Upregulation of ASPP2 expression alleviates the development of proliferative vitreoretinopathy in a rat model
AIM: To investigate whether upregulation of apoptosis-stimulating p53 protein 2 (ASPP2) expression could alleviate the development of proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) in a rat model. METHODS: ASPP2-lentivirus or scrambled-lentivirus were transfected into ARPE-19 cells, followed with measurement...
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Press of International Journal of Ophthalmology (IJO PRESS)
2021
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| Sumario: | AIM: To investigate whether upregulation of apoptosis-stimulating p53 protein 2 (ASPP2) expression could alleviate the development of proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) in a rat model. METHODS: ASPP2-lentivirus or scrambled-lentivirus were transfected into ARPE-19 cells, followed with measurements of cell cytotoxicity by cell counting kit-8 assay. ASPP2 upregulation was confirmed by Western blotting and immunocytochemistry. Then ARPE-19 cells pretreated with ASPP2-lentivirus were intravitreally injected to Brown Norway rats to induce PVR models. PVR development and retinal function were evaluated by retinal photography and electroretinography, respectively. Finally, epithelial-mesenchymal transition as well as autophagy were investigated in rats' retinas via Western blotting. RESULTS: Protein expression of ASPP2 was significantly upregulated by ASPP2-lentivirus transfection in ARPE-19 cells. The development and progression of PVR were impeded significantly in rats with intravitreal injection of ARPE-19 cells pretreated with ASPP2-lentivirus. Accordingly, retinal functions were less affected and PVR grades were much lower in rats with ASPP2-lentivirus compared to scrambled-lentivirus treatment. Moreover, epithelial-mesenchymal transition and autophagy markers were decreased in the retinas of rats treated with ASPP2-lentivirus. CONCLUSION: ASPP2-lentivirus transfected to ARPE-19 cells mitigates the progression of PVR in rat models, which might be partly through reduced autophagy and attenuated epithelial-mesenchymal transition. ASPP2 might stand as a new approach for PVR treatment in the future. |
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