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Karamzad N, Maleki V, Carson-Chahhoud K, Azizi S, Sahebkar A, Gargari BP. A systematic review on the mechanisms of vitamin K effects on the complications of diabetes and pre-diabetes. Biofactors 2020; 46:21-37. [PMID: 31573736 DOI: 10.1002/biof.1569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2019] [Accepted: 08/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Diabetes mellitus and pre-diabetes are prevalent endocrine disorders associated with substantial morbidity and premature mortality. Vitamin K is known to have several beneficial effects on complications of diabetes and pre-diabetes. However, systematic consolidation of evidence is required to quantify these effects in order to inform clinical practice and research. A systematic search in PubMed, Scopus, Embase, ProQuest, and Google Scholar databases was undertaken from database inception up to October 2018 to evaluate functional roles of different forms of vitamin K on diabetes and pre-diabetes. From 3,734 identified records, nine articles met the inclusion criteria and were evaluated. Vitamin K supplementation was found to be associated with significant reductions in blood glucose (six studies), increased fasting serum insulin (four studies), reduced hemoglobin A1c (three studies), reduced homeostatic model assessment-insulin resistance index (HOMA-IR) (two studies), and increased ß-cell function (two studies) in diabetic animal studies. Following 2-hour oral glucose tolerance test, vitamin K supplementation was observed to be effective in reducing blood glucose and insulin levels in the pre-diabetic population. However, no evidence of effect was observed for fasting blood sugar, insulin, HOMA-IR, and homeostatic model assessment-β-cell function index (two studies). A statistically significant effect was also noted with vitamin K in improving dyslipidemia (three studies) as well as oxidative stress and inflammatory markers (five studies) in diabetic animals. In conclusion, clinical trials and animal studies confirm that vitamin K supplementation may improve both clinical features and complications of diabetes and pre-diabetes. However, quantification of clinical efficacy in the pre-diabetic population and among individuals with comorbidities requires further investigation.
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- Nahid Karamzad
- Student Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
- Department of Biochemistry and Diet Therapy, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
- Nutrition Research Center, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
- Department of Biochemistry and Diet Therapy, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Australian Centre for Precision Health, School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Australia
- School of Medicine, The University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Student Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
- Department of Biochemistry and Diet Therapy, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Neurogenic Inflammation Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
- Biotechnology Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
- School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Biochemistry and Diet Therapy, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
- Nutrition Research Center, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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Anbukkarasi M, Thomas PA, Teresa PA, Anand T, Geraldine P. Comparison of the efficacy of a Tabernaemontana divaricata extract and of biosynthesized silver nanoparticles in preventing cataract formation in an in-vivo system of selenite-induced cataractogenesis. BIOCATALYSIS AND AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcab.2019.101475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Periyasamy P, Shinohara T. Age-related cataracts: Role of unfolded protein response, Ca 2+ mobilization, epigenetic DNA modifications, and loss of Nrf2/Keap1 dependent cytoprotection. Prog Retin Eye Res 2017; 60:1-19. [PMID: 28864287 PMCID: PMC5600869 DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2017.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2017] [Revised: 08/26/2017] [Accepted: 08/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Age-related cataracts are closely associated with lens chronological aging, oxidation, calcium imbalance, hydration and crystallin modifications. Accumulating evidence indicates that misfolded proteins are generated in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) by most cataractogenic stresses. To eliminate misfolded proteins from cells before they can induce senescence, the cells activate a clean-up machinery called the ER stress/unfolded protein response (UPR). The UPR also activates the nuclear factor-erythroid-2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), a central transcriptional factor for cytoprotection against stress. Nrf2 activates nearly 600 cytoprotective target genes. However, if ER stress reaches critically high levels, the UPR activates destructive outputs to trigger programmed cell death. The UPR activates mobilization of ER-Ca2+ to the cytoplasm and results in activation of Ca2+-dependent proteases to cleave various enzymes and proteins which cause the loss of normal lens function. The UPR also enhances the overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which damage lens constituents and induce failure of the Nrf2 dependent cytoprotection. Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (Keap1) is an oxygen sensor protein and regulates the levels of Nrf2 by the proteasomal degradation. A significant loss of DNA methylation in diabetic cataracts was found in the Keap1 promoter, which overexpresses the Keap1 protein. Overexpressed Keap1 significantly decreases the levels of Nrf2. Lower levels of Nrf2 induces loss of the redox balance toward to oxidative stress thereby leading to failure of lens cytoprotection. Here, this review summarizes the overall view of ER stress, increases in Ca2+ levels, protein cleavage, and loss of the well-established stress protection in somatic lens cells.
