| Autor: |
Rowe AA; Department of Ophthalmology., Patel PD; Department of Ophthalmology., Gordillo R; Touchstone Diabetes Center, Department of Internal Medicine., Wert KJ; Department of Ophthalmology.; Department of Molecular Biology, and.; Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA. |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
JCI insight [JCI Insight] 2021 Sep 08; Vol. 6 (17). Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Sep 08. |
| DOI: |
10.1172/jci.insight.150898 |
| Abstrakt: |
The metabolic environment is important for neuronal cells, such as photoreceptors. When photoreceptors undergo degeneration, as occurs during retinitis pigmentosa (RP), patients have progressive loss of vision that proceeds to full blindness. Currently, there are no available treatments for the majority of RP diseases. We performed metabolic profiling of the neural retina in a preclinical model of RP and found that TCA cycle intermediates were reduced during disease. We then determined that (a) promoting citrate production within the TCA cycle in retinal neurons during disease progression protected the photoreceptors from cell death and prolonged visual function, (b) supplementation with single metabolites within the TCA cycle provided this therapeutic effect in vivo over time, and (c) this therapeutic effect was not specific to a particular genetic mutation but had broad applicability for patients with RP and other retinal degenerative diseases. Overall, targeting TCA cycle activity in the neural retina promoted photoreceptor survival and visual function during neurodegenerative disease. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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