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Beraprost Sodium, a Prostaglandin I2 Analogue, Protects Against Advanced Glycation End Products-induced Injury in Cultured Retinal Pericytes

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Background

Beraprost sodium, a prostaglandin I2 analogue, has been recently reported to exhibit beneficial effects on atherosclerosis in patients with diabetes. However, effects of beraprost sodium on microvascular injury in diabetes remain to be elucidated. We have previously shown that advanced glycation end products (AGE), senescent macroproteins formed at an accelerated rate in diabetes, caused pericyte apoptosis, thus being involved in the pathogenesis of the early phase of diabetic retinopathy. In this study, we examined whether beraprost sodium can protect against AGE-induced cytotoxicity in cultured retinal pericytes.

Materials and Methods

Intracellular formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) was detected using a fluorescent probe. DNA synthesis was determined by measuring [3H]thymidine incorporation into cells. Apoptosis was determined by DNA fragmentations, which were quantitatively measured in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.

Results

Beraprost sodium or forskolin, a stimulator of adenylate cyclase, was found to significantly inhibit AGE-induced ROS generation and the subsequent decrease in DNA synthesis in pericytes. Both treatments significantly prevented AGE-induced apoptotic cell death in pericytes. Furthermore, beraprost sodium was found to down-regulate AGE receptor mRNA levels in pericytes.

Results

The results demonstrated that cyclic AMP-elevating agents such as beraprost sodium and forskolin protected retinal pericytes from AGE-induced cytotoxicity through its anti-oxidative properties. Our present study suggests that beraprost sodium may have therapeutic potentials in treatment of patients with early diabetic retinopathy.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported in part by Grants (S.Y.) from Venture Research and Development Centers from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan, the Suzuken Memorial Foundation, Japan and the Mochida Memorial Foundation for Medical and Pharmaceutical Research, Japan.

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  1. Division of Endocrinology and Matabolism, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan

    Sho-ichi Yamagishi, Shinjiro Amano, Yosuke Inagaki & Tamami Okamoto

  2. Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Hokuriku University, Kanazawa, Japan

    Masayoshi Takeuchi

  3. Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan

    Zenji Makita

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Yamagishi, Si., Amano, S., Inagaki, Y. et al. Beraprost Sodium, a Prostaglandin I2 Analogue, Protects Against Advanced Glycation End Products-induced Injury in Cultured Retinal Pericytes. Mol Med 8, 546–550 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03402164

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