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- Palsamy Periyasamy
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA; Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA.
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
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Inhibition of diabetic-cataract by vitamin K1 involves modulation of hyperglycemia-induced alterations to lens calcium homeostasis. Exp Eye Res 2014; 128:73-82. [PMID: 25257692 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2014.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2014] [Revised: 09/19/2014] [Accepted: 09/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This study investigated the potential of vitamin K1 against streptozotocin-induced diabetic cataract in Wistar rats. A single, intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin (STZ) (35 mg/kg) resulted in hyperglycemia, accumulation of sorbitol and formation of advanced glycation end product (AGE) in eye lens. Hyperglycemia in lens also resulted in superoxide anion and hydroxyl radical generation and less reduced glutathione suggesting oxidative stress in lens. Hyperglycemia also resulted in increase in lens Ca2+ and significant inhibition of lens Ca2+ ATPase activity. These changes were associated with cataract formation in diabetic animals. By contrast treatment of diabetic rats with vitamin K1 (5 mg/kg, sc, twice a week) resulted in animals with partially elevated blood glucose and with transparent lenses having normal levels of sorbitol, AGE, Ca2+ ATPase, Ca2+, and oxidative stress. Vitamin K 1 may function to protect against cataract formation in the STZ induced diabetic rat by affecting the homeostasis of blood glucose and minimizing subsequent oxidative and osmotic stress. Thus, these results show that Vitamin K1 inhibits diabetic-cataract by modulating lens Ca2+ homeostasis and its hypoglycemic effect through its direct action on the pancreas.
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Selenite cataracts: activation of endoplasmic reticulum stress and loss of Nrf2/Keap1-dependent stress protection. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2014; 1842:1794-805. [PMID: 24997453 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2014.06.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2014] [Revised: 06/19/2014] [Accepted: 06/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Cataract-induced by sodium selenite in suckling rats is one of the suitable animal models to study the basic mechanism of human cataract formation. The aim of this present investigation is to study the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-mediated activation of unfolded protein response (UPR), overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and suppression of Nrf2/Keap1-dependent antioxidant protection through endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation (ERAD) pathway and Keap1 promoter DNA demethylation in human lens epithelial cells (HLECs) treated with sodium selenite. Lenses enucleated from sodium selenite injected rats generated overproduction of ROS in lens epithelial cells and newly formed lens fiber cells resulting in massive lens epithelial cells death after 1-5days. All these lenses developed nuclear cataracts after 4-5days. Sodium selenite treated HLECs induced ER stress and activated the UPR leading to release of Ca(2+) from ER, ROS overproduction and finally HLECs death. Sodium selenite also activated the mRNA expressions of passive DNA demethylation pathway enzymes such as Dnmt1, Dnmt3a, and Dnmt3b, and active DNA demethylation pathway enzyme, Tet1 leading to DNA demethylation in the Keap1 promoter of HLECs. This demethylated Keap1 promoter results in overexpression of Keap1 mRNA and protein. Overexpression Keap1 protein suppresses the Nrf2 protein through ERAD leading to suppression of Nrf2/Keap1 dependent antioxidant protection in the HLECs treated with sodium selenite. As an outcome, the cellular redox status is altered towards lens oxidation and results in cataract formation.
