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Moir J, Hyman MJ, Gonnah R, Flores A, Hariprasad SM, Skondra D. The Association Between Metformin Use and New-Onset ICD Coding of Geographic Atrophy. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2024; 65:23. [PMID: 38497512 PMCID: PMC10950036 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.65.3.23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 02/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024] Open
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Purpose Metformin has been suggested to protect against the development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in multiple observational studies. However, the association between metformin and geographic atrophy (GA), a debilitating subtype of AMD, has not been analyzed. Methods We conducted a case-control study of patients ages 60 years and older with new-onset International Classification of Diseases (ICD) coding of GA in the Merative MarketScan Commercial and Medicare Databases between 2017 and 2021. Cases were matched with propensity scores estimated by age, region, hypertension, and Charlson Comorbidity Index to a control without GA of the same year. Exposure to metformin was assessed for cases and controls in the year prior to their index visit. Conditional multivariable logistic regression, adjusting for AMD risk factors, was used to calculate odd ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). This study design and analysis were repeated in a sample of patients without diabetes. Results In the full sample, we identified 10,505 cases with GA and 10,502 matched controls without GA. In total, 1149 (10.9%) cases and 1277 (12.2%) controls were exposed to metformin, and in multivariable regression, metformin decreased the odds of new-onset ICD coding of GA by 12% (95% CI, 0.79-0.99). In the sample of patients without diabetes, we identified 7611 cases with GA and 7608 matched controls without GA. Twenty-nine (0.4%) cases and 63 (0.8%) controls were exposed to metformin, and in multivariable regression, metformin decreased the odds of new-onset ICD coding of GA by 47% (95% CI, 0.33-0.83). Conclusions Metformin may hold promise as a noninvasive, alternative agent to prevent the development of GA. This finding is notable due to shortcomings in recently approved therapeutics for GA and metformin's overall ease of use and few adverse effects. Additional studies are required to explore our findings further and motivate a clinical trial.
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- John Moir
- Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
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- The Center for Health and the Social Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
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- The Center for Health and the Social Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Kha R, Wen Q, Bender N, Jones C, Gopinath B, Macniven R, Tang D. Understanding barriers and enablers to participation in a proposed online lifestyle intervention for older adults with age-related macular degeneration to guide programme implementation. J Health Psychol 2024; 29:317-331. [PMID: 37840275 PMCID: PMC10958751 DOI: 10.1177/13591053231204722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2023] Open
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a blinding condition associated with depression, loneliness and unhealthy lifestyle behaviours which drives AMD progression. We have proposed the first online lifestyle intervention for AMD, called Movement, Interaction and Nutrition for Greater Lifestyles in the Elderly (MINGLE) to promote positive lifestyle changes and reduce loneliness. This qualitative grounded-theory study explored enablers and barriers to future participation in MINGLE for older adults with AMD. Thirty-one participants were interviewed and thematic analysis revealed nine themes. Enablers to participation were: socialising and learning about AMD, motivation to improve health, programme accessibility and structure. Barriers were: lack of time, technology, limited knowledge regarding holistic interventions, vision-related issues, mobility and negative perception of group interactions. These factors must be considered when developing lifestyle interventions for AMD patients to maximise participation. Supporting technology use and raising awareness about benefits of healthy lifestyle behaviours for AMD may help overcome these barriers.
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- Macquarie University, Australia
- UNSW Sydney, Australia
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Vincent M, Lehoux J, Desmarty C, Moine E, Legrand P, Dorandeu C, Simon L, Durand T, Brabet P, Crauste C, Begu S. A novel lipophenol quercetin derivative to prevent macular degeneration: Intravenous and oral formulations for preclinical pharmacological evaluation. Int J Pharm 2024; 651:123740. [PMID: 38145781 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2023.123740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2023] [Revised: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 12/27/2023]
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Drugs with properties against oxidative and carbonyl stresses are potential candidates to prevent dry age-related macular degeneration (Dry-AMD) and inherited Stargardt disease (STGD1). Previous studies have demonstrated the capacity of a new lipophenol drug: 3-O-DHA-7-O-isopropyl-quercetin (Q-IP-DHA) to protect ARPE19 and primary rat RPE cells respectively from A2E toxicity and under oxidative and carbonyl stress conditions. In this study, first, a new methodology has been developed to access gram scale of Q-IP-DHA. After classification of the lipophenol as BCS Class IV according to physico-chemical and biopharmaceutical properties, an intravenous formulation with micelles (M) and an oral formulation using lipid nanocapsules (LNC) were developed. M were formed with Kolliphor® HS 15 and saline solution 0.9 % (mean size of 16 nm, drug loading of 95 %). The oral formulation was optimized and successfully allowed the formation of LNC (25 nm, 96 %). The evaluation of the therapeutic potency of Q-IP-DHA was performed after IV administration of micelles loaded with Q-IP-DHA (M-Q-IP-DHA) at 30 mg/kg and after oral administration of LNC loaded with Q-IP-DHA (LNC-Q-IP-DHA) at 100 mg/kg in mice. Results demonstrated photoreceptor protection after induction of retinal degeneration by acute light stress making Q-IP-DHA a promising preventive candidate against dry-AMD and STGD1.
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- Maxime Vincent
- ICGM, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, Montpellier, France
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- IBMM, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, Montpellier, France
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- Institut des Neurosciences de Montpellier, INSERM U1051, Montpellier, France
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- IBMM, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, Montpellier, France.
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- Institut des Neurosciences de Montpellier, INSERM U1051, Montpellier, France.
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- IBMM, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, Montpellier, France.
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- ICGM, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, Montpellier, France.
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Shaw L, Khanna S, Hyman MJ, Ham S, Blitzer A, Parvar SP, Soo J, Flores A, Hariprasad S, Skondra D. INTERACTIONS OF METFORMIN AND OTHER MEDICATIONS IN REDUCING THE ODDS OF AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION IN A COHORT OF PATIENTS WITH DIABETES. Retina 2024; 44:197-204. [PMID: 37782954 DOI: 10.1097/iae.0000000000003949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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PURPOSE A previous study from our group demonstrated protective effects of the use of metformin in the odds of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD). This is a subgroup analysis in a cohort of patients with diabetes to assess the interaction of metformin and other medications in protecting diabetic patients against developing AMD. METHODS This is a case-control analysis using data from the Merative MarketScan Commercial and Medicare databases. Patients were 55 years and older with newly diagnosed AMD and matched to controls. We performed multivariable conditional logistic regressions, which adjusted for known risk factors of AMD and tested multiple interaction effects between metformin and 1) insulin, 2) sulfonylureas, 3) glitazones, 4) meglitinides, and 5) statins. RESULTS The authors identified 81,262 diabetic cases and 79,497 diabetic controls. Metformin, insulin, and sulfonylureas demonstrated independent protective effects against AMD development. Sulfonylureas in combination with metformin demonstrated further decreased odds of AMD development compared with metformin alone. The other medication group (exenatide, sitagliptin, and pramlintide) slightly increased the odds of developing AMD when taken alone, but the combination with metformin alleviated this effect. CONCLUSION The authors believe that their results bring them one step closer to finding an optimal effective hypoglycemic regimen that also protects against AMD development in diabetic patients.
