Autophagy and Apoptosis of Retinal Müller Cells Induced by High Glucose
Li Wang1 , Shichuan Yan1 , Lanjun Niu1 , Manhui Zhu1 , Xiaodong Sun2 , Xun Xu2 , E Song1
1 Department of Ophthalmology, Lixiang Eye Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215021, China 2 Shanghai First People's Hospital, Shanghai 200080, China
Abstract:Objective: To investigate whether high glucose (HG) can regulate the autophagy and apoptosis in Müller cells. Methods: In this experimental research, primary SD rat retinal Müller cells were exposed to normal glucose (NG) or 3 h, 6 h, 12 h, 24 h, 36 h of high glucose. And Müller cells were exposed to 5.5, 20, 30, 40, 50 mmol/L for 24 h. LC3Ⅰ/LC3Ⅱ, P62, and Beclin-1 protein expression was examined by Western blot analysis in the various experimental groups. And in fluorescence microscopy experiments, autophagy was evaluated by the autophagy markers LC3Ⅰ/LC3Ⅱ and P62. The formation of autophagosomes and autolysosomes were examined by electron microscopy. TUNEL assay was used to detect apoptosis in high glucose Müller cells. One-way analysis of variance was used to compare data between different groups. Results: The relative expression levels of Beclin-1, P62 and LC3Ⅰ/LC3Ⅱ in Müller cytoplasm of the normal glucose group, and 20 mmol/L, 30 mmol/L, 40 mmol/L and 50 mmol/L high glucose groups were compared. There were statistically significant differences (F=131.21, P=0.029; F=197.25, P=0.012; F=100.02, P=0.045). Compared to the normal group, Beclin-1 and LC3Ⅰ/LC3Ⅱ protein in Müller cytoplasm of the high glucose groups significantly decreased (P<0.05). The relative expression of P62 protein significantly increased (P<0.001). The relative expression levels of autophagy related protein Beclin-1, P62 and LC3Ⅰ/LC3 in Müller cytoplasm of the normal group and high glucose groups at 6 h, 12 h, 24 h and 36 h were statistically significant (F=98.46, P=0.015; F=109.48, P=0.004; F=99.27, P=0.032). LC3Ⅰ/LC3 and Beclin-1 protein significantly increased in the 6 h high glucose group (P=0.002, 0.015); LC3Ⅰ/LC3Ⅱ in and Beclin-1 protein significantly decreased in 12 h, 24 h and 36 h compared to the normal group (P<0.05), but the P62 protein significantly increased (P<0.001). There were statistically significant differences in the relative number of GFP-LC3-transfected positive particles and autophagosomes in the normal group, and high glucose 6 h and 24 h retinal Müller cells (F=240.49, P=0.014; F=198.98, P=0.001). Compared to the normal group, the relative number of GFP-LC3-transfected positive particles and autophagosomes in the 6h group increased. There were statistically significant difference (P=0.002, 0.029) and there were significant decreases in 24 h (P=0.019, 0.036). The apoptosis indexes of retinal Müller cells were 3.14±1.01, 15.34±3.87, 25.82±4.96 and 24.79±4.01 in the normal group, 6 h and 24 h groups and 3MA group, respectively, and the overall difference was statistically significant (F=234.12, P=0.003). Compared to the normal group, the TUNEL positive cells increased in the 6 h and 24 h groups (P=0.022, 0.039), and the TUNEL positive cells further increased in the 6 h and 24 h groups (P=0.017). Conclusions: HG can induce early autophagy and inhibit apoptosis in cultured retinal Müller cells, and HG can inhibit autophagy and inrease apoptosis over time. This study suggests that high glucose inhibition of autophagy may be an important factor in promoting the apoptosis of Müller cells.
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