| Autor: |
Dong Yeon Kim, Min-Kyung Kang, Eun-Jung Lee, Yun-Ho Kim, Hyeongjoo Oh, Soo-Il Kim, Su Yeon Oh, Woojin Na, Young-Hee Kang |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2020 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Antioxidants, Vol 9, Iss 10, p 1000 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2076-3921 |
| DOI: |
10.3390/antiox9101000 |
| Popis: |
Hyperglycemia elicits tight junction disruption and blood-retinal barrier breakdown, resulting in diabetes-associated vison loss. Eucalyptol is a natural compound found in eucalyptus oil with diverse bioactivities. This study evaluated that eucalyptol ameliorated tight junctions and retinal barrier function in glucose/amyloid-β (Aβ)-exposed human retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells and in db/db mouse eyes. RPE cells were cultured in media containing 33 mM glucose or 5 μM Aβ for 4 days in the presence of 1–20 μM eucalyptol. The in vivo animal study employed db/db mice orally administrated with 10 mg/kg eucalyptol. Nontoxic eucalyptol inhibited the Aβ induction in glucose-loaded RPE cells and diabetic mouse eyes. Eucalyptol reversed the induction of tight junction-associated proteins of ZO-1, occludin-1 and matrix metalloproteinases in glucose- or Aβ-exposed RPE cells and in diabetic eyes, accompanying inhibition of RPE detachment from Bruch’s membrane. Adding eucalyptol to glucose- or Aβ-loaded RPE cells, and diabetic mouse eyes reciprocally reversed induction/activation of apoptosis-related bcl-2, bax, cytochrome C/Apaf-1 and caspases. Eucalyptol attenuated the generation of reactive oxygen species and the induction of receptor for advanced glycation end products in Aβ-exposed RPE cells and diabetic eyes. Eucalyptol may ameliorate RPE barrier dysfunction in diabetic eyes through counteracting Aβ-mediated oxidative stress-induced RPE cell apoptosis. |
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