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- Lincoln Shaw
- Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Science, The University of Chicago Pritzker, School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Science, The University of Chicago Pritzker, School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
- The Retina Institute, St. Louis, Missouri
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- The Center for Health and the Social Sciences, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- The Center for Health and the Social Sciences, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Science, The University of Chicago Pritzker, School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
- Department of Ophthalmology, New York University, New York, New York; and
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- Islamic Azad University Tehran Faculty of Medicine, Tehran, Iran
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- The Retina Institute, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Science, The University of Chicago Pritzker, School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Science, The University of Chicago Pritzker, School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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Desmettre T, Baillif S, Mathis T, Gatinel D, Mainster M. [Blue light and intraocular lenses (IOLs): Beliefs and realities]. J Fr Ophtalmol 2024; 47:104043. [PMID: 38241770 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfo.2023.104043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2023] [Revised: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/21/2024]
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The first intraocular lenses (IOLs) used for cataract surgery transmitted both ultraviolet (UV) radiation and visible light to the retina. Colorless UV-blocking IOLs were introduced and rapidly adopted in the 1980s. Yellow-tinted blue-blocking (also known as blue-filtering) IOLs were marketed in the early 1990s. Blue-blocking IOLs were intended to simulate age-related crystalline lens yellowing to reduce the cyanopsia that some patients experienced after cataract surgery. When blue-filtering IOLs were introduced in North America, however, blue-blocking chromophores were advocated as a way to protect patients from age-related macular degeneration (AMD) despite the lack of evidence that normal environmental light exposure causes AMD. The "blue light hazard" is a term that describes the experimental finding that acute, abnormally intense light exposures are potentially more phototoxic to the retina when short rather than long wavelengths are used. Thus, in brief exposures to intense light sources such as welding arcs, ultraviolet radiation is more hazardous than blue light, which is more hazardous than longer wavelength green or red light. International commissions have cautioned that the blue light hazard does not apply to normal indoor or outdoor light exposures. Nonetheless, the hazard is used for commercial purposes to suggest misleadingly that ambient environmental light can cause acute retinal phototoxicity and increase the risk of AMD. Very large epidemiological studies show that blue-blocking IOLs do not reduce the risk or progression of AMD. Additionally, blue-filtering IOLs or spectacles cannot decrease glare disability, because they decrease image and glare illuminance in the same proportion. Blue light is essential for older adults' scotopic photoreception needed to reduce the risk of nighttime falling and related injuries. It is also critical for circadian photoreception that is essential for good health, sleep and cognitive performance. Unfortunately, age-related pupillary miosis, retinal rod and ganglion cell photoreceptor degeneration and decreased outdoor activity all reduce the amount of healthful blue light available to older adults. Blue-restricting IOLs further reduce the available blue light at a time when older adults need it most. Patients and ophthalmologists are exposed to hypothesis-based advertisements for blue-filtering optical devices that suppress short wavelength light critical for vision in dim lighting and for good physical and mental health. Spectacle and intraocular lens selections should be based on scientific fact, not conjecture. Ideal IOLs should improve photoreception rather than limit it permanently. Practice efficiency, surgical convenience and physician-manufacturer relationships may eliminate a patient's opportunity to choose between colorless blue-transmitting IOLs and yellow-tinted, blue-restricting IOLs. Cataract surgeons ultimately determine whether their patients have the opportunity to make an informed choice about their future photoreception.
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- T Desmettre
- Centre de rétine médicale, 187, rue de Menin, 59520 Marquette-Lez-Lille, France.
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- Département d'ophtalmologie, hôpital Pasteur, 30, voie Romaine, 06000 Nice cedex 1, France
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- Service d'ophtalmologie, hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, hospices civils de Lyon, 69004 Lyon, France
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- Service d'ophtalmologie, fondation A.-de-Rothschild, 25, rue Manin, 75940 Paris cedex 19, France
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Prairie Village, Kansas, États-Unis
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Mauschitz MM, Verzijden T, Schuster AK, Elbaz H, Pfeiffer N, Khawaja A, Luben RN, Foster PJ, Rauscher FG, Wirkner K, Kirsten T, Jonas JB, Bikbov MM, Hogg R, Peto T, Cougnard-Grégoire A, Bertelsen G, Erke MG, Topouzis F, Giannoulis DA, Brandl C, Heid IM, Creuzot-Garcher CP, Gabrielle PH, Hense HW, Pauleikhoff D, Barreto P, Coimbra R, Piermarocchi S, Daien V, Holz FG, Delcourt C, Finger RP. Association of lipid-lowering drugs and antidiabetic drugs with age-related macular degeneration: a meta-analysis in Europeans. Br J Ophthalmol 2023; 107:1880-1886. [PMID: 36344262 DOI: 10.1136/bjo-2022-321985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS To investigate the association of commonly used systemic medications with prevalent age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in the general population. METHODS We included 38 694 adults from 14 population-based and hospital-based studies from the European Eye Epidemiology consortium. We examined associations between the use of systemic medications and any prevalent AMD as well as any late AMD using multivariable logistic regression modelling per study and pooled results using random effects meta-analysis. RESULTS Between studies, mean age ranged from 61.5±7.1 to 82.6±3.8 years and prevalence ranged from 12.1% to 64.5% and from 0.5% to 35.5% for any and late AMD, respectively. In the meta-analysis of fully adjusted multivariable models, lipid-lowering drugs (LLD) and antidiabetic drugs were associated with lower prevalent any AMD (OR 0.85, 95% CI=0.79 to 0.91 and OR 0.78, 95% CI=0.66 to 0.91). We found no association with late AMD or with any other medication. CONCLUSION Our study indicates a potential beneficial effect of LLD and antidiabetic drug use on prevalence of AMD across multiple European cohorts. Our findings support the importance of metabolic processes in the multifactorial aetiology of AMD.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust & UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK
- MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust & UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK
- MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust & UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, Leipzig University, 04107 Leipzig, Germany
- Leipzig Research Centre for Civilization Diseases (LIFE), Leipzig University, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, Leipzig University, 04107 Leipzig, Germany
- Leipzig Research Centre for Civilization Diseases (LIFE), Leipzig University, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, Leipzig University, 04107 Leipzig, Germany
- Leipzig Research Centre for Civilization Diseases (LIFE), Leipzig University, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Leipzig University Medical Center, Medical Informatics Center - Dept. of Medical Data Science, 04107 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
- Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology, Basel, Switzerland
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- Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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- NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust & UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK
- Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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- Univ. Bordeaux, Inserm, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, UMR 1219, Team LEHA, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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- Department of Community Medicine, UiT, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
- Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Directorate of eHealth, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Ophthalmology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Medicine, AHEPA Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Medicine, AHEPA Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- University of Münster, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Epidemiology, Münster, Germany
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- AIBILI - Association for Innovation and Biomedical Research on Light and Image, Coimbra, Portugal
- Univ Coimbra, Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR), Faculty of Medicine, Coimbra, Portugal
- Univ Coimbra, Centre for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CIBB), Coimbra, Portugal
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- AIBILI - Association for Innovation and Biomedical Research on Light and Image, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Padova-Camposampiero Hospital, Padova, Italy
- University of Padova, Department of Neuroscience, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Gui de Chauliac Hospital, F-34000 Montpellier, France
- Institute for Neurosciences of Montpellier INM, Univ. Montpellier, INSERM, F-34091 Montpellier, France
- The Save Sight Institute, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Univ. Bordeaux, Inserm, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, UMR 1219, Team LEHA, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Gomes DF, Curado DDSP, Gomes RM, Leite BF, Ramos MC, da Silva EN. Clinical effectiveness of screening for age-related macular degeneration: A systematic review. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0294398. [PMID: 37971992 PMCID: PMC10653496 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0294398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is an eye disease that occurs in patients over 50 years old. Early diagnosis enables timely treatment to stabilize disease progression. However, the fact that the disease is asymptomatic in its early stages can delay treatment until it progresses. As such, screening in specific contexts can be an early detection tool to reduce the clinical and social impact of the disease. OBJECTIVE Assess the effectiveness of screening methods for early detection of AMD in adults aged 50 years or older. METHODS A systematic review of comparative observational studies on AMD screening methods in those aged 50 years or older, compared with no screening or any other strategy. A literature search was conducted in the MEDLINE (via PubMed), Embase, Cochrane Library and Lilacs database. RESULTS A total of 5,290 studies were identified, three of which met the inclusion criteria and were selected for the systematic review. A total of 8,733 individuals (16,780 eyes) were included in the analysis. The screening methods assessed were based on optical coherence tomography (OCT) compared with color fundus photography, and OCT and telemedicine testing compared to a standard eye exam. CONCLUSION The systematized data are limited and only suggest satisfactory performance in early screening of the population at risk of developing AMD. OCT and the telemedicine technique showed promising results in AMD screening. However, methodological problems were identified in the studies selected and the level of evidence was considered low.
