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Cao H, Li B, Mu M, Li S, Chen H, Tao H, Wang W, Zou Y, Zhao Y, Liu Y, Tao X. Nicotine suppresses crystalline silica-induced astrocyte activation and neuronal death by inhibiting NF-κB in the mouse hippocampus. CNS Neurosci Ther 2024; 30:e14508. [PMID: 37864452 PMCID: PMC11017465 DOI: 10.1111/cns.14508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2023] [Revised: 09/25/2023] [Accepted: 10/06/2023] [Indexed: 10/22/2023] Open
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AIMS Exposure to crystalline silica (CS) in occupational settings induces chronic inflammation in the respiratory system and, potentially, the brain. Some workers are frequently concurrently exposed to both CS and nicotine. Here, we explored the impact of nicotine on CS-induced neuroinflammation in the mouse hippocampus. METHODS In this study, we established double-exposed models of CS and nicotine in C57BL/6 mice. To assess depression-like behavior, experiments were conducted at 3, 6, and 9 weeks. Serum inflammatory factors were analyzed by ELISA. Hippocampus was collected for RNA sequencing analysis and examining the gene expression patterns linked to inflammation and cell death. Microglia and astrocyte activation and hippocampal neuronal death were assessed using immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence staining. Western blotting was used to analyze the NF-κB expression level. RESULTS Mice exposed to CS for 3 weeks showed signs of depression. This was accompanied by elevated IL-6 in blood, destruction of the blood-brain barrier, and activation of astrocytes caused by an increased NF-κB expression in the CA1 area of the hippocampus. The elevated levels of astrocyte-derived Lcn2 and upregulated genes related to inflammation led to higher neuronal mortality. Moreover, nicotine mitigated the NF-κB expression, astrocyte activation, and neuronal death, thereby ameliorating the associated symptoms. CONCLUSION Silica exposure induces neuroinflammation and neuronal death in the mouse hippocampal CA1 region and depressive behavior. However, nicotine inhibits CS-induced neuroinflammation and neuronal apoptosis, alleviating depressive-like behaviors in mice.
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- Hangbing Cao
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Dust Control and Occupational Health of the Ministry of EducationAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Dust Deep Reduction and Occupational Health and Safety of Anhui Higher Education InstitutesAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
- Anhui Province Engineering Laboratory of Occupational Health and SafetyAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
- School of Medicine, Department of Medical Frontier Experimental CenterAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Dust Control and Occupational Health of the Ministry of EducationAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Dust Deep Reduction and Occupational Health and Safety of Anhui Higher Education InstitutesAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
- Anhui Province Engineering Laboratory of Occupational Health and SafetyAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
- School of Medicine, Department of Medical Frontier Experimental CenterAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Dust Control and Occupational Health of the Ministry of EducationAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Dust Deep Reduction and Occupational Health and Safety of Anhui Higher Education InstitutesAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
- Anhui Province Engineering Laboratory of Occupational Health and SafetyAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
- School of Medicine, Department of Medical Frontier Experimental CenterAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
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- School of PharmacyBengbu Medical CollegeBengbuChina
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Dust Control and Occupational Health of the Ministry of EducationAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Dust Deep Reduction and Occupational Health and Safety of Anhui Higher Education InstitutesAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
- Anhui Province Engineering Laboratory of Occupational Health and SafetyAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
- School of Medicine, Department of Medical Frontier Experimental CenterAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Dust Control and Occupational Health of the Ministry of EducationAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Dust Deep Reduction and Occupational Health and Safety of Anhui Higher Education InstitutesAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
- Anhui Province Engineering Laboratory of Occupational Health and SafetyAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
- School of Medicine, Department of Medical Frontier Experimental CenterAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Dust Control and Occupational Health of the Ministry of EducationAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Dust Deep Reduction and Occupational Health and Safety of Anhui Higher Education InstitutesAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
- Anhui Province Engineering Laboratory of Occupational Health and SafetyAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
- School of Medicine, Department of Medical Frontier Experimental CenterAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Dust Control and Occupational Health of the Ministry of EducationAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Dust Deep Reduction and Occupational Health and Safety of Anhui Higher Education InstitutesAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
- Anhui Province Engineering Laboratory of Occupational Health and SafetyAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
- School of Medicine, Department of Medical Frontier Experimental CenterAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Dust Control and Occupational Health of the Ministry of EducationAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Dust Deep Reduction and Occupational Health and Safety of Anhui Higher Education InstitutesAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
- Anhui Province Engineering Laboratory of Occupational Health and SafetyAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
- School of Medicine, Department of Medical Frontier Experimental CenterAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
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- Anhui Province Engineering Laboratory of Occupational Health and SafetyAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
- School of Medicine, Department of Medical Frontier Experimental CenterAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Dust Control and Occupational Health of the Ministry of EducationAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Dust Deep Reduction and Occupational Health and Safety of Anhui Higher Education InstitutesAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
- Anhui Province Engineering Laboratory of Occupational Health and SafetyAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
- School of Medicine, Department of Medical Frontier Experimental CenterAnhui University of Science and TechnologyHuainanChina
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Asaoka R, Miyata M, Oishi A, Fujino Y, Murata H, Azuma K, Obata R, Inoue T. Relationship between visual acuity and visual field and its reproducibility in patients with retinitis pigmentosa. Eye (Lond) 2023; 37:1094-1099. [PMID: 35444265 PMCID: PMC10101998 DOI: 10.1038/s41433-022-02043-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2021] [Revised: 03/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES To investigate the association between visual acuity (VA) and visual field (VF) and its reproducibility in patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP). SUBJECTS/METHODS The study cohort comprised 227 eyes of 227 patients with RP. The reproducibility of two Humphrey VF tests (10-2 Swedish Interactive Threshold Algorithm [SITA] tests) performed within a period of 3 months was calculated using the root mean squared error (RMSE) of each VF test point's sensitivity. The association between the logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution (logMAR) VA and VF sensitivity was investigated. Additionally, the relationship between RMSE and age, fixation loss, false positives, false negatives, and logMAR VA was determined. RESULTS The association between visual sensitivity and VA was most tight at the fovea, and it became weak toward the peripheral region in an eccentric manner. VF reproducibility appreciably increased as VA decreased. In particular, reproducibility was significantly decreased when logMAR VA was >0.5 compared with logMAR VA ≤ 0. CONCLUSION Reproducibility of VF tests decreases with a decrease in VA. Careful consideration is necessary when a patient's logMAR VA is >0.5.
