RRC ID 65077
著者 Okumura N, Kitahara M, Okuda H, Hashimoto K, Ueda E, Nakahara M, Kinoshita S, Young RD, Quantock AJ, Tourtas T, Schlötzer-Schrehardt U, Kruse F, Koizumi N.
タイトル Sustained Activation of the Unfolded Protein Response Induces Cell Death in Fuchs' Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy.
ジャーナル Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci
Abstract Purpose:The unfolded protein response (UPR) is believed to play a role in the pathogenesis of Fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD). The purpose of this study was to investigate whether unfolded proteins accumulate in the corneal endothelium in FECD and if they are involved in triggering cell death.
Methods:Descemet's membranes with corneal endothelial cells (CECs) were obtained during keratoplasty, and expression of aggresomes, type 1 collagen, fibronectin, and agrin was evaluated. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress of immortalized human CECs from non-FECD subjects and from FECD patients (iHCEC and iFECD, respectively) were evaluated. The effect of MG132-mediated aggresome formation on the UPR and intrinsic pathway and the effect of mitochondrial damage on UPR were also examined. The effect of CHOP knockdown on the ER stress-mediated intrinsic pathway was also evaluated.
Results:Aggresome formation was higher in iFECD than in iHCEC and was colocalized with type 1 collagen, fibronectin, and agrin. GRP78, phosphorylated IRE1, PERK, and CHOP showed higher activation in iFECD than in iHCEC. MG132-mediated aggresome formation upregulated ER stress sensors, the mitochondrial membrane potential drop, cytochrome c release to the cytoplasm, and activation of caspase-9 and -3. By contrast, staurosporine-mediated mitochondrial damage did not induce ER stress. Knockdown of CHOP attenuated the ER stress-induced cleavage of caspase-9, which is caused by intrinsic pathway activation.
Conclusions:Excessive synthesis of extracellular matrix proteins induced unfolded protein accumulation in FECD. Prolonged ER stress-mediated cell death, occurring via the intrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway, therefore might be associated with the pathogenesis of FECD.
巻・号 58(9)
ページ 3697-3707
公開日 2017-7-1
DOI 10.1167/iovs.16-21023
PII 2645788
PMID 28727885
MeSH Agrin / metabolism Apoptosis* Cells, Cultured Collagen Type I / metabolism Descemet Membrane / metabolism Descemet Membrane / pathology Endoplasmic Reticulum / metabolism Endoplasmic Reticulum / pathology Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP Endothelium, Corneal / metabolism* Extracellular Matrix Proteins / metabolism* Fibronectins / metabolism Fuchs' Endothelial Dystrophy / metabolism Fuchs' Endothelial Dystrophy / pathology* Heat-Shock Proteins / metabolism Humans Immunohistochemistry Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial / physiology Middle Aged Oxidative Stress Protein Aggregation, Pathological / metabolism Protein Aggregation, Pathological / pathology* Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Unfolded Protein Response / physiology*
IF 3.47
リソース情報
ヒト・動物細胞 293T(RCB2202)