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- Dalila Fernandes Gomes
- Graduate Program in Collective Health, University of Brasilia, Brasília, Federal District, Brazil
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- Department of Management and Incorporation of Health Technologies, Ministry of Health, Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil
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- Department of Social Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacy, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil
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- Department of Medicine, Paulista School of Medicine, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Collective Health, University of Brasilia, Brasília, Federal District, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Collective Health, University of Brasilia, Brasília, Federal District, Brazil
- Faculty of Ceilandia, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil
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Keenan TDL, Agrón E, Chew EY. Dietary nutrient intake and cognitive function in the Age-Related Eye Disease Studies 1 and 2. Alzheimers Dement 2023; 19:4311-4324. [PMID: 36939084 PMCID: PMC10509327 DOI: 10.1002/alz.13033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2022] [Revised: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 03/21/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The objective was to analyze associations between dietary intake of multiple nutrients and altered cognitive function and/or decline. METHODS Observational analyses of participants (n = 6334) in two randomized trials of nutritional supplements for age-related macular degeneration: Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) and AREDS2. RESULTS In AREDS, for 4 of 38 nutrients examined, higher intake quintiles were significantly associated with decreased risk of cognitive impairment on the Modified Mini-Mental State test (<80): β-carotene, copper, docosahexaenoic acid, and insoluble fiber. In AREDS2, for 13 of 44 nutrients, higher intake quintiles were associated with decreased risk on the Telephone Interview Cognitive Status-Modified (<30). Rate of cognitive decline over up to 10 years was not significantly different with higher intake of any nutrient. DISCUSSION Higher dietary intake of multiple nutrients, including specific vitamins, minerals, carotenoids, fatty acids, and fiber, was associated with lower risk of cognitive impairment but not slower decline in cognitive function.
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- Tiarnan D. L. Keenan
- Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Merle B. [Nutrition and age-related macular degeneration]. J Fr Ophtalmol 2023; 46:949-955. [PMID: 37758543 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfo.2023.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 09/07/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of vision loss in France and in other industrialized countries. AMD affects around 20 % of the population over the age of 80 years. This complex and multifactorial disease involves both genetic susceptibility and environmental factors. Smoking and nutrition are well-known modifiable risk factors for AMD. Numerous studies provide convincing arguments in favor of micronutrients to encourage dietary advice and the prescription of nutritional supplements containing antioxidant vitamins, lutein and omega-3 fatty acids. Attention to modifiable risk factors is of utmost importance to reduce progression to advanced AMD and associated medical and societal burdens.
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- B Merle
- University of Bordeaux, Inserm, BPH, U1219, 33000 Bordeaux, France.
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Evans JR, Lawrenson JG. Antioxidant vitamin and mineral supplements for slowing the progression of age-related macular degeneration. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2023; 9:CD000254. [PMID: 37702300 PMCID: PMC10498493 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd000254.pub5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a degenerative condition of the back of the eye that occurs in people over the age of 50 years. Antioxidants may prevent cellular damage in the retina by reacting with free radicals that are produced in the process of light absorption. Higher dietary levels of antioxidant vitamins and minerals may reduce the risk of progression of AMD. This is the third update of the review. OBJECTIVES To assess the effects of antioxidant vitamin and mineral supplements on the progression of AMD in people with AMD. SEARCH METHODS We searched CENTRAL, MEDLINE, Embase, one other database, and three trials registers, most recently on 29 November 2022. SELECTION CRITERIA We included randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that compared antioxidant vitamin or mineral supplementation to placebo or no intervention, in people with AMD. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS We used standard methods expected by Cochrane. MAIN RESULTS We included 26 studies conducted in the USA, Europe, China, and Australia. These studies enroled 11,952 people aged 65 to 75 years and included slightly more women (on average 56% women). We judged the studies that contributed data to the review to be at low or unclear risk of bias. Thirteen studies compared multivitamins with control in people with early and intermediate AMD. Most evidence came from the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) in the USA. People taking antioxidant vitamins were less likely to progress to late AMD (odds ratio (OR) 0.72, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.58 to 0.90; 3 studies, 2445 participants; moderate-certainty evidence). In people with early AMD, who are at low risk of progression, this means there would be approximately four fewer cases of progression to late AMD for every 1000 people taking vitamins (one fewer to six fewer cases). In people with intermediate AMD at higher risk of progression, this corresponds to approximately 78 fewer cases of progression for every 1000 people taking vitamins (26 fewer to 126 fewer). AREDS also provided evidence of a lower risk of progression for both neovascular AMD (OR 0.62, 95% CI 0.47 to 0.82; moderate-certainty evidence) and geographic atrophy (OR 0.75, 95% CI 0.51 to 1.10; moderate-certainty evidence), and a lower risk of losing 3 or more lines of visual acuity (OR 0.77, 95% CI 0.62 to 0.96; moderate-certainty evidence). Low-certainty evidence from one study of 110 people suggested higher quality of life scores (measured with the Visual Function Questionnaire) in treated compared with non-treated people after 24 months (mean difference (MD) 12.30, 95% CI 4.24 to 20.36). In exploratory subgroup analyses in the follow-on study to AREDS (AREDS2), replacing beta-carotene with lutein/zeaxanthin gave hazard ratios (HR) of 0.82 (95% CI 0.69 to 0.96), 0.78 (95% CI 0.64 to 0.94), 0.94 (95% CI 0.70 to 1.26), and 0.88 (95% CI 0.75 to 1.03) for progression to late AMD, neovascular AMD, geographic atrophy, and vision loss, respectively. Six studies compared lutein (with or without zeaxanthin) with placebo and one study compared a multivitamin including lutein/zeaxanthin with multivitamin alone. The duration of supplementation and follow-up ranged from six months to five years. Most evidence came from the AREDS2 study in the USA; almost all participants in AREDS2 also took the original AREDS supplementation formula. People taking lutein/zeaxanthin may have similar or slightly reduced risk of progression to late AMD (RR 0.94, 95% CI 0.87 to 1.01), neovascular AMD (RR 0.92, 95% CI 0.84 to 1.02), and geographic atrophy (RR 0.92, 95% CI 0.80 to 1.05) compared with control (1 study, 4176 participants, 6891 eyes; low-certainty evidence). A similar risk of progression to visual loss of 15 or more letters was seen in the lutein/zeaxanthin and control groups (RR 0.98, 95% CI 0.91 to 1.05; 6656 eyes; low-certainty evidence). Quality of life (Visual Function Questionnaire) was similar between groups (MD 1.21, 95% CI -2.59 to 5.01; 2 studies, 308 participants; moderate-certainty evidence). One study in Australia randomised 1204 people to vitamin E or placebo with four years of follow-up; 19% of participants had AMD. The number of late AMD events was low (N = 7) and the estimate of effect was uncertain (RR 1.36, 95% CI 0.31 to 6.05; very low-certainty evidence). There was no evidence of any effect of treatment on visual loss (RR 1.04, 95% CI 0.74 to 1.47; low-certainty evidence). There were no data on neovascular AMD, geographic atrophy, or quality of life. Five studies compared zinc with placebo. Evidence largely drawn from the largest study (AREDS) found a lower progression to late AMD over six years (OR 0.83, 95% CI 0.70 to 0.98; 3 studies, 3790 participants; moderate-certainty evidence), neovascular AMD (OR 0.76, 95% CI 0.62 to 0.93; moderate-certainty evidence), geographic atrophy (OR 0.84, 95% CI 0.64 to 1.10; moderate-certainty evidence), or visual loss (OR 0.87, 95% CI 0.75 to 1.00; 2 studies, 3791 participants; moderate-certainty evidence). There were no data on quality of life. Gastrointestinal symptoms were the main reported adverse effect. In AREDS, zinc was associated with a higher risk of genitourinary problems in men, but no difference was seen between high- and low-dose zinc groups in AREDS2. Most studies were too small to detect rare adverse effects. Data from larger studies (AREDS/AREDS2) suggested there may be little or no effect on mortality with multivitamin (HR 0.87, 95% CI 0.60 to 1.25; low-certainty evidence) or lutein/zeaxanthin supplementation (HR 1.06, 95% CI 0.87 to 1.31; very low-certainty evidence), but confirmed the increased risk of lung cancer with beta-carotene, mostly in former smokers. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS Moderate-certainty evidence suggests that antioxidant vitamin and mineral supplementation (AREDS: vitamin C, E, beta-carotene, and zinc) probably slows down progression to late AMD. People with intermediate AMD have a higher chance of benefiting from antioxidant supplements because their risk of progression is higher than people with early AMD. Although low-certainty evidence suggested little effect with lutein/zeaxanthin alone compared with placebo, exploratory subgroup analyses from one large American study support the view that lutein/zeaxanthin may be a suitable replacement for the beta-carotene used in the original AREDS formula.