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- Ryo Asaoka
- Department of Ophthalmology, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.
- Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
- Seirei Christopher University, Shizuoka, Japan.
- Nanovision Research Division, Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, Japan.
- The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries, Shizuoka, Japan.
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan
- Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Ophthalmology, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Ophthalmology and Micro-Technology, Yokohama City University, Kanagawa, Japan
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Zhao L, Hou C, Yan N. Neuroinflammation in retinitis pigmentosa: Therapies targeting the innate immune system. Front Immunol 2022; 13:1059947. [PMID: 36389729 PMCID: PMC9647059 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1059947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is an important cause of irreversible blindness worldwide and lacks effective treatment strategies. Although mutations are the primary cause of RP, research over the past decades has shown that neuroinflammation is an important cause of RP progression. Due to the abnormal activation of immunity, continuous sterile inflammation results in neuron loss and structural destruction. Therapies targeting inflammation have shown their potential to attenuate photoreceptor degeneration in preclinical models. Regardless of variations in genetic background, inflammatory modulation is emerging as an important role in the treatment of RP. We summarize the evidence for the role of inflammation in RP and mention therapeutic strategies where available, focusing on the modulation of innate immune signals, including TNFα signaling, TLR signaling, NLRP3 inflammasome activation, chemokine signaling and JAK/STAT signaling. In addition, we describe epigenetic regulation, the gut microbiome and herbal agents as prospective treatment strategies for RP in recent advances.
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- Ling Zhao
- Research Laboratory of Ophthalmology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China,Department of Ophthalmology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Research Laboratory of Ophthalmology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China,Department of Ophthalmology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Research Laboratory of Ophthalmology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China,*Correspondence: Naihong Yan,
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Asaoka R, Oishi A, Fujino Y, Murata H, Azuma K, Miyata M, Obata R, Inoue T. Association between the number of visual fields and the accuracy of future prediction in eyes with retinitis pigmentosa. BMJ Open Ophthalmol 2021; 6:e000900. [PMID: 34869907 PMCID: PMC8603256 DOI: 10.1136/bmjophth-2021-000900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2021] [Accepted: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Purpose To evaluate the minimum number of visual fields (VFs) required to precisely predict future VFs in eyes with retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Methods A series of 12 VFs (Humphrey Field Analyzer 10–2 test (8.9 years in average) were analysed from 102 eyes of 52 patients with RP. The absolute error to predict the 12th VF using the prior 11 VFs was calculated in a pointwise manner, using the linear regression, and the 95% CI range was determined. Then, using 3–10 initial VFs, next VFs (4th to 11th VFs, respectively) were also predicted. The minimum number of VFs required for the mean absolute prediction error to reach the 95% CI was identified. Similar analyses were iterated for the second and third next VF predictions. Similar analyses were conducted using mean deviation (MD). Results In the pointwise analysis, the minimum number of VFs required to reach the 95% CI for the 12th VF was five (first and second next VF predictions) and six (third next VF prediction). For the MD analysis, three (first and second next VF predictions) and four (third next VF prediction) VFs were required to reach 95% CI for the 12th VF. Conclusions The minimum number of VFs required to obtain accurate predictions of the future VF was five or six in the pointwise analysis and three or four in the analysis with MD.
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- Ryo Asaoka
- Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.,Nanovision Research Division, Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, Japan.,The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries, Shizuoka, Japan.,Seirei Christopher University, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Ophthalmology, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Ophthalmology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medichine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Ophthalmology and Micro-Technology, Yokohama City University, Kanagawa, Japan
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