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Purpose: Transthyretin (TTR) plays a regulatory role in a variety of diabetes-related diseases. The objective of this work was to probe whether TTR affects diabetic retinopathy (DR) through the VEGFA/PI3K/AKT pathway.
Methods: High glucose (HG, 25 mM) was used to treat human retinal microvascular endothelial cells (hRMECs) and C57BL/6J mice were intraperitoneally injected with STZ (50 mg/kg) to construct a DR model. In vitro, the effect of TTR on DR was evaluated by measuring hRMEC proliferation, migration, and angiogenesis. The changes in retinal tissue were observed by hematoxylin and eosin staining in vivo. ELISA, immunohistochemistry, and immunofluorescence staining were used to measure VEGFA or CD31 levels. The levels of all proteins were evaluated through Western blot.
Results: The increase of proliferation, migration, and angiogenesis and decrease of apoptosis in hRMECs caused by HG were notably reversed by TTR. TTR greatly impeded HG-raised VEGFA, PI3K p-p85, and p-AKT in hRMECs. Inhibition of TTR further exacerbated the effect of HG-induced hRMECs. Inhibition of VEGFA reversed the effect of HG-induced hRMECs. VEGFA neutralized the function of TTR on cell proliferation, apoptosis, migration, and angiogenesis in HG-triggered hRMECs. It was further confirmed in vivo that TTR can alleviate the occurrence of DR in diabetic mice models.
Conclusions: TTR significantly restrained the progression of DR via molecular modulation of the VEGFA/PI3K/AKT axis.
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