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- Jennifer R Evans
- Centre for Public Health, International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Belfast, UK
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- Centre for Applied Vision Research, School of Health Sciences, City University of London, London, UK
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Choi EY, Lee M. Reply to Comment on Intermittent Fasting is Associated with a Decreased Risk of Age-related Macular Degeneration. Am J Ophthalmol 2023; 252:334-335. [PMID: 37031903 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2023.03.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 03/29/2023] [Indexed: 04/11/2023]
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- Eun Young Choi
- Department of Ophthalmology, Institute of Vision Research, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea; Institute of Endocrine Research, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
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Kaufmann GT, Hyman MJ, Gonnah R, Hariprasad S, Skondra D. Association of Metformin and Other Diabetes Medication Use and the Development of New-Onset Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Case-Control Study. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2023; 64:22. [PMID: 37589984 PMCID: PMC10440611 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.64.11.22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/18/2023] Open
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Purpose To investigate if metformin use is associated with decreased odds of developing new non-neovascular ("dry") age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Methods Case-control study examining 194,135 cases with diagnoses of new-onset AMD between 2008 and 2017 and 193,990 matched controls in the Merative MarketScan Research Databases. The diabetic subgroup included 49,988 cases and 49,460 controls. Multivariable conditional logistic regressions identified the risks of exposures on the development of dry AMD. Main outcome measures were odds ratios (ORs) of developing dry AMD with metformin use. Results In multivariable conditional logistic regression, any metformin use was associated with decreased odds of developing dry AMD (OR = 0.97; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.95-0.99). This protective effect was noted for cumulative 2-year doses of metformin of 1 to 270 g (OR = 0.93; 95% CI, 0.90-0.97) and 271 to 600 g (OR = 0.92; 95% CI, 0.89-0.96). In a diabetic subgroup, metformin use below 601 g per 2 years decreased the odds of developing dry AMD (1-270 g: OR = 0.95; 95% CI, 0.91-0.99; 271-600 g: OR = 0.92; 95% CI, 0.89-0.96). Unlike in diabetic patients with diabetic retinopathy, diabetic patients without diabetic retinopathy had decreased odds of developing dry AMD with any metformin use (OR = 0.97; 95% CI, 0.94-0.998) and cumulative two-year doses of 1 to 270 g (OR 0.96; 95% CI, 0.91-0.998) and 271 to 600 g (OR = 0.92; 95% CI, 0.88-0.96). Conclusions Metformin use was associated with decreased odds of developing dry AMD. The protective effect was observed for cumulative 2-year doses below 601 g. In diabetics, this association persisted, specifically in those without diabetic retinopathy. Therefore, metformin may be a strategy to prevent development of dry AMD.
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- Gabriel T. Kaufmann
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Pritzker School of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
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- The Center for Health and the Social Sciences, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Pritzker School of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Pritzker School of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Pritzker School of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Wu KY, Michael R, Kalevar A. Comment on: Intermittent Fasting Is Associated With a Decreased Risk of Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Am J Ophthalmol 2023; 252:332-333. [PMID: 37031905 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2023.01.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2022] [Accepted: 01/02/2023] [Indexed: 04/11/2023]
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Qi X, Francelin C, Mitter S, Boye SL, Gu H, Quigley J, Grant MB, Boulton ME. β-secretase 1 overexpression by AAV-mediated gene delivery prevents retina degeneration in a mouse model of age-related macular degeneration. Mol Ther 2023; 31:2042-2055. [PMID: 37016576 PMCID: PMC10362394 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2023.03.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Revised: 03/02/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 04/05/2023] Open
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We reported previously that β-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme (BACE1) is strongly expressed in the normal retina and that BACE1-/- mice develop pathological phenotypes associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). BACE1 expression is increased within the neural retina and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) in AMD donor eyes suggesting that increased BACE1 is compensatory. We observed that AAV-mediated BACE1 overexpression in the RPE was maintained up to 6 months after AAV1-BACE1 administration. No significant changes in normal mouse visual function or retinal morphology were observed with low-dose vector while the high-dose vector demonstrated some early pathology which regressed with time. No increase in β-amyloid was observed. BACE1 overexpression in the RPE of the superoxide dismutase 2 knockdown (SOD2 KD) mouse, which exhibits an AMD-like phenotype, prevented loss of retinal function and retinal pathology, and this was sustained out to 6 months. Furthermore, BACE1 overexpression was able to inhibit oxidative stress, microglial changes, and loss of RPE tight junction integrity (all features of AMD) in SOD2 KD mice. In conclusion, BACE1 plays a key role in retina/RPE homeostasis, and BACE1 overexpression offers a novel therapeutic target in the treatment of AMD.
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- Xiaoping Qi
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- MD-Powell Gene Therapy Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
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Lyu Y, Tschulakow AV, Wang K, Brash DE, Schraermeyer U. Chemiexcitation and melanin in photoreceptor disc turnover and prevention of macular degeneration. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2216935120. [PMID: 37155898 PMCID: PMC10194005 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2216935120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2022] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/10/2023] Open
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Age-related macular degeneration, Stargardt disease, and their Abca4-/- mouse model are characterized by accelerated accumulation of the pigment lipofuscin, derived from photoreceptor disc turnover in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE); lipofuscin accumulation and retinal degeneration both occur earlier in albino mice. Intravitreal injection of superoxide (O2•-) generators reverses lipofuscin accumulation and rescues retinal pathology, but neither the target nor mechanism is known. Here we show that RPE contains thin multi-lamellar membranes (TLMs) resembling photoreceptor discs, which associate with melanolipofuscin granules in pigmented mice but in albinos are 10-fold more abundant and reside in vacuoles. Genetically over-expressing tyrosinase in albinos generates melanosomes and decreases TLM-related lipofuscin. Intravitreal injection of generators of O2•- or nitric oxide (•NO) decreases TLM-related lipofuscin in melanolipofuscin granules of pigmented mice by ~50% in 2 d, but not in albinos. Prompted by evidence that O2•- plus •NO creates a dioxetane on melanin that excites its electrons to a high-energy state (termed "chemiexcitation"), we show that exciting electrons directly using a synthetic dioxetane reverses TLM-related lipofuscin even in albinos; quenching the excited-electron energy blocks this reversal. Melanin chemiexcitation assists in safe photoreceptor disc turnover.