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Doganay S, Borazan M, Iraz M, Cigremis Y. The Effect of Resveratrol in Experimental Cataract Model Formed by Sodium Selenite. Curr Eye Res 2009; 31:147-53. [PMID: 16500765 DOI: 10.1080/02713680500514685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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PURPOSE To investigate if resveratrol can prevent sodium selenite-induced experimental cataract model in rats. METHODS Forty-eight Spraque-Dawley rat pups were divided into 3 treatment groups: (1) normal saline-% 5 ethanol injected i.p. on postpatum day 10; (2) Na selenite (30 nmol/g body wt) injected s.c on day 10; (3) Na selenite s.c on day 10+resveratrol (40 mg/kg) i.p on days 10-13. On day 21, cataract development was graded by slit-lamp examination and photography. Encapsulated lenses and erythrocytes were analyzed for reduced glutathione (GSH) and malondialdehyde (MDA), a marker of lipid peroxidation. Lenses were also analyzed for total nitrite (TN). RESULTS All control lenses in group 1 were clear. In group 2, all rats developed cataracts (grade 3-grade 6), whereas in group 3, only 9 of 16 rats developed cataracts (grade 2-grade 3). The difference of cataract frequency between groups 2 and 3 was statistically significant (p<0.05). Group 3 lenses and erythrocytes had higher mean GSH and lower mean MDA levels than those in group 2 (p<0.05). TN was highest in group 3 and lowest in group 1 (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS Resveratrol suppressed selenite-induced oxidative stress and cataract formation in rats. This protective effect was supported by higher GSH and lower MDA in lens and erythrocytes. The presence of oxidative stress in selenite cataract development and its prevention by resveratrol support the possibility that high natural consumption of resveratrol in food can help prevent human senile cataract.
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- Selim Doganay
- Department of Ophthalmology, Inonu University Medical Faculty, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Malatya, Turkey. sdoganay2inonu.edu.tr
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Yilmaz A, Yildirim O, Tamer L, Oz O, Cinel L, Vatansever H, Değirmenci U, Kanik A, Atik U. Effects of Caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester on Endotoxin-Induced Uveitis in Rats. Curr Eye Res 2009; 30:755-62. [PMID: 16146921 DOI: 10.1080/02713680590967962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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PURPOSE Caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) has antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, immunomodulatory, and carcinostatic properties. In this study, the efficacy of CAPE in endotoxin-induced uveitis (EIU) in rats is investigated. METHODS EIU was induced by a footpad injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS). In the treatment group, 10 micromol/kg CAPE was injected intraperitoneally immediately after LPS injection. At 24 hr after LPS injection, the number of infiltrating cells, protein concentration, and levels of myeloperoxidase (MPO) in aqueous humor; malondialdehyde (MDA), MPO, and total antioxidant levels in serum were determined. Eyes were enucleated for histopathologic evaluation, and, counting inflammatory cells in iris-ciliary body (ICB), the efficacy of treatment was determined. RESULTS CAPE significantly suppressed LPS-induced increase in the number of inflammatory cells (p = 0.0001), protein concentration (p = 0.0001), and MPO levels (p = 0.0001) in aqueous humor as well as MDA (p = 0.001) and MPO (p = 0.0001) levels in serum. Histopathologic evaluation of ICB showed significant reduction in the inflammatory cell counts in the treatment group (p = 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS CAPE was found efficient in suppressing inflammation and ocular tissue damage induced by LPS in rats.
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- Ayça Yilmaz
- Mersin University School of Medicine, Ophthalmology Department, Mersin, Turkey.
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Javadzadeh A, Ghorbanihaghjo A, Bonyadi S, Rashidi MR, Mesgari M, Rashtchizadeh N, Argani H. Preventive effect of onion juice on selenite-induced experimental cataract. Indian J Ophthalmol 2009; 57:185-9. [PMID: 19384011 PMCID: PMC2683439 DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.49391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Purpose: To evaluate the effects of onion juice on sodium-selenite induced cataract formation. Materials and Methods: Thirty-two 10-day-old Wistar-albino rat pups were divided into four equal groups. Group 1 received only subcutaneous saline injection. In Group 2, sodium-selenite (30 nmol/g body weight) was injected subcutaneously. In Group 3, subcutaneous sodium-selenite was injected and one drop 50% diluted fresh juice of crude onion was instilled every 8 h into the right eye for 14 days; the left eye received no treatment. Group 4 rats were similar to those of Group 3, the only difference being that of undiluted fresh juice of crude onion. The development of cataract was assessed. Rat lenses were analyzed for total antioxidant (TA) level, and for activities of glutathione peroxidase (GPX) and superoxide dismutase (SOD). Results: Both eyes of all rats in Group 1 did not exhibit cataract formation. In Group 2, all rats developed Grade 3 cataract in the lenses of both eyes. The difference in exhibited cataract in the lens of the right eyes in all rats between Group 2 and any eyes of groups 3 or 4 were significant (P = 0.001). The mean TA level and mean activities of SOD and GPX in Group 2 rat lenses were significantly lower than the values in lenses of all rats in Group 1 (P = 0.001, 0.003, 0.001), and in the lenses of the right eyes of rats in Groups 3 and 4 (P = 0.001, 0.020, 0.001). Conclusion: Instillation of onion juice into the rat eyes can effectively prevent selenite-induced cataract formation. This effect was associated with increased TA level, SOD and GPX activities in the lens.
