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ABSTRACT: Purpose
The nitric oxide (NO)-cyclic guanosine-3',5'-monophosphate (cGMP) pathway regulates aqueous humor outflow and therefore, intraocular pressure. We investigated the pharmacologic effects of the soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) stimulator IWP-953 on primary human trabecular meshwork (HTM) cells and conventional outflow facility in mouse eyes.Methods
Cyclic GMP levels were determined in vitro in HEK-293 cells and four HTM cell strains (HTM120/HTM123: predominantly myofibroblast-like phenotype, HTM130/HTM141: predominantly endothelial-like phenotype), and in HTM cell culture supernatants. Conventional outflow facility was measured following intracameral injection of IWP-953 or DETA-NO using a computerized pressure-controlled perfusion system in enucleated mouse eyes ex vivo.Results
IWP-953 markedly stimulated cGMP production in HEK-293 cells in the presence and absence of DETA-NO (half maximal effective concentrations: 17 nM, 9.5 ?M). Similarly, IWP-953 stimulated cGMP production in myofibroblast-like HTM120 and HTM123 cells, an effect that was greatly amplified by the presence of DETA-NO. In contrast, IWP-953 stimulation of cGMP production in endothelial-like HTM130 and HTM141 cells was observed, but was markedly less prominent than in HTM120 and HTM123 cells. Notably, cGMP was found in all HTM culture supernatants, following IWP-953/DETA-NO stimulation. In paired enucleated mouse eyes, IWP-953 at 10, 30, 60, and 100 ?M concentration-dependently increased outflow facility. This effect (89.5%) was maximal at 100 ?M (P = 0.002) and in magnitude comparable to DETA-NO at 100 ?M (97.5% increase, P = 0.030).Conclusions
These data indicate that IWP-953, via modulation of the sGC-cGMP pathway, increases aqueous outflow facility in mouse eyes, suggesting therapeutic potential for sGC stimulators as novel ocular hypotensive drugs.
SUBMITTER: Ge P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4811179 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ge Pei P Navarro Iris D ID Kessler Marco M MM Bernier Sylvie G SG Perl Nicholas R NR Sarno Renee R Masferrer Jaime J Hannig Gerhard G Stamer W Daniel WD
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 20160301 3
<h4>Purpose</h4>The nitric oxide (NO)-cyclic guanosine-3',5'-monophosphate (cGMP) pathway regulates aqueous humor outflow and therefore, intraocular pressure. We investigated the pharmacologic effects of the soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) stimulator IWP-953 on primary human trabecular meshwork (HTM) cells and conventional outflow facility in mouse eyes.<h4>Methods</h4>Cyclic GMP levels were determined in vitro in HEK-293 cells and four HTM cell strains (HTM120/HTM123: predominantly myofibroblas ...[more]