April 2010
Volume 51, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   April 2010
Neuroprotective Effect of Neurotrophic Factors, VEGF, and Citicoline on Retinal Neuronal Cell Death Induced by High Glucose Exposure
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • T. Oshitari
    Ophthalmology, Chiba Univ Grad Sch of Med, Chiba, Japan
  • N. Yoshida-Hata
    Ophthalmology, Chiba Univ Grad Sch of Med, Chiba, Japan
  • S. Yamamoto
    Ophthalmology, Chiba Univ Grad Sch of Med, Chiba, Japan
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    Commercial Relationships  T. Oshitari, None; N. Yoshida-Hata, None; S. Yamamoto, None.
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    Support  The Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture of the Japanese Government
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science April 2010, Vol.51, 5595. doi:
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      T. Oshitari, N. Yoshida-Hata, S. Yamamoto; Neuroprotective Effect of Neurotrophic Factors, VEGF, and Citicoline on Retinal Neuronal Cell Death Induced by High Glucose Exposure. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2010;51(13):5595.

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Abstract

Purpose: : To determine whether brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), neurotrophin-4 (NT-4), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)120, VEGF164 and citicoline inhibit neuronal cell death in isolated rat retinas exposed to a high glucose (HG) medium.

Methods: : Six adult Sprague-Dawley rats were studied. After rats were killed, the retinas were isolated and cultured in serum-free medium. One group of explants was cultured in normal glucose (NG) medium and another group in HG medium. In addition, BDNF, NT-4, VEGF120, VEGF164 or citicoline were added to each type of media. After seven days in culture, retinas were fixed, cryosections prepared. To identify neuronal cells undergoing apoptosis, TdT-dUTP terminal nick-end labeling (TUNEL) staining were performed and co-stained with 4, 6-diamidino-2-phenyl-indole (DAPI). Semi-quantitative analysis of TUNEL positivity in the ganglion cell layer (GCL) was performed from the ratio of TUNEL-positive cells in relation to the total number of DAPI-stained nuclei. Statistical analysis was performed by Mann-Whitney U test.

Results: : In retinas cultured in HG medium, TUNEL positivity in the GCL was significantly increased compared to those cultured in NG medium (40.7±7.7% vs. 28.1±11.9%; p=0.0011). In retinas incubated with BDNF, NT-4, VEGF120, VEGF164 or citicoline in HG media, TUNEL positivity in the GCL was significantly decreased compared to in HG media without BDNF, NT-4, VEGF120, VEGF164 or citicoline (27.6±10.8% vs. 40.7±7.7%; p=0.002, 22.5±11.1% vs. 40.7±7.7%; p=0.0003, 26.4±7.4% vs. 40.7±7.7%; p=0.0005, 31.5±9.2% vs. 40.7±7.7%; p=0.005, 31.7±8.7% vs. 40.7±7.7%; p=0.0024).

Conclusions: : Retinas incubated in HG medium increase the number of apoptotic cell death in isolated adult rat retinas. BDNF, NT-4, VEGF120, VEGF164 and citicoline inhibit neuronal cell death in the retinas incubated in HG medium.

Keywords: diabetic retinopathy • apoptosis/cell death • neuroprotection 
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