Effects of FTMT Expression by Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells on Features of Angiogenesis.

• BUYANDELGER, Undral

• WALKER, Douglas Gordon

• YANAGISAWA, Daijiro

• MORIMURA, Toshifumi

• TOOYAMA, Ikuo

• 柳沢, 大治郎

• 守村, 敏史

• 遠山, 育夫

抄録

type:Journal Article

Aberrant angiogenesis is a pathological feature of a number of diseases and arises from the uncoordinated expression of angiogenic factors as response to different cellular stresses. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of vision loss, can result from pathological angiogenesis. As a mutation in the mitochondrial ferritin (FTMT) gene has been associated with AMD, its possible role in modulating angiogenic factors and angiogenesis was investigated. FTMT is an iron-sequestering protein primarily expressed in metabolically active cells and tissues with high oxygen demand, including retina. In this study, we utilized the human retinal pigment epithelial cell line ARPE-19, both as undifferentiated and differentiated cells. The effects of proinflammatory cytokines, FTMT knockdown, and transient and stable overexpression of FTMT were investigated on expression of pro-angiogenic vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and anti-angiogenic pigment epithelial-derived factor (PEDF). Proinflammatory cytokines induced FTMT and VEGF expression, while NF-κB inhibition significantly reduced FTMT expression. VEGF protein and mRNA expression were significantly increased in FTMT-silenced ARPE-19 cells. Using an in vitro angiogenesis assay with endothelial cells, we showed that conditioned media from FTMT-overexpressing cells had significant antiangiogenic effects. Collectively, our findings indicate that increased levels of FTMT inhibit angiogenesis, possibly by reducing levels of VEGF and increasing PEDF expression. The cellular models developed can be used to investigate if increased FTMT may be protective in angiogenic diseases, such as AMD.

source:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc7279371/

収録刊行物

• International Journal o f Molecular Sciences

  International Journal o f Molecular Sciences 21 (10), 3635-, 2020-05-21

  MDPI

キーワード

• age-related macular degeneration
• angiogenesis
• differentiation
• mitochondrial ferritin
• retinal pigment epithelium
• vascular endothelial growth factor

詳細情報

• CRID: 1050566774866614528
• NII論文ID: 120006862374
• DOI: 10.3390/ijms21103635
• ISSN: 14220067
• Web Site: http://hdl.handle.net/10422/00012728
• Web Site: https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/21/10/3635/pdf
• 本文言語コード: en
• 資料種別: journal article
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