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- Yanan Lyu
- Division of Experimental Vitreoretinal Surgery, Centre for Ophthalmology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen72076, Germany
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- Division of Experimental Vitreoretinal Surgery, Centre for Ophthalmology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen72076, Germany
- OcuTox GmbH, Preclinical Drug Assessment, Hechingen72379, Germany
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- Division of Experimental Vitreoretinal Surgery, Centre for Ophthalmology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen72076, Germany
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- Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT06520-8040
- Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT06520-8028
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- Division of Experimental Vitreoretinal Surgery, Centre for Ophthalmology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen72076, Germany
- OcuTox GmbH, Preclinical Drug Assessment, Hechingen72379, Germany
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Abstract
Lutein, zeaxanthin, and meso-zeaxanthin are three xanthophyll carotenoid pigments that selectively concentrate in the center of the retina. Humans cannot synthesize lutein and zeaxanthin, so these compounds must be obtained from the diet or supplements, with meso-zeaxanthin being converted from lutein in the macula. Xanthophylls are major components of macular pigments that protect the retina through the provision of oxidant defense and filtering of blue light. The accumulation of these three xanthophylls in the central macula can be quantified with non-invasive methods, such as macular pigment optical density (MPOD). MPOD serves as a useful tool for assessing risk for, and progression of, age-related macular degeneration, the third leading cause of blindness worldwide. Dietary surveys suggest that the dietary intakes of lutein and zeaxanthin are decreasing. In addition to low dietary intake, pregnancy and lactation may compromise the lutein and zeaxanthin status of both the mother and infant. Lutein is found in modest amounts in some orange- and yellow-colored vegetables, yellow corn products, and in egg yolks, but rich sources of zeaxanthin are not commonly consumed. Goji berries contain the highest known levels of zeaxanthin of any food, and regular intake of these bright red berries may help protect against the development of age-related macular degeneration through an increase in MPOD. The purpose of this review is to summarize the protective function of macular xanthophylls in the eye, speculate on the compounds' role in maternal and infant health, suggest the establishment of recommended dietary values for lutein and zeaxanthin, and introduce goji berries as a rich food source of zeaxanthin.
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- Xiang Li
- are with the Department of Nutrition, UC Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- are with the Department of Nutrition, UC Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- are with the Department of Nutrition, UC Davis, Davis, California, USA
- is with the Department of Internal Medicine, UC Davis, Sacramento, California, USA
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- are with the Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, USA
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- re with the Department of Nutrition, UC Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- are with the Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, USA
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- are with the Department of Nutrition, UC Davis, Davis, California, USA
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Moir J, Aggarwal S, Skondra D. Repurposing medications for treatment of age-related macular degeneration: Insights from novel approaches to data mining. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2023; 248:798-810. [PMID: 37452694 PMCID: PMC10468640 DOI: 10.1177/15353702231181188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/18/2023] Open
Abstract
The economic and visual burdens associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are expected to significantly increase in the coming years. As of now, interventions to delay or prevent AMD are limited. Hence, there is an urgent and unmet need to expand our therapeutic tools for AMD in a manner, that is, both efficient and cost-effective. In this review, we consider the idea of drug repurposing, in which existing medications with other indications can be re-imagined for treating AMD. We detail the results of several population-level studies that have shown associations between several candidates and decreased risk of AMD development or progression. Such candidates include the more extensively studied metformin and statins, in addition to recently identified candidates fluoxetine and l-DOPA (levodopa) that show promise. We then briefly explore results from an advanced bioinformatics study, which provides further evidence that existing medications are associated with AMD risk genes. Many of these candidates warrant further study in prospective, clinical trials, where their potential causal relationships with AMD can be thoroughly assessed.
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- John Moir
- Pritzker School of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Pritzker School of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Mulpuri L, Sridhar J, Goyal H, Tonk R. The relationship between dietary patterns and ophthalmic disease. Curr Opin Ophthalmol 2023; 34:189-194. [PMID: 36866844 DOI: 10.1097/icu.0000000000000943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/04/2023]
Abstract
PURPOSE OF REVIEW There is a rising interest in the impact of diet on the pathogenesis of common ophthalmic conditions. The purpose of this review is to summarize the potential preventive and therapeutic power of dietary interventions described in recent basic science and epidemiological literature. RECENT FINDINGS Basic science investigations have elucidated a variety of mechanisms by which diet may impact ophthalmic disease, particularly through its action on chronic oxidative stress, inflammation and macular pigmentation. Epidemiologic investigations have shown the real-world influence of diet on the incidence and progression of a number of ophthalmic diseases, particularly cataract, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic retinopathy. A large observational cohort study found a 20% reduction in the incidence of cataract among vegetarians compared with nonvegetarians. Two recent systematic reviews found that higher adherence to Mediterranean dietary patterns was associated with a decreased risk of progression of AMD to later stages. Finally, large meta-analyses found that patients following plant-based and Mediterranean diets had significant reductions of mean haemoglobin A1c scores and incidence of diabetic retinopathy as compared with controls. SUMMARY There is a significant and growing body of evidence that Mediterranean diet and plant-based diets - those that maximize fruits, vegetables, legumes, whole grains and nuts; and that minimize animal products and processed foods - help prevent vision loss from cataract, AMD and diabetic retinopathy. These diets may hold benefits for other ophthalmic conditions, as well. Nevertheless, there is a need for further randomized, controlled and longitudinal studies in this area.
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- Lakshman Mulpuri
- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
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- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
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- NYU Langone Medical Center, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
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- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
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Yang C, Yang R, Gu M, Hao J, Wang S, Li C. Chitooligosaccharides Derivatives Protect ARPE-19 Cells against Acrolein-Induced Oxidative Injury. Mar Drugs 2023; 21:md21030137. [PMID: 36976187 PMCID: PMC10058944 DOI: 10.3390/md21030137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Revised: 02/13/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2023] Open
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of vision loss among the elderly. The progression of AMD is closely related to oxidative stress in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). Here, a series of chitosan oligosaccharides (COSs) and N-acetylated derivatives (NACOSs) were prepared, and their protective effects on an acrolein-induced oxidative stress model of ARPE-19 were explored using the MTT assay. The results showed that COSs and NACOs alleviated APRE-19 cell damage induced by acrolein in a concentration-dependent manner. Among these, chitopentaose (COS–5) and its N-acetylated derivative (N–5) showed the best protective activity. Pretreatment with COS–5 or N–5 could reduce intracellular and mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) production induced by acrolein, increase mitochondrial membrane potential, GSH level, and the enzymatic activity of SOD and GSH-Px. Further study indicated that N–5 increased the level of nuclear Nrf2 and the expression of downstream antioxidant enzymes. This study revealed that COSs and NACOSs reduced the degeneration and apoptosis of retinal pigment epithelial cells by enhancing antioxidant capacity, suggesting that they have the potential to be developed into novel protective agents for AMD treatment and prevention.
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- Cheng Yang
- Shandong Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycotechnology, Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs of Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycotechnology, Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs of Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycotechnology, Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs of Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycotechnology, Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs of Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
- Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Qingdao 266237, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycotechnology, Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs of Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
- Laboratory of Marine Glycodrug Research and Development, Marine Biomedical Research Institute of Qingdao, Qingdao 266071, China
- Correspondence: (S.W.); (C.L.); Tel.: +86-532-8203-1631 (C.L.); Fax: +86-532-8203-3054 (C.L.)
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycotechnology, Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs of Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
- Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Qingdao 266237, China
- Laboratory of Marine Glycodrug Research and Development, Marine Biomedical Research Institute of Qingdao, Qingdao 266071, China
- Correspondence: (S.W.); (C.L.); Tel.: +86-532-8203-1631 (C.L.); Fax: +86-532-8203-3054 (C.L.)
