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    Wnt Signaling Mediates Pathological Vascular Growth in Proliferative Retinopathy Clinical Perspective
    (Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2011) Chen, Jing; Stahl, Andreas; Krah, Nathan M.; Seaward, Molly R.; Dennison, Roberta; Sapieha, Przemyslaw; Hua, Jing; Hatton, Colman J.; Juan, Aimee M.; Aderman, Christopher; Willett, Keirnan L.; Guerin, Karen I.; Mammoto, Akiko; Campbell, Matthew; Smith, Lois
    BACKGROUND: Ischemic proliferative retinopathy, characterized by pathological retinal neovascularization, is a major cause of blindness in working-age adults and children. Defining the molecular pathways distinguishing pathological neovascularization from normal vessels is critical to controlling these blinding diseases with targeted therapy. Because mutations in Wnt signaling cause defective retinal vasculature in humans with some characteristics of the pathological vessels in retinopathy, we investigated the potential role of Wnt signaling in pathological retinal vascular growth in proliferative retinopathy. METHODS AND RESULTS: In this study, we show that Wnt receptors (Frizzled4 and low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein5 [Lrp5]) and activity are significantly increased in pathological neovascularization in a mouse model of oxygen-induced proliferative retinopathy. Loss of Wnt coreceptor Lrp5 and downstream signaling molecule dishevelled2 significantly decreases the formation of pathological retinal neovascularization in retinopathy. Loss of Lrp5 also affects retinal angiogenesis during development and formation of the blood-retinal barrier, which is linked to significant downregulation of tight junction protein claudin5 in Lrp5(-/-) vessels. Blocking claudin5 significantly suppresses Wnt pathway-driven endothelial cell sprouting in vitro and developmental and pathological vascular growth in retinopathy in vivo. CONCLUSIONS: These results demonstrate an important role of Wnt signaling in pathological vascular development in retinopathy and show a novel function of Cln5 in promoting angiogenesis.
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    Resveratrol Inhibits Pathologic Retinal Neovascularization in Vldlr -/- Mice
    (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), 2011) Hua, Jing; Guerin, Karen I.; Chen, Jing; Michán, Shaday; Stahl, Andreas; Krah, Nathan M.; Seaward, Molly R.; Dennison, Roberta; Juan, Aimee M.; Hatton, Colman J.; Sapieha, Przemyslaw; Sinclair, David; Smith, Lois
    PURPOSE: Macular telangiectasia (MacTel) is a vision-threatening retinal disease with unknown pathogenesis and no approved treatment. Very low-density lipoprotein receptor mutant mice (Vldlr(-/-)) exhibit critical features of MacTel such as retinal neovascularization and photoreceptor degeneration. In this study, the authors evaluate the therapeutic potential of resveratrol, a plant polyphenol, in Vldlr(-/-) mice as a model for MacTel. METHODS: Vldlr(-/-) and wild-type mice at postnatal day (P) 21 to P60 or P10 to P30 were treated orally with resveratrol. The number of neovascular lesions was evaluated on retinal flatmounts, and resveratrol effects on endothelial cells were assessed by Western blot for phosphorylated ERK1/2, aortic ring, and migration assays. Vegf and Gfap expression was evaluated in laser-capture microdissected retinal layers of angiogenic lesions and nonlesion areas from Vldlr(-/-) and wild-type retinas. RESULTS: From P15 onward, Vldlr(-/-) retinas develop vascular lesions associated with the local upregulation of Vegf in photoreceptors and Gfap in the inner retina. Oral resveratrol reduces lesion formation when administered either before or after disease onset. The reduction of vascular lesions in resveratrol-treated Vldlr(-/-) mice is associated with the suppression of retinal Vegf transcription. Resveratrol also reduces endothelial ERK1/2 signaling as well as the migration and proliferation of endothelial cells. Furthermore, a trend toward increased rhodopsin mRNA in Vldlr(-/-) retinas is observed. CONCLUSIONS: Oral administration of resveratrol is protective against retinal neovascular lesions in Vldlr(-/-) mice by inhibiting Vegf expression and angiogenic activation of retinal endothelial cells. These results suggest that resveratrol might be a safe and effective intervention for treating patients with MacTel.
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    Environmental conditioning in the control of macrophage thrombospondin-1 production
    (Nature Publishing Group, 2012) Fordham, Jezrom B.; Hua, Jing; Morwood, Sarah R.; Schewitz-Bowers, Lauren P.; Copland, David A.; Dick, Andrew D.; Nicholson, Lindsay B.
    Thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1) is a multifunctional protein which is secreted into the extracellular matrix during inflammation, where it modulates numerous components of the immune infiltrate. Macrophages are a source of TSP-1, which they produce in response to TLR4 mediated signals. Their production of TSP-1 is regulated by environmental signals that establish a threshold for the level of protein secretion that can be induced by LPS stimulation. Th1 and Th2 cytokines raise this threshold which leads to less TSP-1 production, while signals that promote the generation of regulatory macrophages lower it. TSP-1 plays no direct role in the regulation of its own secretion. In vivo in uveitis, in the presence of TLR-4 ligands, TSP-1 is initially produced by recruited macrophages but this decreases in the presence of inflammatory cytokines. The adaptive immune system therefore plays a dominant role in regulating TSP-1 production in the target organ during acute inflammation.