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The purpose of this study is to investigate the protective effect of dimethyl fumarate (DMF), the methyl-ester of fumaric acid, against blue-light (BL) exposure in retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells. ARPE-19 cells, a human RPE cell line, were cultured with DMF followed by exposure to BL. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, cell viability, and cell death rate were determined. Real-time polymerase chain reaction and Western blotting were performed to determine the change in nuclear factor (erythroid-derived)-like 2 (NRF2) expression. Twenty-seven inflammatory cytokines in the supernatant of culture medium were measured. BL exposure induced ROS generation in ARPE-19 cells, which DMF alleviated in a concentration-dependent manner. BL exposure increased the ARPE-19 cell death rate, which DMF alleviated. BL exposure induced ARPE-19 cell apoptosis, again alleviated by DMF. Under BL exposure, DMF increased the mRNA level and promoted NRF2 expression in the nucleus. BL also strongly increased interleukin (IL)-1β and fibroblast growth factor (FGF) expression. BL strongly induced RPE cell damage with apoptotic change while DMF mainly reduced inflammation in BL-induced RPE damage, resulting in blockade of cell death. DMF has a protective effect in RPE cells against BL exposure via activation of the NRF2 pathway.
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