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Domalpally A, Whittier SA, Pan Q, Dabelea DM, Darwin CH, Knowler WC, Lee CG, Luchsinger JA, White NH, Chew EY, Gadde KM, Culbert IW, Arceneaux J, Chatellier A, Dragg A, Champagne CM, Duncan C, Eberhardt B, Greenway F, Guillory FG, Herbert AA, Jeffirs ML, Kennedy BM, Levy E, Lockett M, Lovejoy JC, Morris LH, Melancon LE, Ryan DH, Sanford DA, Smith KG, Smith LL, St.Amant JA, Tulley RT, Vicknair PC, Williamson D, Zachwieja JJ, Polonsky KS, Tobian J, Ehrmann DA, Matulik MJ, Temple KA, Clark B, Czech K, DeSandre C, Dotson B, Hilbrich R, McNabb W, Semenske AR, Caro JF, Furlong K, Goldstein BJ, Watson PG, Smith KA, Mendoza J, Simmons M, Wildman W, Liberoni R, Spandorfer J, Pepe C, Donahue RP, Goldberg RB, Prineas R, Calles J, Giannella A, Rowe P, Sanguily J, Cassanova-Romero P, Castillo-Florez S, Florez HJ, Garg R, Kirby L, Lara O, Larreal C, McLymont V, Mendez J, Perry A, Saab P, Veciana B, Haffner SM, Hazuda HP, Montez MG, Hattaway K, Isaac J, Lorenzo C, Martinez A, Salazar M, Walker T, 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AJ, Groessl E, Katzir N, Chong H, Herman WH, Brändle M, Brown MB, Altshuler D, Billings LK, Chen L, Harden M, Knowler WC, Pollin TI, Shuldiner AR, Franks PW, Hivert MF. Association of Metformin With the Development of Age-Related Macular Degeneration. JAMA Ophthalmol 2023; 141:140-147. [PMID: 36547967 PMCID: PMC9936345 DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2022.5567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2022] [Accepted: 10/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
Importance Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of blindness with no treatment available for early stages. Retrospective studies have shown an association between metformin and reduced risk of AMD. Objective To investigate the association between metformin use and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Design, Setting, and Participants The Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study is a cross-sectional follow-up phase of a large multicenter randomized clinical trial, Diabetes Prevention Program (1996-2001), to investigate the association of treatment with metformin or an intensive lifestyle modification vs placebo with preventing the onset of type 2 diabetes in a population at high risk for developing diabetes. Participants with retinal imaging at a follow-up visit 16 years posttrial (2017-2019) were included. Analysis took place between October 2019 and May 2022. Interventions Participants were randomly distributed between 3 interventional arms: lifestyle, metformin, and placebo. Main Outcomes and Measures Prevalence of AMD in the treatment arms. Results Of 1592 participants, 514 (32.3%) were in the lifestyle arm, 549 (34.5%) were in the metformin arm, and 529 (33.2%) were in the placebo arm. All 3 arms were balanced for baseline characteristics including age (mean [SD] age at randomization, 49 [9] years), sex (1128 [71%] male), race and ethnicity (784 [49%] White), smoking habits, body mass index, and education level. AMD was identified in 479 participants (30.1%); 229 (14.4%) had early AMD, 218 (13.7%) had intermediate AMD, and 32 (2.0%) had advanced AMD. There was no significant difference in the presence of AMD between the 3 groups: 152 (29.6%) in the lifestyle arm, 165 (30.2%) in the metformin arm, and 162 (30.7%) in the placebo arm. There was also no difference in the distribution of early, intermediate, and advanced AMD between the intervention groups. Mean duration of metformin use was similar for those with and without AMD (mean [SD], 8.0 [9.3] vs 8.5 [9.3] years; P = .69). In the multivariate models, history of smoking was associated with increased risks of AMD (odds ratio, 1.30; 95% CI, 1.05-1.61; P = .02). Conclusions and Relevance These data suggest neither metformin nor lifestyle changes initiated for diabetes prevention were associated with the risk of any AMD, with similar results for AMD severity. Duration of metformin use was also not associated with AMD. This analysis does not address the association of metformin with incidence or progression of AMD.
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- Amitha Domalpally
- Wisconsin Reading Center, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public and Health, Madison
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- Wisconsin Reading Center, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public and Health, Madison
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- Department of Statistics, George Washington University, Washington, DC
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Colorado School of Public Health, Denver
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- Department of Medicine, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Diabetes Epidemiology and Clinical Research Section, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Phoenix, Arizona
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- Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases, National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Division of Endocrinology & Diabetes, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications–Clinical Trials Branch, National Eye Institute - National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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Fiedorowicz J, Dobrzynska MM. Lutein and zeaxanthin - radio- and chemoprotective properties. Mechanism and possible use. Rocz Panstw Zakl Hig 2023; 74:257-264. [PMID: 37577931 DOI: 10.32394/rpzh.2023.0266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/15/2023] Open
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Lutein and zeaxanthin are naturally occurring xanthophylls, mainly present in green, leafy vegetables and egg's yolk. Their presence is connected with blue spectrum light absorbance, including UV. This property, and fact, that these xanthophylls are accumulated by human eye's macula, leads to eye's protective functions of them including protection from age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Also, antioxidative features of lutein and zeaxanthin are boosting overall health of human body. Numerous studies proves anti-inflammatory and protective attributes of these compounds, based on many, different mechanisms. One of them is regulating redox potential in cells, and impact on expression of linked genes. In preventing of eye diseases, an important gene that is regulated by lutein and zeaxanthin is the Nrf2 gene, whose increased activity leads to optimizing the cellular response to reactive oxygen species (ROS) and preventing related diseases. Other research confirms antiproliferative properties of mentioned compounds in case of certain human cancer cell lines. There are e.g.: HepG2 (hepatitis cancer), MCF-7 (breast cancer), which treated in vitro with lutein solution showed reduction of cell growth. Lutein alone, during in vivo studies conducted on mice, exhibited also radioprotective properties, positively affecting the vitality of animals. Lutein provides also increasing of tolerance to UV radiation, reducing inflammatory processes in the skin and preventing oncogenesis. Low intake of lutein and zeaxanthin, associated with "western diet", rich in simple carbohydrates and processed food, common in developed countries, including Poland, is linked with diabetes and obesity incidence. Assuming, lutein and zeaxanthin significantly affect the well-being of the human body, and their appropriate amount in diet can help reduce risk of many diseases. For supplementation, the optimized dosage of these xanthophylls includes doses of 10 mg for lutein and 2 mg for zeaxanthin, and it is recommended to consume along with fats or meals rich in fats.
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- Jakub Fiedorowicz
- National Institute of Public Health NIH - National Research Institute, Department of Radiation Hygiene and Radiobiology, Chocimska Street 24, 00-791 Warsaw, Poland
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- National Institute of Public Health NIH - National Research Institute, Department of Radiation Hygiene and Radiobiology, Chocimska Street 24, 00-791 Warsaw, Poland
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Pameijer EM, Heus P, Damen JAA, Spijker R, Hooft L, Ringens PJ, Imhof SM, van Leeuwen R. What did we learn in 35 years of research on nutrition and supplements for age-related macular degeneration: a systematic review. Acta Ophthalmol 2022; 100:e1541-e1552. [PMID: 35695158 PMCID: PMC9796889 DOI: 10.1111/aos.15191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Accepted: 05/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The aim of this paper is to summarize all available evidence from systematic reviews, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and comparative nonrandomized studies (NRS) on the association between nutrition and antioxidant, vitamin, and mineral supplements and the development or progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane register CENTRAL, MEDLINE and Embase were searched and studies published between January 2015 and May 2021 were included. The certainty of evidence was assessed according to the GRADE methodology. The main outcome measures were development of AMD, progression of AMD, and side effects. We included 7 systematic reviews, 7 RCTs, and 13 NRS. A high consumption of specific nutrients, i.e. β-carotene, lutein and zeaxanthin, copper, folate, magnesium, vitamin A, niacin, vitamin B6, vitamin C, docosahexaenoic acid, and eicosapentaenoic acid, was associated with a lower risk of progression of early to late AMD (high certainty of evidence). Use of antioxidant supplements and adherence to a Mediterranean diet, characterized by a high consumption of vegetables, whole grains, and nuts and a low consumption of red meat, were associated with a decreased risk of progression of early to late AMD (moderate certainty of evidence). A high consumption of alcohol was associated with a higher risk of developing AMD (moderate certainty of evidence). Supplementary vitamin C, vitamin E, or β-carotene were not associated with the development of AMD, and supplementary omega-3 fatty acids were not associated with progression to late AMD (high certainty of evidence). Research in the last 35 years included in our overview supports that a high intake of specific nutrients, the use of antioxidant supplements and adherence to a Mediterranean diet decrease the risk of progression of early to late AMD.
