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Inflammatory signals from photoreceptor modulate pathological retinal angiogenesis via c-Fos.


ABSTRACT: Pathological neovessels growing into the normally avascular photoreceptors cause vision loss in many eye diseases, such as age-related macular degeneration and macular telangiectasia. Ocular neovascularization is strongly associated with inflammation, but the source of inflammatory signals and the mechanisms by which these signals regulate the disruption of avascular privilege in photoreceptors are unknown. In this study, we found that c-Fos, a master inflammatory regulator, was increased in photoreceptors in a model of pathological blood vessels invading photoreceptors: the very low-density lipoprotein receptor-deficient (Vldlr-/- ) mouse. Increased c-Fos induced inflammatory cytokines interleukin 6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF), leading to activation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) and increased TNF?-induced protein 3 (TNFAIP3) in Vldlr-/- photoreceptors. IL-6 activated the STAT3/vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA) pathway directly, and elevated TNFAIP3 suppressed SOCS3 (suppressor of cytokine signaling 3)-activated STAT3/VEGFA indirectly. Inhibition of c-Fos using photoreceptor-specific AAV (adeno-associated virus)-hRK (human rhodopsin kinase)-sh_c-fos or a chemical inhibitor substantially reduced the pathological neovascularization and rescued visual function in Vldlr-/- mice. These findings suggested that the photoreceptor c-Fos controls blood vessel growth into the normally avascular photoreceptor layer through the inflammatory signal-induced STAT3/VEGFA pathway.

SUBMITTER: Sun Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5461000 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Inflammatory signals from photoreceptor modulate pathological retinal angiogenesis via c-Fos.

Sun Ye Y   Lin Zhiqiang Z   Liu Chi-Hsiu CH   Gong Yan Y   Liegl Raffael R   Fredrick Thomas W TW   Meng Steven S SS   Burnim Samuel B SB   Wang Zhongxiao Z   Akula James D JD   Pu William T WT   Chen Jing J   Smith Lois E H LEH  

The Journal of experimental medicine 20170502 6


Pathological neovessels growing into the normally avascular photoreceptors cause vision loss in many eye diseases, such as age-related macular degeneration and macular telangiectasia. Ocular neovascularization is strongly associated with inflammation, but the source of inflammatory signals and the mechanisms by which these signals regulate the disruption of avascular privilege in photoreceptors are unknown. In this study, we found that c-Fos, a master inflammatory regulator, was increased in pho  ...[more]

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