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- Alireza Javadzadeh
- Department of Ophthalmology, Nikookari Eye Hospital, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
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The mechanisms of calcium homeostasis and signalling in the lens. Exp Eye Res 2008; 88:226-34. [PMID: 19061888 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2008.10.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2008] [Revised: 10/07/2008] [Accepted: 10/28/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Excessive Ca(2+) can be detrimental to cells and raised levels of Ca(2+) in human lenses with cortical cataract have been found to play a major role in the opacification process. Ca(2+) homeostasis is therefore, recognised as having fundamental importance in lens pathophysiology. Furthermore, Ca(2+) plays a central role as a second messenger in cell signalling and mechanisms have evolved which give cells exquisite control over intracellular Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)](i)) via an array of specialised regulatory and signalling proteins. In this review we discuss these mechanisms as they apply to the lens. Ca(2+) levels in human aqueous humour are approximately 1 mM and there is a large, 10,000 fold, inwardly directed gradient across the plasma membrane. In the face of such a large gradient highly efficient mechanisms are needed to maintain low [Ca(2+)](i). The Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger (NCX) and plasma membrane Ca(2+)-ATPase (PMCA) actively remove Ca(2+) from the cells, whereas the sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase (SERCA) sequesters Ca(2+) in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ca(2+) store. In lens epithelial cells the dominant role is played by the ATPases, whilst in the fibre cells NCX activity appears to be more important. Usually, [Ca(2+)](i) can be increased in a number of ways. Ca(2+) influx through the plasma membrane, for example, is mediated by an array of channels with evidence in the lens for the presence of voltage-operated Ca(2+) channels (VOCCs), receptor-operated Ca(2+) channels (ROCCs) and channels mediating store-operated Ca(2+) entry (SOCE). Ca(2+) signalling is initiated via activation of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and receptor tyrosine kinases (RTK) of which the lens expresses a surprisingly diverse array responding to various neurotransmitters, hormones, growth factors, autocoids and proteases. Downstream of plasma membrane receptors are IP(3)-gated channels (IP(3)Rs) and ryanodine receptors (RYRs) located in the ER, which when activated cause a rapid increase in [Ca(2+)](i) and these have also been identified in the lens. Through an appreciation of the diversity and complexity of the mechanisms involved in Ca(2+) homeostasis in normal lens cells we move closer to an understanding of the mechanisms which mediate pathological Ca(2+) overload as occurs in the process of cataract formation.
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Effects of Amiloride and Na Selenite on the ATPase Levels, Malondialdehyde Levels, and on Superoxide Dismutase Activity and the Histopathologic Findings After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in the Pigs. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1097/wnq.0b013e318150e18b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Tamiya S, Delamere NA. The influence of sodium–calcium exchange inhibitors on rabbit lens ion balance and transparency. Exp Eye Res 2006; 83:1089-95. [PMID: 16839544 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2006.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2006] [Revised: 05/10/2006] [Accepted: 05/17/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Calcium regulation is essential to the maintenance of lens transparency. To maintain cytoplasmic calcium concentration at the required low level the lens must export calcium continuously. Here, studies were conducted to test whether sodium-calcium exchanger (NCX) inhibitors disturb calcium balance in the rabbit lens. Intact lenses were incubated up to 48 h in the presence or absence of the NCX inhibitor bepridil. Lens sodium, potassium and calcium content were determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Fluo-4 was used to measure epithelial cell cytoplasmic calcium concentration in an intact lens preparation. NCX1 protein expression in lens epithelium was examined by western blot. NCX1 band density was similar in central and equatorial epithelium samples. Lenses exposed to bepridil (30 microM) lost transparency at the anterior and exhibited significant changes in electrolyte and water content. After 48 h, lens calcium content more than doubled, sodium increased four fold and potassium was significantly reduced. In contrast, lenses exposed to inhibitors of reverse mode calcium transport by NCX (KBR7943 or SN-6) remained transparent and the electrolyte and water content of the lens remained unchanged. The ability of bepridil to cause significant changes in lens transparency and electrolyte content points to an important role for NCX-meditated calcium export in the lens.