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- Cochrane Netherlands and Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, UMC UtrechtUtrecht UniversityThe Netherlands
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- Cochrane Netherlands and Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, UMC UtrechtUtrecht UniversityThe Netherlands
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- Cochrane Netherlands and Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, UMC UtrechtUtrecht UniversityThe Netherlands
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- Cochrane Netherlands and Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, UMC UtrechtUtrecht UniversityThe Netherlands
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- Department of OphthalmologyMaastricht University Medical CenterMaastrichtThe Netherlands
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Meng XT, Shi YY, Hong-Yan Z. Dietary omega-3 LCPUFA intake in the prevention of neovascular age-related macular degeneration: a systematic review and meta-analysis. NUTR HOSP 2022; 39:910-915. [PMID: 35388706 DOI: 10.20960/nh.03932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023] Open
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Purpose: to evaluate the protective effect of omega-3 long-chain unsaturated fatty acids on the progression of wet age-related macular degeneration (wAMD). Methods: this meta-analysis was designed, implemented, and analyzed in accordance with the Meta-analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (MOOSE) protocol and is reported following PRISMA guidelines. Results: in this study we included 5 observational trials, including 2 cross-sectional studies, 2 case-control studies, and 1 confrontation study. These tests are conducted in the U.S., Europe and Japan, and are of high quality. In general, people with high dietary long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (omega-3 LCPUFAs) have a lower risk of progression to advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD) (effect size, ES: 0.51, 95 % CI [0.34, 0.75], I2 = 70 %, p = 0.01). When assessing docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) intake and wAMD risk a total of the three above studies were included, which also produced similar results. Conclusions: the highest DHA consumption reduced the risk of disease by 39 % (effect size: 0.61, 95 % CI [0.50, 0.74], I2 = 14 %, p = 0.31); compared with the lowest EPA consumption, the highest EPA consumption reduced the risk of wAMD by 32 % (ES: 0.68, 95 % CI [0.57, 0.82], I2 = 39 %, p = 0.20).
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- Xiang-Tian Meng
- Department of Ophthalmology. China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University
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- Department of Ophthalmology. China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University
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Mainster MA, Findl O, Dick HB, Desmettre T, Ledesma-Gil G, Curcio CA, Turner PL. The Blue Light Hazard Versus Blue Light Hype. Am J Ophthalmol 2022; 240:51-57. [PMID: 35227699 PMCID: PMC10243475 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2022.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2021] [Revised: 02/14/2022] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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PURPOSE The blue light hazard is the experimental finding that blue light is highly toxic to the retina (photic retinopathy), in brief abnormally intense exposures, including sungazing or vitreoretinal endoillumination. This term has been misused commercially to suggest, falsely, that ambient environmental light exposure causes phototoxicity to the retina, leading to age-related macular degeneration (AMD). We analyze clinical, epidemiologic, and biophysical data regarding blue-filtering optical chromophores. DESIGN Perspective. METHODS Analysis and integration of data regarding the blue light hazard and blue-blocking filters in ophthalmology and related disciplines. RESULTS Large epidemiologic studies show that blue-blocking intraocular lenses (IOLs) do not decrease AMD risk or progression. Blue-filtering lenses cannot reduce disability glare because image and glare illumination are decreased in the same proportion. Blue light essential for optimal rod and retinal ganglion photoreception is decreased by progressive age-related crystalline lens yellowing, pupillary miosis, and rod and retinal ganglion photoreceptor degeneration. Healthful daily environmental blue light exposure decreases in older adults, especially women. Blue light is important in dim environments where inadequate illumination increases risk of falls and associated morbidities. CONCLUSIONS The blue light hazard is misused as a marketing stratagem to alarm people into using spectacles and IOLs that restrict blue light. Blue light loss is permanent for pseudophakes with blue-blocking IOLs. Blue light hazard misrepresentation flourishes despite absence of proof that environmental light exposure or cataract surgery causes AMD or that IOL chromophores provide clinical protection. Blue-filtering chromophores suppress blue light critical for good mental and physical health and for optimal scotopic and mesopic vision.
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- Martin A Mainster
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Prairie Village, Kansas, USA.
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- Vienna Institute for Research in Ocular Surgery, A Karl Landsteiner Institute, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Ruhr University Eye Hospital, Science, Bochum, Germany
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- Retina Department, Institute of Ophthalmology, Fundación Conde de Valenciana, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Prairie Village, Kansas, USA
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Gastaldello A, Giampieri F, Quiles JL, Navarro-Hortal MD, Aparicio S, García Villena E, Tutusaus Pifarre K, De Giuseppe R, Grosso G, Cianciosi D, Forbes-Hernández TY, Nabavi SM, Battino M. Adherence to the Mediterranean-Style Eating Pattern and Macular Degeneration: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies. Nutrients 2022; 14:nu14102028. [PMID: 35631175 PMCID: PMC9144566 DOI: 10.3390/nu14102028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2022] [Revised: 05/01/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a serious degenerative disease affecting the eyes, and is the main cause of severe vision loss among people >55 years of age in developed countries. Its onset and progression have been associated with several genetic and lifestyle factors, with diet appearing to play a pivotal role in the latter. In particular, dietary eating patterns rich in plant foods have been shown to lower the risk of developing the disease, and to decrease the odds of progressing to more advanced stages in individuals already burdened with early AMD. We systematically reviewed the literature to analyse the relationship between the adherence to a Mediterranean diet, a mainly plant-based dietary pattern, and the onset/progression of AMD. Eight human observational studies were analysed. Despite some differences, they consistently indicate that higher adherence to a Mediterranean eating pattern lowers the odds of developing AMD and decreases the risk of progression to more advanced stages of the disease, establishing the way for preventative measures emphasizing dietary patterns rich in plant-foods.
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- Annalisa Gastaldello
- Research Group on Foods, Nutritional Biochemistry and Health, Universidad Europea del Atlántico, Isabel Torres 21, 39011 Santander, Spain; (A.G.); (J.L.Q.); (S.A.); (E.G.V.); (K.T.P.)
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- Research Group on Foods, Nutritional Biochemistry and Health, Universidad Europea del Atlántico, Isabel Torres 21, 39011 Santander, Spain; (A.G.); (J.L.Q.); (S.A.); (E.G.V.); (K.T.P.)
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 80200, Saudi Arabia
- Correspondence: (F.G.); (M.B.)
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- Research Group on Foods, Nutritional Biochemistry and Health, Universidad Europea del Atlántico, Isabel Torres 21, 39011 Santander, Spain; (A.G.); (J.L.Q.); (S.A.); (E.G.V.); (K.T.P.)
- Department of Physiology, Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology “José Mataix”, Biomedical Research Centre, University of Granada, 18100 Granada, Spain; (M.D.N.-H.); (T.Y.F.-H.)
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- Department of Physiology, Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology “José Mataix”, Biomedical Research Centre, University of Granada, 18100 Granada, Spain; (M.D.N.-H.); (T.Y.F.-H.)
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- Research Group on Foods, Nutritional Biochemistry and Health, Universidad Europea del Atlántico, Isabel Torres 21, 39011 Santander, Spain; (A.G.); (J.L.Q.); (S.A.); (E.G.V.); (K.T.P.)
- Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Universidade Internacional do Cuanza Bairro Kaluanda, Cuito EN 250, Bié, Angola
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- Research Group on Foods, Nutritional Biochemistry and Health, Universidad Europea del Atlántico, Isabel Torres 21, 39011 Santander, Spain; (A.G.); (J.L.Q.); (S.A.); (E.G.V.); (K.T.P.)
- Department de Salud, Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana Campeche, Campeche 24560, Mexico
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- Research Group on Foods, Nutritional Biochemistry and Health, Universidad Europea del Atlántico, Isabel Torres 21, 39011 Santander, Spain; (A.G.); (J.L.Q.); (S.A.); (E.G.V.); (K.T.P.)
