50)=310+/-101 nM)>S-1033 (EC(50)=610+/-4 nM)>bimatoprost (EC(50)=1130+/-173 nM). The FP-receptor antagonist, AL-8810, antagonized the contractile effects of PGF(2alpha) (K(i)=2.9+/-0.2 microM), travoprost acid (K(i)=0.6+/-0.1 microM) and bimatoprost (K(i)=0.2+/-0.02 microM). Agonist and antagonist potencies for rat uterus contraction by these PGs compared well with their potencies for inducing/blocking functional responses in other systems (r=0.83-0.94) except with bovine iris sphincter (r=0.2; p<0.7). In conclusion, the rat uterus contains functionally active FP-receptors whose activation by a variety of free acid and an amide forms of synthetic PGs leads to the contraction of this tissue and which can be pharmacologically blocked by an FP-receptor antagonist, AL-8810.
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Wehbrink D, Hässig M, Ritter N, Zerbe H, Bleul U, Boos A. Immunohistochemical demonstration of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and prostaglandin receptors EP2 and FP expression in the bovine intercaruncular uterine wall around term. Anim Reprod Sci 2007; 106:241-54. [PMID: 17574782 DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2007.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2006] [Revised: 04/12/2007] [Accepted: 04/24/2007] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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During parturition, uterine-derived prostaglandins (PG) play an outstanding role regarding the functional elimination of the corpus luteum and the promotion of uterine contraction. The rate-limiting enzyme cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), highly regulated in a cell-type and localization specific manner throughout pregnancy, is involved in uterine prostanoid production. Prostaglandins exert their effects via G-protein-coupled receptors. Distribution and cellular localization of these receptors are decisive factors for prostaglandin-mediated actions. Since both COX-2 and PG receptors have only been assessed during pregnancy in the cow, these parameters were localized immunohistochemically near term to evaluate their specific role at parturition. Thus, during two periods, segments of the intercaruncular uterine wall were collected from cows at slaughter being eight and nine months pregnant, from cattle during caesarean section, and after spontaneous calving. Results reveal that COX-2 was mainly localized in the cytoplasm of surface epithelial cells with a high expression in animals with induced parturition. The enzyme could also be found in lower concentrations within the glandular epithelium without any effect of gestational time or labour. In contrast to relaxant prostaglandin E receptor type 2 (EP2), not showing any change in all tissue layers observed, contractile prostaglandin F(2alpha) receptor (FP) was modulated during the peripartal period revealing a peak expression in animals with induced parturition. FP was localized in surface and glandular epithelial cells as well as in endometrial stroma and myometrial smooth muscle cells. Our study indicates that labour and induction of parturition may have an effect on amounts of immunohistochemically detectable COX-2 and FP. EP2 remains rather unchanged during the peripartal period. COX-2 and FP thus contribute via changes in amount and distribution to mechanisms associated with parturition.
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- D Wehbrink
- Institute of Veterinary Anatomy, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 260, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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Nakanishi Y, Nakamura M, Mukuno H, Kanamori A, Seigel GM, Negi A. Latanoprost rescues retinal neuro-glial cells from apoptosis by inhibiting caspase-3, which is mediated by p44/p42 mitogen-activated protein kinase. Exp Eye Res 2006; 83:1108-17. [PMID: 16839545 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2006.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2005] [Revised: 05/16/2006] [Accepted: 05/24/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to investigate whether latanoprost, a prostaglandin F2alpha analogue, has a direct anti-apoptotic effect both in retinal neuro-glial cells in culture and in diabetic retina. R28 cells, immortalized retinal neuroglial progenitor cells, were induced apoptosis by 24h serum deprivation. Serum withdrawal made up to 15% of R28 cells pyknotic and activated caspase-3 immunoreactive, and latanoprost acid suppressed apoptosis with dose dependency at an optimum concentration of 1.0 microM (P<0.001). UO126, a mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK)/extracellular signal-regulated kinase kinase (MEK) 1 and 2 inhibitor reversed this effect. Streptozotocin induced one- or three-month diabetic rats received balanced-salt-solution (BSS) in the left eye and latanoprost eye drops in the right for 5 days. Retinal wholemount was subjected to terminal dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) staining, whereas eyeballs were enucleated for cleaved caspase-3 immunofluorescence. Retinal homogenates were probed for phospho- or total p44/p42 MAPK and Akt. One- and three-month diabetic retina had 30.2+/-15.3 and 23.6+/-9.0 TUNEL positive cells per 0.5 cm(2), respectively, whereas control retina had few TUNEL positive cells. Latanoprost instillation significantly reduced these cells (10.0+/-3.1 and 11.3+/-3.1 cells per 0.5 cm(2) for 1M and 3M, respectively, P<0.01), whereas BSS did not. Latanoprost also significantly reduced cleaved caspase-3 immunoreactive cells in ganglion cell and inner nuclear layers (P<0.05). Latanoprost increased phosphorylated to total protein ratio of p44/p42 MAPK (P<0.05), but not of Akt. Taken together, the present findings suggest that latanoprost rescues retinal neurons and/or glial cells from apoptosis, which is probably mediated by p44/p42 MAPK through caspase-3 inhibition.
