Inhibition of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibits ischemia/reperfusion induced neurodegeneration in retina via suppression of endoplasmic reticulum stress

Chuanzhou Li, Leilei Wang, Timothy S. Kern, Ling Zheng

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Abstract

Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors have neuroprotective effects after retinal ischemia and reperfusion (I/R) injury, but mechanisms of this action are not clear. A second generation PARP inhibitor, GPI 15427, was administrated to mice to investigate the possible mechanisms underlying its neuroprotective effects after retinal I/R injury. Ischemia was induced by increasing intraocular pressure to 80-90mm Hg for 60min followed by reperfusion, and mice were treated with GPI 15427 (40mg/kg -1 day -1, orally) 2days before or 1day after injury. Histopathology caused by the retinal I/R injury was estimated by TUNEL assay and histological analyses. Relative gene expressions were evaluated by RT-PCR, Western blotting and immunohistological studies. GPI 15427 inhibited the retinal I/R-induced PARP activation and glial cell activation. GPI 15427 also significantly inhibited the I/R-induced neurodegeneration, as well as increase in TUNEL-positive cells. I/R-induced PERK-eIF2α-CHOP activation and Bip over-expression were inhibited by GPI 15427, while it did not suppress I/R-induced CHOP over-expression and degeneration of retinal capillaries. Our results suggest that GPI 15427 inhibited retinal I/R-induced neurodegeneration and glial cell activation, and this was associated with an effect of the drug to suppress PERK-eIF2α-CHOP activation and Bip over-expression. These results provide evidence that GPI 15427 inhibits retinal I/R injury at least in part via inhibition of endoplasmic reticulum stress.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)276-281
Number of pages6
JournalBiochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Volume423
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 29 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • ER stress
  • Ischemia and reperfusion
  • Neuroprotection
  • PARP

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biophysics
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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