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- Title
Dietary Compound Chrysin Inhibits Retinal Neovascularization with Abnormal Capillaries in db/db Mice.
- Authors
Min-Kyung Kang; Sin-Hye Park; Yun-Ho Kim; Eun-Jung Lee; Lucia Dwi Antika; Dong Yeon Kim; Yean-Jung Choi; Young-Hee Kang
- Abstract
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) develops in a significant proportion of patients with chronic diabetes, characterized by retinal macular edema and abnormal retinal vessel outgrowth leading to vision loss. Chrysin, a naturally-occurring flavonoid found in herb and honeycomb, has anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anti-cancer properties. This study sought to determine the protective effects of chrysin on retinal neovascularization with abnormal vessels and blood-retinal barrier (BRB) breakdown in 33 mM glucose-exposed human retinal endothelial cells and in db/db mouse eyes. High glucose caused retinal endothelial apoptotic injury, which was inhibited by submicromolar chrysin. This compound diminished the enhanced induction of HIF-1α, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and VEGF receptor-2 (VEGFR2) in high glucose-exposed retinal endothelial cells. Consistently, oral administration of 10 mg/kg chrysin reduced the induction of these proteins in db/db mouse eye tissues. In addition, chrysin restored the decrement of VE-cadherin and ZO-1 junction proteins and PECAM-1 in hyperglycemia-stimulated retinal endothelial cells and diabetic mouse retina, possibly maintaining tight cell-cell interactions of endothelial cells and pericytes. Anti-apoptotic chrysin reduced the up-regulation of Ang-1, Ang-2, and Tie-2 crucial to retinal capillary occlusion and BRB permeability. Furthermore, orally treating chrysin inhibited acellular capillary formation, neovascularization, and vascular leakage observed in diabetic retinas. These observations demonstrate, for the first time, that chrysin had a capability to encumber diabetes-associated retinal neovascularization with microvascular abnormalities and BRB breakdown.
- Subjects
DIABETES complications; DIABETIC retinopathy; ANIMAL experimentation; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL models; CAPILLARIES; CELL adhesion molecules; CELL culture; CELL receptors; EPITHELIAL cells; FLAVONOIDS; GLUCOSE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MEMBRANE proteins; MICE; MOLECULAR structure; RETINA; TRANSCRIPTION factors; VASCULAR endothelial growth factors; PATHOLOGIC neovascularization; PREVENTION
- Publication
Nutrients, 2016, Vol 8, Issue 12, p782
- ISSN
2072-6643
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nu8120782