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INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE
卷 61, 期 10, 页码 -出版社
ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.61.10.41
关键词
extracellular matrix; trabecular meshwork; crosslinking; Wnt; beta-catenin; YAP/TAZ; Mechanotransduction
资金
- UHCO
- NIH/NEI [EY026048-01A1, 5 P30 EY007551-30, P30 EY010572]
- student Vision Research Support Grant (sVRSG), University of Houston College of Optometry
- Sigma Xi [G2019100198492848]
- Research to Prevent Blindness, New York, NY
PURPOSE. The purpose of this study was to determine whether genipin-induced crosslinked cell-derived matrix (XCDM) precipitates fibrotic phenotypes in human trabecular meshwork (hTM) cells by dysregulating beta-catenin and Yes-associated protein (YAP)/transcriptional coactivator with PDZ-binding motif (TAZ) signaling pathways. METHODS. Cell-derived matrices were treated with control or genipin for 5 hours to obtain respective uncrosslinked (CDM) and XCDMs and characterized. hTM cells were seeded on these matrices with/without Wnt pathway modulators in serum-free media for 24 hours. Elastic modulus, gene, and protein (whole cell and subcellular fractions) expressions of signaling mediators and targets of Wnt/beta-catenin and YAP/TAZ pathways were determined. RESULTS. At the highest genipin concentration (10% XCDM), XCDM had increased immunostaining of N-epsilon(gamma-glutamyl)-lysine crosslinks, appeared morphologically fused, and was stiffer (5.3-fold, P < 0.001). On 10% XCDM, hTM cells were 7.8-fold (P < 0.001) stiffer, total beta-catenin was unchanged, p beta-catenin was elevated, and pGSK3 beta was suppressed. Although 10% XCDM had no effect on cytoplasmic beta-catenin levels, it reduced nuclear beta-catenin, cadherin 11, and key Wnt target genes/proteins. The 10% XCDM increased total TAZ, decreased pTAZ, and increased cytoplasmic TAZ levels in hTM cells. The 10% XCDM increased total YAP, reduced nuclear YAP levels, and critical YAP/TAZ target genes/proteins. Wnt activation rescued hTM cells from 10% XCDM-induced stiffening associated with increased nuclear beta-catenin. CONCLUSIONS. Increased cytoplasmic TAZ may inhibit beta-catenin from its nuclear shuttling or regulating cadherin 11 important for aqueous homeostasis. Elevated cytoplasmic TAZ may inhibit YAP's probable homeostatic function in the nucleus. Together, TAZ's cytoplasmic localization may be an important downstream event of how increased TM extracellular matrix (ECM) crosslinking may cause increased stiffness and ocular hypertension in vivo. However, Wnt pathway activation may ameliorate ocular hypertensive phenotypes induced by crosslinked ECM.
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