LRG1 promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition of retinal pigment epithelium cells by activating NOX4

• 作者: Li Zhou De-Peng Shi Wen-Juan Chu Ling-Ling Yang Hai-Feng Xu
• 来源期刊: 国际眼科杂志:英文版
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: leucine-rich-alpha-2-glycoprotein 1 epithelial-mesenchymal transition NADPH oxidase 4 retinal pigment epithelium cells subretinal fibrosis
• 年，卷（期）: gjykzzywb_2021,（3）
• 页码范围: 349-355
• 页数: 7页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

AIM:To investigate the effect of leucine-rich-alpha-2-glycoprotein 1(LRG1)on epithelial-mesenchymal transition(EMT)in retinal pigment epithelium(RPE)cells,and to explore the role of NADPH oxidase 4(NOX4).METHODS:RPE cells(ARPE-19 cell line)were treated with transforming growth factor-β1(TGF-β1)to induce EMT.Changes of the m RNA and protein expression levels of LRG1 were tested in the TGF-β1 treated cells.The recombinant human LRG1 protein(r LRG1)and si RNA of LRG1 were used to establish accumulation of exogenous LRG1 model and the down-regulation of LRG1 model in ARPE-19 cells respectively,and to detect EMT-related markers including fibronectin,α-smooth muscle actin(α-SMA)and zonula occludens-1(ZO-1).The m RNA and protein expression level of NOX4 were measured according to the above treatments.VAS2870 was used as a NOX4 inhibitor in r LRG1-treated cells.EMT-related markers were detected to verify the effect of NOX4 in the process of EMT.RESULTS:TGF-β1 promoted the expression of LRG1 at both the m RNA and protein levels during the process of EMT which showed the up-regulation of fibronectin andα-SMA,as well as the down-regulation of ZO-1.Furthermore,the r LRG1 promoted EMT of ARPE-19 cells,which manifested high levels of fibronectin andα-SMA and low level of ZO-1,whereas knockdown of LRG1 prevented EMT by decreasing the expressions of fibronectin andα-SMA and increasing the expression of ZO-1 in ARPE-19 cells.Besides,the r LRG1 activated and LRG1 si RNA suppressed NOX4 expression.EMT was inhibited when VAS2870 was used in the r LRG1-treated cells.CONCLUSION:These results for the first time demonstrate that LRG1 promotes EMT of RPE cells by activating NOX4,which may provide a novel direction to explore the mechanisms of subretinal fibrosis.