TY - JOUR
T1 - Peroxynitrite mediates retinal neurodegeneration by inhibiting nerve growth factor survival signaling in experimental and human diabetes
AU - Ali, Tayyeba K.
AU - Matragoon, Suraporn
AU - Pillai, Bindu A.
AU - Liou, Gregory I.
AU - El-Remessy, Azza B.
PY - 2008/4
Y1 - 2008/4
N2 - OBJECTIVE-Recently we have shown that diabetes-induced retinal neurodegeneration positively correlates with oxidative stress and peroxynitrite. Studies also show that peroxynitrite impairs nerve growth factor (NGF) survival signaling in sensory neurons. However, the causal role of peroxynitrite and the impact of tyrosine nitration on diabetes-induced retinal neurode-generation and NGF survival signaling have not been elucidated. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS-Expression of NGF and its receptors was examined in retinas from human and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats and retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). Diabetic animals were treated with FeTPPS (15 mg · kg -1 · day -1 ip), which catalytically decomposes peroxynitrite to nitrate. After 4 weeks of diabetes, retinal cell death was determined by TUNEL assay. Lipid peroxidation and nitrotyrosine were determined using MDA assay, immunofluorescence, and Slot-Blot analysis. Expression of NGF and its receptors was determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), real-time PCR, immunoprecipitation, and Western blot analyses. RESULTS-Analyses of retinal neuronal death and NGF showed ninefold and twofold increases, respectively, in diabetic retinas compared with controls. Diabetes also induced increases in lipid peroxidation, nitrotyrosine, and the pro-apoptotic p75 NTR receptor in human and rat retinas. These effects were associated with tyrosine nitration of the pro-survival TrkA receptor, resulting in diminished phosphorylation of TrkA and its downstream target, Akt. Furthermore, peroxynitrite induced neuronal death, TrkA nitration, and activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) in RGCs, even in the presence of exogenous NGF. FeTPPS prevented tyrosine nitration, restored NGF survival signal, and prevented neuronal death in vitro and in vivo. CONCLUSIONS-Together, these data suggest that diabetes-induced peroxynitrite impairs NGF neuronal survival by nitrating TrkA receptor and enhancing p75 NTR expression.
AB - OBJECTIVE-Recently we have shown that diabetes-induced retinal neurodegeneration positively correlates with oxidative stress and peroxynitrite. Studies also show that peroxynitrite impairs nerve growth factor (NGF) survival signaling in sensory neurons. However, the causal role of peroxynitrite and the impact of tyrosine nitration on diabetes-induced retinal neurode-generation and NGF survival signaling have not been elucidated. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS-Expression of NGF and its receptors was examined in retinas from human and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats and retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). Diabetic animals were treated with FeTPPS (15 mg · kg -1 · day -1 ip), which catalytically decomposes peroxynitrite to nitrate. After 4 weeks of diabetes, retinal cell death was determined by TUNEL assay. Lipid peroxidation and nitrotyrosine were determined using MDA assay, immunofluorescence, and Slot-Blot analysis. Expression of NGF and its receptors was determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), real-time PCR, immunoprecipitation, and Western blot analyses. RESULTS-Analyses of retinal neuronal death and NGF showed ninefold and twofold increases, respectively, in diabetic retinas compared with controls. Diabetes also induced increases in lipid peroxidation, nitrotyrosine, and the pro-apoptotic p75 NTR receptor in human and rat retinas. These effects were associated with tyrosine nitration of the pro-survival TrkA receptor, resulting in diminished phosphorylation of TrkA and its downstream target, Akt. Furthermore, peroxynitrite induced neuronal death, TrkA nitration, and activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) in RGCs, even in the presence of exogenous NGF. FeTPPS prevented tyrosine nitration, restored NGF survival signal, and prevented neuronal death in vitro and in vivo. CONCLUSIONS-Together, these data suggest that diabetes-induced peroxynitrite impairs NGF neuronal survival by nitrating TrkA receptor and enhancing p75 NTR expression.
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U2 - 10.2337/db07-1669
DO - 10.2337/db07-1669
M3 - Article
C2 - 18285558
AN - SCOPUS:42449100783
SN - 0012-1797
VL - 57
SP - 889
EP - 898
JO - Diabetes
JF - Diabetes
IS - 4
ER -