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- Shigeo Tamiya
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Louisville, School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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Durukan AH, Evereklioglu C, Hurmeric V, Kerimoglu H, Erdurman C, Bayraktar MZ, Mumcuoglu T. Ingestion of IH636 grape seed proanthocyanidin extract to prevent selenite-induced oxidative stress in experimental cataract. J Cataract Refract Surg 2006; 32:1041-5. [PMID: 16814068 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.02.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2005] [Accepted: 12/12/2005] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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PURPOSE To investigate whether dietary supplementation with IH636 grape seed proanthocyanidin extract (GSPE) prevents selenite-induced cataract. SETTING Department of Ophthalmology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey. METHODS Thirty Spraque-Dawley rat litters were put randomly into 3 groups. In group 1 (n = 10), sodium selenite (30 nmol/g body weight) was injected subcutaneously on postpartum day 10. In group 2 (n = 10), sodium selenite (30 nmol/g body weight) was injected on postpartum day 10 and oral GSPE (100 mg/kg body weight) was given for 1 week after sodium selenite injection. Only subcutaneous saline was injected in group 3 (control, n = 10). The development of cataract was assessed for 3 weeks, and its density was graded and photographed with a slitlamp. Removed rat lenses were analyzed for glutathione (GSH) and malondialdehyde (MDA). RESULTS All of the rats in group 1 had cataract between stage 6 and stage 3. In group 2, only 5 of 10 eyes had cataract between stage 3 and stage 2 and no cataract occurred in the remaining 5 rats. The difference between mean cataract stages in group 1 and group 2 was significant (P<.05). The mean GSH level in group 1 was significantly lower than in group 2 and controls (P<.05). The mean MDA level in group 1 was significantly higher than in group 2 and controls (P<.05). CONCLUSIONS IH636 grape seed proanthocyanidin extract effectively suppressed cataract formation in rats. Routine consumption of grape seed proanthocyanidin extract in the form of food or dietary supplement may offer a prophylactic measure against onset and progression of cataract.
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- Ali H Durukan
- Department of Ophthalmology, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey.
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Marian MJ, Li H, Borchman D, Paterson CA. Plasma membrane Ca2+-ATPase expression in the human lens. Exp Eye Res 2005; 81:57-64. [PMID: 15978255 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2005.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2004] [Revised: 12/22/2004] [Accepted: 01/14/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The focus of the study was to characterize plasma membrane calcium-ATPase pump (PMCA) isoform expression in the human lens and cultured lens epithelial cells as a basis for future studies of calcium homeostasis in the lens. Proteins and mRNA expression were analysed using Western Immunoblotting and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), respectively. Clear human lenses from the Kentucky Lions Eye Bank and an immortalized human lens epithelial cell line (HLE B-3) were used. RT-PCR products of PMCA1, PMCA2, and PMCA4 primers were detected at 429, 557, and 849bp, respectively. All these products were identified as PMCA isoforms by sequence analysis. Protein bands at approximately 130, 115, and 135kDa were detected by Western blot analysis for PMCA1, PMCA2 and PMCA4, respectively. PMCA3 was not detected at protein or mRNA level in any human lens sample or cell culture, but was detected in the rat brain cortex used as a control. Several bands with lower molecular weights, especially for PMCA2, were detected in the epithelial samples and probably represent break down products of PMCA2. No PMCA proteins or breakdown products were detected in the nuclear or cortical fractions from human lenses. PMCA1, 2, and 4 proteins and mRNAs are expressed in human lens epithelium and cultured epithelial cells; PMCA3 is not. PMCA was not detected at all in the lens fibre cells. The calcium pump must be selectively processed, independent of other membrane proteins such as the Na-K-ATPase pumps, because the distribution of the Na-K-ATPase pump is asymmetrical in the epithelium and present throughout the lens whereas the calcium pumps are not. The findings of this study provide a basis for further studies to examine the role and modulation of PMCA isoforms in calcium homeostasis and in the development of cataract.
