A pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase inhibitor prevents retinal cell death and improves energy metabolism in rat retinas after ischemia/reperfusion injury.
Exp Eye Res
; 193: 107997, 2020 04.
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ABSTRACT
We aimed to assess the neuroprotective effect of a pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDK) inhibitor, Nov3r after ischemia/reperfusion (IR) injury in rats. IR injury was induced by applying 150 mmHg of intraocular pressure for 50 min. Nov3r was orally administered (100 mg/kg) 3 h before and 24 h after IR injury. TUNEL-positive cells increased and immunoreactive RBPMS-positive cells decreased in the rat retinas after IR injury. Administration of Nov3r significantly ameliorated the increase in TUNEL-positive cells and prevented the RBPMS-positive cell decrease. Similarly, the number of IR-induced Iba1-positive microglial cells was significantly reduced with Nov3r treatment. Among metabolic parameters, IR damage induced the elevation of lactate and pyruvate, and the reduction of ATP. Oral administration of Nov3r ameliorated these changes. Our data suggest that the Nov3r had a retinal neuroprotective effect in IR injury in rats. This finding suggests that the regulation of pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) activity has potential therapeutic value by enabling metabolic reprograming in diseases associated with ischemic retinal damage, such as diabetic retinopathy, retinopathy of prematurity, retinal vein occlusion, ischemic optic neuropathy and glaucoma.
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01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Retinal Diseases
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Retinal Ganglion Cells
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Reperfusion Injury
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Energy Metabolism
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Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Acetyl-Transferring Kinase
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
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Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Exp Eye Res
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Japón