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- Yoriko Nakanishi
- Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Organs Therapeutics, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan
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Hébert RL, Carmosino M, Saito O, Yang G, Jackson CA, Qi Z, Breyer RM, Natarajan C, Hata AN, Zhang Y, Guan Y, Breyer MD. Characterization of a rabbit kidney prostaglandin F(2{alpha}) receptor exhibiting G(i)-restricted signaling that inhibits water absorption in the collecting duct. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:35028-37. [PMID: 16096282 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m505852200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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PGF(2alpha) is the most abundant prostaglandin detected in urine; however, its renal effects are poorly characterized. The present study cloned a PGF-prostanoid receptor (FP) from the rabbit kidney and determined the functional consequences of its activation. Nuclease protection assay showed that FP mRNA expression predominates in rabbit ovary and kidney. In situ hybridization revealed that renal FP expression predominates in the cortical collecting duct (CCD). Although FP receptor activation failed to increase intracellular Ca(2+), it potently inhibited vasopressin-stimulated osmotic water permeability (L(p), 10(-7) cm/(atm.s)) in in vitro microperfused rabbit CCDs. Inhibition of L(p) by the FP selective agonist latanoprost was additive to inhibition of vasopressin action by the EP selective agonist sulprostone. Inhibition of L(p) by latanoprost was completely blocked by pertussis toxin, consistent with a G(i)-coupled mechanism. Heterologous transfection of the rabbit FPr into HEK293 cells also showed that latanoprost inhibited cAMP generation via a pertussis toxin-sensitive mechanism but did not increase cell Ca(2+). These studies demonstrate a functional FP receptor on the basolateral membrane of rabbit CCDs. In contrast to the Ca(2+) signal transduced by other FP receptors, this renal FP receptor signals via a PT-sensitive mechanism that is not coupled to cell Ca(2+).
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- Richard L Hébert
- Departments of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Kidney Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5, Canada
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Kashiwagi K, Jin M, Suzuki M, Tanaka Y, Iizuka Y, Tsukahara S. Isopropyl unoprostone increases the activities of matrix metalloproteinases in cultured monkey ciliary muscle cells. J Glaucoma 2001; 10:271-6. [PMID: 11558810 DOI: 10.1097/00061198-200108000-00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE The mechanism by which the prostaglandin F2alpha-related antiglaucoma compound isopropyl unoprostone (referred to as unoprostone) reduces intraocular pressure is largely unknown. Another prostaglandin F2alpha-related compound, latanoprost, influences the activities of matrix metalloproteinases in ciliary muscle. Unoprostone ophthalmic solution is metabolized to oxidized metabolites, mainly M1 and M2, in the eye. The aim of this study was to investigate whether intraocular metabolites of unoprostone, M1 and M2, change the metalloproteinase activity in cultured monkey ciliary muscle cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS Monkey ciliary muscle cells and trabecular meshwork cells were grown separately to confluence in monolayer cell cultures. M1 (10 nM, 100 nM, or 1 microM), M2 (10 nM, 100 nM, or 1 microM), 100 nM prostaglandin F2alpha, or vehicle solutions were added to each culture medium for 48 hours. The media were then assayed to measure metalloproteinase activities quantitatively by means of substrate zymography. RESULTS Compared with the vehicle controls, M1, M2, and prostaglandin F2alpha significantly increased the metalloproteinase-2 activity in cultured ciliary muscle cells in a dose-dependent manner, but did not affect the metalloproteinase-2 activity in cultured trabecular meshwork cells. All experimented prostaglandins slightly increased metalloproteinase-9 activity in ciliary muscle cells, although these changes were not significant. CONCLUSIONS The current results show that unoprostone influences the metabolism of the extracellular matrix in the ciliary muscle and that remodeling of the extracellular matrix in the ciliary muscle may be a possible mechanism by which unoprostone ophthalmic solution reduces intraocular pressure.
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- K Kashiwagi
- Department of Ophthalmology, Yamanashi Medical University, Tamaho, Japan.
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Ocklind A. Effect of latanoprost on the extracellular matrix of the ciliary muscle. A study on cultured cells and tissue sections. Exp Eye Res 1998; 67:179-91. [PMID: 9733584 DOI: 10.1006/exer.1998.0508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Prostaglandin F2alpha and its analogue latanoprost, both prostanoid FP receptor agonists, reduce the intraocular pressure mainly by enhancing uveoscleral outflow. Changes in the extracellular matrix of the ciliary muscle may be involved in the increased outflow. The effect of latanoprost and prostaglandin F2alpha on the extracellular matrix of the ciliary muscle was investigated. Cell cultures of human ciliary muscle were treated with latanoprost acid or prostaglandin F2alpha for 1-2 days and were immunostained against various extracellular matrix components and metalloproteinases. Proteinases were also analysed by zymography and by measuring plasmin generating ability. For comparison, matrix components were immunolocalized on tissue sections from monkey eyes, treated topically once daily with latanoprost for 10 days. In response to both prostaglandins collagens I, III, and IV, fibronectin, laminin and hyaluronan were reduced, while metalloproteinase -2 and -3 were increased. Zymography demonstrated the presence of functionally active metalloproteinase -2. Both prostaglandins enhanced the generation of plasmin, an activator of metalloproteinases. In the anterior part of the ciliary muscle in latanoprost-treated eyes immunostained collagen VI was decreased in 5 out of 5 monkeys and collagen IV was decreased in 4 of the 5 monkeys. These results suggest a role for latanoprost in the remodeling of extracellular matrix in the ciliary muscle. A latanoprost-induced change in the extracellular matrix might augment the flow of aqueous humour through the ciliary muscle bundles of the uveoscleral pathway.
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- A Ocklind
- Glaucoma Research Laboratories, Pharmacia & Upjohn AB (publ), Uppsala, S-751 82, Sweden
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