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- M J Marian
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Louisville, 301 E. Muhammad Ali Blvd., Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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Okafor M, Tamiya S, Delamere NA. Sodium-calcium exchange influences the response to endothelin-1 in lens epithelium. Cell Calcium 2003; 34:231-40. [PMID: 12887970 DOI: 10.1016/s0143-4160(03)00085-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Studies were conducted to examine the possible involvement of Na+-Ca2+ exchanger in determining the magnitude of the endothelin-1 (ET-1)-receptor-mediated calcium signal in porcine lens epithelial cells. Cytoplasmic calcium concentration was measured in primary cultured cells loaded with Fura-2. ET-1 (100 nM) caused cytoplasmic calcium to increase transiently to approximately 250 nM from a baseline of approximately 65 nM. The calcium increase decayed to a sustained plateau 35-45 nM above the baseline. Both the peak and plateau component of the ET-1 calcium response were abolished by PD145065, an ET receptor antagonist, and by cyclopiazonic acid (CPA) (10 microM). In calcium-free bathing solution, only the plateau was abolished. In the presence of ouabain, low-sodium bathing solution or bepridil, a sodium-calcium exchange inhibitor, peak height more than doubled. Bepridil also increased the peak height of the calcium response to ATP. The half-time for decay of the ET-1 and ATP calcium peak was increased several folds by bepridil, ouabain and low-sodium conditions. Measurements of ionomycin-releasable calcium suggested calcium store size was not increased in bepridil-treated cells. Taken together findings suggest inhibition of sodium-calcium exchange increases the magnitude of the receptor-initiated store-release phase of the ET-1 calcium signaling response as the result of impaired calcium clearance from the cytoplasm.
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- Mansim Okafor
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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Pellegrino de Iraldi A, Peña C, Rodríguez de Lores Arnaiz G. The effect of an endogenous Na+, K+-ATPase inhibitor on rat lens transparency and ultrastructure. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2003; 23:131-41. [PMID: 12735627 DOI: 10.1023/a:1022941720546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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1. The purpose of the present study was to analyze the possible effect of ouabain and an endogenous ouabain-like substance (endobain E), on lenses of 100- and 400-g body weight rats. 2. Lenses were incubated with ouabain or endobain E for 120 min, either at room temperature or in the cold; opalescence was checked by gross examination and ultrastructure by electron microscopy. 3. Lenses from 400-g rats invariably remained translucent whereas those from 100-g rats presented variable opalescence. 4. As disclosed with the electron microscope, lenses of 100-g rats incubated at room temperature, with or without ouabain or endobain E, presented variable degrees of ultrastructural changes: with ouabain, there was fiber separation and vacuole formation but with endobain E, no vacuoles were found and fibers, though disorganized, appeared attached. After incubation in an ice bath, lenses were markedly altered in all conditions assayed. 5. It is concluded that ouabain and endobain E effect on lens transparency depends on the rat age and that in young animals, it is crucial incubation temperature during experimental procedure.
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- Amanda Pellegrino de Iraldi
- Instituto de Biología Celular y Neurociencias "Prof E. De Robertis," Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Paraguay 2155, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Kamei A, Takeuchi N, Nagai M, Mori S. Post-Translational Modification of βH-Crystallin of Bovine Lens with Aging. Biol Pharm Bull 2003; 26:1715-20. [PMID: 14646177 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.26.1715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This study investigates post-translational modification of proteins of bovine lens with aging (3 year old vs. 6 month old cows). After water-soluble proteins were submitted to gel and ion exchange chromatography, betaH-crystallin, a subunit of beta-crystallin, and modified materials were isolated. These materials were then submitted to two dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2D-SDS PAGE) to detect and isolate the new spots. Results for lens proteins from 3 year old animals were compared to those from 6 month old animals. All spots were digested in gel with trypsin and the molecular masses of tryptic digests were measured by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOFMS). Peptides peaks obtained from mass mapping were identified using the protein database of the MS-Fit program in the Protein prospector program of the University of California, San Francisco. We found that two post translational modifications of betaH-crystallin, acetylation and phosphorylation occurred with aging.
