Retinal vascular leakage occurring in GABA Rho-1 subunit deficient mice.
Retinal vascular leakage occurring in GABA Rho-1 subunit deficient mice.
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DOI：
10.1016/j.exer.2010.02.012
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发表时间：
2010-05
影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
Lu, Luo
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作者：
Zheng, Wei;Zhao, Xiaoping;Wang, Jie;Lu, Luo
Recent studies demonstrate that GABAergic activity elicits relaxation of retinal arterioles leading to an increase in blood flow. It has also been found that GABAnergic activity in the retina of mice with diabetic retinopathy is suppressed. In this study, we provide further evidence that lack of GABAergic activity significantly alters vasculature development as well as the hypoxia-induced angiogenic response. Using GABAC receptor ρ1 subunit knockout mice (rho-1-/-), our results demonstrate that in hypoxia-induced retinas a severe vascular leakage occurred in 2 week-old rho-1-/- mice compared with their wildtype counterparts. In addition, our results also showed that all of the rho-1-/- mice developed significant retinal vascular leakages by 48 weeks of age. Microarray and real time PCR experiments revealed a unique angiogenesis-related gene expression pattern. This suggests that retinal vascular disorders of rho-1-/- mice results from significant up-regulation of angiogenic genes and concomitant down-regulation of anti-angiogenic genes. The study results are consistent with the pathological changes of the retinal vascular leakage seen in diabetic retinopathy. Our data indicate that the GABAC ρ1 subunit plays a role in maintaining both homeostasis and balance of retinal neurotransmitter function. Knockout of the retinal GABAC ρ1-subunit leads to changes in vascular permeability similar to the pathological changes induced by retinal hypoxic conditions.
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