Acrolein, a toxicant in cigarette smoke, causes oxidative damage and mitochondrial dysfunction in RPE cells:: Protection by (R)-α-lipoic acid

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作者
Jia, Lihong
Liu, Zhongbo
Sun, Lijuan
Miller, Sheldon S.
Ames, Bruce N.
Cotman, Carl W.
Liu, Jiankang
机构
[1] Univ Calif Irvine, Inst Brain Aging & Dementia, Irvine, CA USA
[2] Childrens Hosp Oakland, Res Inst, Oakland, CA 94609 USA
[3] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Nutrit Sci, Shanghai Inst Biol Sci, Shanghai, Peoples R China
[4] NEI, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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10.1167/iovs.06-0248
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R77 [眼科学];
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100212 ;
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PURPOSE. To understand better the cell and molecular basis for the epidemiologic association between cigarette smoke, oxidant injury, and age-associated macular degeneration, the authors examined the effects of acrolein, a major toxicant in cigarette smoke, on oxidative mitochondrial damage in retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells and the reduction of this damage by lipoic acid. METHODS. Cultured human ARPE19 cells and primary cultures of human fetal (hf)RPE were treated with acrolein. The toxicity of acrolein and the protective effects of R-alpha-lipoic acid were examined with a variety of previously described techniques. RESULTS. Acute acrolein exposure exceeding 50 mu M (24 hours) in ARPR19 cells caused toxicity, including decreases in cell viability, mitochondrial potential, GSH, antioxidant capacity, Nrf2 expression, enzyme activity (mitochondrial complexes I, II, III; superoxide dismutase; and glutathione peroxidase). Acute exposure also increased oxidant levels, protein carbonyls, and calcium. Continuous acrolein exposure over 8 or 32 days caused similar toxicity but from 10- to 100-fold lower doses (0.1-5 mu M). Pretreatment with R-alpha-lipoic acid effectively protected ARPE-19 cells from acrolein toxicity. Primary hfRPE cells were comparable to the ARPE-19 cells in sensitivity to acrolein toxicity and lipoic acid protection. CONCLUSIONS. These results show that acrolein is a mitochondrial toxicant in RPE cells and that acrolein-induced oxidative mitochondrial dysfunction is reduced by lipoic acid. The similar sensitivity of the ARPE-19 and hfRPE cells suggests that both models are useful for studying RPE toxicity and protection. These experiments indicate that mitochondria-targeted antioxidants such as lipoic acid may be an effective strategy for reducing or preventing chronic oxidant-induced RPE degeneration in vivo from a variety of sources, including cigarette smoke.
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