Journal
ANTIOXIDANTS
Volume 11, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/antiox11071418
Keywords
diabetes; diabetic retinopathy; sitagliptin; dipeptidyl peptidase-4; DPP-4 inhibitors; oxidative stress; antioxidant; NRF2
Funding
- Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad [PID2019-104225RB-I00]
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III [DTS18/0163, PI19/01215, ICI20/00129]
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Sitagliptin eye drops have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects on the diabetic retina, reducing oxidative stress, protecting against DNA/RNA/protein damage, and preventing downregulation of antioxidant enzymes.
Hyperglycemia-induced oxidative stress plays a key role in the impairment of the retinal neurovascular unit, an early event in the pathogenesis of DR. The aim of this study was to assess the antioxidant properties of topical administration (eye drops) of sitagliptin in the diabetic retina. For this purpose, db/db mice received sitagliptin or vehicle eye drops twice per day for two weeks. Age-matched db/+ mice were used as the control group. We evaluated retinal mRNA (RT-PCR) and protein levels (Western blotting and immunohistochemistry) of different components from both the antioxidant system (NRF2, CAT, GPX, GR, CuZnSOD, and MnSOD) and the prooxidant machinery (PKC and TXNIP). We also studied superoxide levels (dihydroethidium staining) and oxidative damage to DNA/RNA (8-hydroxyguanosine immunostaining) and proteins (nitrotyrosine immunostaining). Finally, NF-kB translocation and IL-1 beta production were assessed through Western blotting and/or immunohistochemistry. We found that sitagliptin protected against diabetes-induced oxidative stress by reducing superoxide, TXNIP, PKC, and DNA/RNA/protein oxidative damage, and it prevented the downregulation of NRF2 and antioxidant enzymes, with the exception of catalase. Sitagliptin also exerted anti-inflammatory effects, avoiding both NF-kB translocation and IL-1 beta production. Sitagliptin prevents the diabetes-induced imbalance between ROS production and antioxidant defenses that occurs in diabetic retinas.
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