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MESH Headings
- Acetylation
- Aging
- Animals
- California
- Cattle
- Chromatography, Gel/methods
- Chromatography, Ion Exchange/methods
- Crystallins/chemistry
- Crystallins/isolation & purification
- Crystallins/metabolism
- Databases, Protein
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional/methods
- Lens, Crystalline/chemistry
- Lens, Crystalline/metabolism
- Phosphorylation
- Protein Processing, Post-Translational
- San Francisco
- Sequence Analysis, Protein
- Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization/methods
- Trypsin/metabolism
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- Akira Kamei
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Meijo University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
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Doganay S, Turkoz Y, Evereklioglu C, Er H, Bozaran M, Ozerol E. Use of caffeic acid phenethyl ester to prevent sodium-selenite-induced cataract in rat eyes. J Cataract Refract Surg 2002; 28:1457-62. [PMID: 12160820 DOI: 10.1016/s0886-3350(02)01242-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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PURPOSE To investigate whether caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) prevents sodium-selenite-induced cataract. SETTING Department of Ophthalmology and Biochemistry, Inonu University Medical Faculty, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Research Hospital, Malatya, Turkey. METHODS Sixty Sprague-Dawley rat litters were randomized into 3 groups. In Group 1 (n = 18), sodium selenite (30 nmol/g body weight) was injected subcutaneously on postpartum day 10. In Group 2 (n = 22), subcutaneous CAPE (15 micromol/kg) and sodium selenite (30 nmol/g body weight) were injected on postpartum day 10. The CAPE dose was continued subcutaneously for 3 days after the initial injection. Only subcutaneous saline was injected in Group 3 (control, n = 20). The development of cataract was assessed weekly, and its density was graded by slitlamp biomicroscopy and photography. Removed rat lenses were analyzed for glutathione (GSH) and malondialdehyde (MDA, marker of lipid peroxidation). RESULTS Group 2 rats had clear lenses or minor cataract. All Group 1 rats developed more severe cataract or complete opacification. The between-group difference was statistically significant (P <.05). All control lenses (Group 3) were clear. The mean GSH level in Group 1 (4.49 micromol/g wet weight +/- 0.93 [SD]) was significantly lower than that in Group 2 (8.63 +/- 0.88 micromol/g wet weight) (P <.05) and controls (10.76 +/- 1.97 micromol/g wet weight) (P <.05). The mean MDA level in Group 1 (8.54 +/- 1.31 nmol/g wet weight) was significantly higher than that in Group 2 (5.23 +/- 0.84 nmol/g wet weight) (P <.05) and controls (4.19 +/- 0.81 nmol/g wet weight) (P <.05). CONCLUSIONS Caffeic acid phenethyl ester effectively suppressed cataract formation in rats. The protective effect was supported by lower GSH and higher MDA levels in Group 1 than in Group 2, suggesting the antioxidant efficacy of this agent. Since CAPE has no known harmful effect on normal cells, it may be beneficial in clinical use in humans.
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- Selim Doganay
- Inonu University Medical Faculty, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Research Hospital, TR-44160 Malatya, Turkey.
