Involvement of Fra-1 in Retinal Ganglion Cell Apoptosis in Rat Light-Induced Retina Damage Model

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• 作者：Xiaojuan Liu ; Xiaowei Yang ; Rongrong Zhu ; Ming Dai…
• 关键词：Fra ; 1 ; Light ; induced retinal damage ; Retinal ganglion cell ; Cell cycle re ; entry ; Apoptosis ; P38 MAPK
• 刊名：Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：37
• 期：1
• 页码：83-92
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• 刊物类别：Biomedical and Life Sciences
• 刊物主题：Neurosciences; Cell Biology; Neurobiology;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1573-6830
• 卷排序：37

文摘

Cell cycle re-entry, in which Fra-1 (transcription factor FOS-related antigen 1) plays an important role, is a key process in neuronal apoptosis. However, the expression and function of Fra-1 in retinal ganglion cell (RGC) apoptosis are unknown. To investigate whether Fra-1 was involved in RGC apoptosis, we performed a light-induced retinal damage model in adult rats. Western blot revealed that up-regulation of Fra-1 expression appeared in retina after light exposure (LE). Immunostaining indicated that increased Fra-1 was mainly expressed in RGCs in retinal ganglion cell layer (GCL) after LE. Co-localization of Fra-1 with active caspase-3 or TUNEL-positive cells in GCL after LE was also detected. In addition, Fra-1 expression increased in parallel with cyclin D1 and phosphorylated mitogen-activated protein kinase p38 (p-p38) expression in retina after LE. Furthermore, Fra-1, cyclin D1, and active caspase-3 protein expression decreased by intravitreal injection of SB203580, a highly selective inhibitor of p38 MAP kinase (p38 MAPK). All these results suggested that Fra-1 may be associated with RGC apoptosis after LE regulated by p38 MAPK through cell cycle re-entry mechanism.