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INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE
卷 63, 期 13, 页码 -出版社
ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.63.13.21
关键词
hypoxia; mitochondria; complex I; Leigh syndrome; Leber hereditary optic neuropathy; retinal ganglion cell
资金
- National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health [EY028610]
- Duke University School of Medicine Strong Start Award
- Research to Prevent Blindness
- unrestricted Research to Prevent Blindness grant
- [EY005722]
Continuous hypoxia was found to have a significant neuroprotective effect on early retinal ganglion cell degeneration in mice with severe mitochondrial dysfunction. However, the complete rescue effect was not durable after a certain period of time. Hypoxia prevented gliosis but had limited effect on the accumulation of mononuclear phagocytic cells.
PURPOSE. To test whether continuous hypoxia is neuroprotective to retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) in a mouse model of mitochondrial optic neuropathy. METHODS. RGC degeneration was assessed in genetically modified mice in which the floxed gene for the complex I subunit NDUFS4 is deleted from RGCs using Vlgut2driven Cre recombinase. Beginning at postnatal day 25 (P25), Vglut2-Cre;ndufs4loxP/loxP mice and control littermates were housed under hypoxia (11% oxygen) or kept under normoxia (21% oxygen). Survival of RGC somas and axons was assessed at P60 and P90 via histological analysis of retinal flatmounts and optic nerve cross-sections, respectively. Retinal tissue was also assessed for gliosis and neuroinflammation using western blot and immunofluorescence. RESULTS. Consistent with our previous characterization of this model, at least one-third of RGCs had degenerated by P60 in Vglut2-Cre;ndufs4loxP/loxP mice remaining under normoxia. However, continuous hypoxia resulted in complete rescue of RGC somas and axons at this time point, with normal axonal myelination observed on electron microscopy. Though only partial, hypoxia-mediated rescue of complex I-deficient RGC somas and axons remained significant at P90. Hypoxia prevented reactive gliosis at P60, but the retinal accumulation of Iba1+ mononuclear phagocytic cells was not substantially reduced. CONCLUSIONS. Continuous hypoxia achieved dramatic rescue of early RGC degeneration in mice with severe mitochondrial dysfunction. Although complete rescue was not durable to P90, our observations suggest that investigating the mechanisms underlying hypoxiamediated neuroprotection of RGCs may identify useful therapeutic strategies for optic neuropathies resulting from less profound mitochondrial impairment, such as Leber hereditary optic neuropathy.
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