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The Na+/Ca2+ exchanger, an ion transport protein, is expressed in the plasma membrane (PM) of virtually all animal cells. It extrudes Ca2+ in parallel with the PM ATP-driven Ca2+ pump. As a reversible transporter, it also mediates Ca2+ entry in parallel with various ion channels. The energy for net Ca2+ transport by the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger and its direction depend on the Na+, Ca2+, and K+ gradients across the PM, the membrane potential, and the transport stoichiometry. In most cells, three Na+ are exchanged for one Ca2+. In vertebrate photoreceptors, some neurons, and certain other cells, K+ is transported in the same direction as Ca2+, with a coupling ratio of four Na+ to one Ca2+ plus one K+. The exchanger kinetics are affected by nontransported Ca2+, Na+, protons, ATP, and diverse other modulators. Five genes that code for the exchangers have been identified in mammals: three in the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger family (NCX1, NCX2, and NCX3) and two in the Na+/Ca2+ plus K+ family (NCKX1 and NCKX2). Genes homologous to NCX1 have been identified in frog, squid, lobster, and Drosophila. In mammals, alternatively spliced variants of NCX1 have been identified; dominant expression of these variants is cell type specific, which suggests that the variations are involved in targeting and/or functional differences. In cardiac myocytes, and probably other cell types, the exchanger serves a housekeeping role by maintaining a low intracellular Ca2+ concentration; its possible role in cardiac excitation-contraction coupling is controversial. Cellular increases in Na+ concentration lead to increases in Ca2+ concentration mediated by the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger; this is important in the therapeutic action of cardiotonic steroids like digitalis. Similarly, alterations of Na+ and Ca2+ apparently modulate basolateral K+ conductance in some epithelia, signaling in some special sense organs (e.g., photoreceptors and olfactory receptors) and Ca2+-dependent secretion in neurons and in many secretory cells. The juxtaposition of PM and sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum membranes may permit the PM Na+/Ca2+ exchanger to regulate sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca2+ stores and influence cellular Ca2+ signaling.
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- M P Blaustein
- Departments of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
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Li WC, Kuszak JR, Wang GM, Wu ZQ, Spector A. Calcimycin-induced lens epithelial cell apoptosis contributes to cataract formation. Exp Eye Res 1995; 61:91-8. [PMID: 7556474 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-4835(95)80062-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Previous studies have shown that calcimycin induces cataract in organ culture. To investigate the mechanism of this induction, the viability of lens epithelial cells in calcimycin (calcium ionophore, A23187)-treated rat lenses were examined. During incubation of lenses with 5 microM calcimycin, apoptotic epithelial cells were found after a 2-hr treatment as determined by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT) labeling. The percentage of apoptotic cells quickly rose as the incubation time increased. After a 12-hr incubation, more than 60% of the lens epithelial cells underwent apoptosis. Prolonged c-fos expression, previously shown to be an indicator of programmed cell death, was also observed during this treatment. DNA fragmentation assays further confirmed that the TdT labeled cells were indeed apoptotic. Under the same incubation conditions, the cultured lenses gradually lost transparency and became completely opaque in about 30 hr. Since the vertebrate lens contains only a single layer of epithelial cells, apoptotic death of these cells activated by calcimycin quickly destroys the lens epithelium, impairs homeostasis of the underlying fiber cells and initiates development of lens opacification.
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- W C Li
- Department of Ophthalmology, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Wang Z, Bunce GE, Hess JL. Selenite and Ca2+ homeostasis in the rat lens: effect on Ca-ATPase and passive Ca2+ transport. Curr Eye Res 1993; 12:213-8. [PMID: 8387000 DOI: 10.3109/02713689308999466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Calcium permeability was significantly increased in lenses from rats 36 h following a single injection of a cataractogenic dose of sodium selenite (30 nmol/g body weight) and this permeability returned to control values by 72 h post-injection (PI). The greater Ca2+ permeability could be partially reversed by incubating lenses in medium containing 2 mM dithiothreitol (DTT). Estimations of Ca-ATPase activity revealed the greatest level occurred in the epithelial layer and that the nucleus had no detectable activity. By 48 h PI both Ca(2+)-pump activity and the Ca(2+)-dependent ATP hydrolytic activity were less compared to controls in membrane preparations from rat lenses. Only the hydrolytic activity could be partially restored by treatment with 5 mM DTT. Both permeability and active Ca2+ transport were affected by selenite in a manner that would lead to increased Ca2+ accumulation in lenses from rats treated with selenite. It is suggested that the oxidative damage that accompanies in vivo exposure to selenite could affect Ca2+ homeostasis in the lens by directly altering permeability and Ca-ATPase.
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- Z Wang
- Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 24061-0308
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