Mitochondrial expression and activity of P-glycoprotein under oxidative stress in outer blood-retinal barrier
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Xiang-Cai Ruan. Department of Anesthesiology, First Municipal People’s Hospital of Guangzhou, Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong Province, China. xc_ruan@hotmail.com; xc_ruan@gzhmu.edu.cn

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Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.81400424); Guangdong Medical Science Foundation (No.A2015151).

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    AIM: To investigate the role of oxidative stress in regulating the functional expression of P-glycoprotein (P-gp) in mitochondria of D407 cells. METHODS: D407 cells were exposed to different ranges of concentrations of H2O2. The mitochondrial location of P-gp in the cells subjected to oxidative stress was detected by confocal analysis. Expression of P-gp in isolated mitochondria was assessed by Western blot. The pump activity of P-gp was evaluated by performing the efflux study on isolated mitochondria with Rhodamine 123 (Rho-123) alone and in the presence of P-gp inhibitor (Tariquidar) using flow cytometry analysis. The cells were pretreated with 10 mmol/L N-acetylcysteine (NAC) for 30min before exposing to H2O2, and analyzed the mitochondrial extracts by Western blot and flow cytometry. RESULTS: P-gp was co-localized in the mitochondria by confocal laser scanning microscopy, and it was also detected in the mitochondria of D407 cells using Western blot. Exposure to increasing concentrations of H2O2 led to gradually increased expression and location of P-gp in the mitochondria of cells. Rho-123 efflux assay showed higher uptake of Rho-123 on isolated mitochondria in the presence of Tariquidar both in normal and oxidative stress state. H2O2 up-regulated P-gp in D407 cells, which could be reversed by NAC treatment. CONCLUSION: H2O2 could up-regulate the functional expression of P-gp in mitochondria of D407 cells, while antioxidants might suppress oxidative-stress-induced over-expression of functional P-gp. It is indicative that limiting the mitochondrial P-gp transport in retinal pigment epithelium cells would be to improve the effect of mitochondria-targeted antioxidant therapy in age-related macular degeneration-like retinopathy.

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Yue-Hong Zhang, Juan Li, Wei-Zhong Yang, et al. Mitochondrial expression and activity of P-glycoprotein under oxidative stress in outer blood-retinal barrier. Int J Ophthalmol, 2017,10(7):1055-1063

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  • Received:September 01,2016
  • Revised:February 09,2017
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  • Online: July 11,2017
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