- Department de Salud, Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana Campeche, Campeche 24560, Mexico
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- Laboratory of Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition, Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy;
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, 95124 Catania, Italy;
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, 60131 Ancona, Italy;
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- Department of Physiology, Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology “José Mataix”, Biomedical Research Centre, University of Granada, 18100 Granada, Spain; (M.D.N.-H.); (T.Y.F.-H.)
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- Applied Biotechnology Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1435916471, Iran;
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- Research Group on Foods, Nutritional Biochemistry and Health, Universidad Europea del Atlántico, Isabel Torres 21, 39011 Santander, Spain; (A.G.); (J.L.Q.); (S.A.); (E.G.V.); (K.T.P.)
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, 60131 Ancona, Italy;
- International Joint Research Laboratory of Intelligent Agriculture and Agri-Products Processing, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
- Correspondence: (F.G.); (M.B.)
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PURPOSE Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) shares many of the same risk factors with atherosclerosis. There is a postulated role of lipid-lowering agents in preventing AMD. This meta-analysis investigates the possible role of statins in the prevention of AMD onset and progression. METHODS MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane CENTRAL, and the reference lists of included studies were systematically searched from inception to September 2020. Studies were included if they measured the risk of AMD development or progression with statin use. The primary outcomes assessed were AMD incidence and progression. Secondary outcomes were the incidence of early AMD, late AMD, choroidal neovascularization, and geographic atrophy. RESULTS Twenty-one articles (1 randomized control trial and 20 observational studies) collectively reporting on 1,460,989 participants were included. The pooled risk ratios (95% confidence interval) for statin use on any, early, and late AMD incidence were 1.05 (0.85-1.29) (P = 0.44), 0.99 (0.88-1.11) (P = 0.86), and 1.15 (0.90-1.47) (P = 0.27), respectively. In patients with existing AMD, the respective risk ratios for statin use on incidence of AMD progression, choroidal neovascularization, and geographic atrophy were 1.04 (0.70-1.53) (P = 0.85), 0.99 (0.66-1.48) (P = 0.95), and 0.84 (0.58-1.22) (P = 0.36). CONCLUSION This meta-analysis found that there was no significant difference in the incidence or progression of AMD based on statin use.
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- Arshia Eshtiaghi
- Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Michael G. DeGroote Faculty of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Ophthalmology, St. Michael's Hospital/Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- John and Liz Tory Eye Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Mrowicka M, Mrowicki J, Kucharska E, Majsterek I. Lutein and Zeaxanthin and Their Roles in Age-Related Macular Degeneration-Neurodegenerative Disease. Nutrients 2022; 14:nu14040827. [PMID: 35215476 PMCID: PMC8874683 DOI: 10.3390/nu14040827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2022] [Revised: 02/03/2022] [Accepted: 02/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Lutein and zeaxanthin belong to the xanthophyll family of carotenoids, which are pigments produced by plants. Structurally, they are very similar, differing only slightly in the arrangement of atoms. Key sources of these carotenoids include kale, savoy cabbage, spinach, broccoli, peas, parsley, corn, and egg yolks. The recommended daily intake of lutein is approximately 10.0 mg and that of zeaxanthin is 2 mg. Lutein intake in adults varies, with average intakes being 1–2 mg/day. Due to the lack of synthesis of consumption of these compounds in humans, these substances are extremely important for the proper functioning of certain organs of the body (eye, skin, heart, intestines). Eating a lot of dark leafy vegetables and some fruits can help to prevent our bodies from developing diseases. The protective effects of carotenoids are mainly related to their defense against oxidative stress and their ability to scavenge free radicals. Lutein and zeaxanthin are the only dietary carotenoids that accumulate in the retina, specifically the macula, and are called macular pigments. These carotenoids are concentrated by the action of specific binding proteins such as StARD3, which binds lutein, and GSTP1, which binds zeaxanthin and its dietary metabolite, mesozeaxanthin. It has been shown that supportive therapy with lutein and zeaxanthin can have a beneficial effect in delaying the progression of eye diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and cataracts. This article presents the current state of knowledge on the role of lutein and zeaxanthin, especially from human studies targeting their metabolism and bioavailability, with recommendations to consume xanthophyll-rich foods.
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- Małgorzata Mrowicka
- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Medical University of Lodz, 90-419 Lodz, Poland; (M.M.); (J.M.)
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Medical University of Lodz, 90-419 Lodz, Poland; (M.M.); (J.M.)
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- Department of Gerontology, Geriatrics and Social Work, Jesuit University Ignatianum, 31-501 Krakow, Poland;
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Medical University of Lodz, 90-419 Lodz, Poland; (M.M.); (J.M.)
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Card KR, Golez J, Ing MR. Trends in Hawai'i Ophthalmologists' Recommendations to Patients for Prevention of Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf 2022; 81:34-37. [PMID: 35156054 PMCID: PMC8815001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The purpose of this study is to determine the current trends in recommendations made to patients by ophthalmologists in Hawai'i regarding the prevention of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and to compare these recommendations to preventative therapies described in the literature. A review of the literature was done to determine the preventative interventions that can be made to significantly lower the risk of developing AMD. An anonymous survey was sent to 95 ophthalmologists in clinical practice in Hawai'i in 2020. The survey assessed recommendations for the prevention of age-related macular degeneration. The 4 interventions assessed were avoidance of smoking, utilization of antioxidant vitamins called AREDS2, adherence to a Mediterranean diet, and maintaining a normal body mass index (BMI). Responses were received from 41 ophthalmologists were received. Overall, 100% of participants responded "yes" to recommending smoking cessation to their patients, 76% of participants recommended AREDS 2, 42% recommended a Mediterranean diet, and 37% of participants recommended maintaining a normal BMI. Smoking cessation or avoidance was universally recommended by the respondents, and 22% recommended all the assessed interventions. The survey results suggest that some interventions, such as maintaining a normal BMI and adopting a Mediterranean diet are not as widely implemented into ophthalmologists' recommendations compared to others, such as AREDS2 formulation vitamins and smoking cessation.
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- Kevin R. Card
- John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI
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- John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI
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Lv D, Chen D, Wang Z, Cui Z, Ma JH, Ji S, Chen J, Tang S. COL10A1 is a novel factor in the development of choroidal neovascularization. Microvasc Res 2022; 139:104239. [PMID: 34520774 DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2021.104239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Revised: 08/16/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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With the dramatic rise in the aging population, researching age-related macular degeneration (AMD), especially the severe form neovascular AMD (nAMD), has become more important than ever. In this study, we found that collagen type X was increased in retina-choroid tissue of mice with laser-induced choroidal neovascularization (CNV) based on immunohistofluorescence. RNA sequencing and bioinformatic analyses were performed to compare the retina-choroid tissue complex of the CNV mouse model to normal controls. Collagen type X alpha 1 chain (Col10a1) was among the most significantly upregulated genes, and the results were validated with an animal model at the mRNA and protein levels by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and western blotting, respectively. COL10A1 was also upregulated in human retinal microvascular endothelial cells (HRMECs), human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs), RPE19 cells and RF/6A cells under hypoxic conditions. Next, in vitro and in vivo experiments were performed to study the effect of COL10A1 on neovascularization. siRNA knockdown of COL10A1 suppressed the proliferation and tube formation ability of HRMECs under hypoxic conditions. Snail family transcriptional repressor 1 (SNAIL1) and angiopoietin-2 (ANGPT2) were downregulated in COL10A1 knockdown HRMECs under hypoxic conditions and thus were potential downstream genes. Significant decreases in CNV leakage and CNV lesion area, as assessed by fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA) and immunofluorescence of choroidal flat mounts, respectively, were observed in a mouse model intravitreally injected with anti-collagen X monoclonal antibody (mAb) compared to the controls. In conclusion, COL10A1 promotes CNV formation and may represent a new candidate target for the treatment and diagnosis of nAMD and other neovascular diseases.
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- Da Lv
- Aier School of Ophthalmology, Central South University, Changsha, China; Aier Eye Institute, Changsha, China
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- Aier School of Ophthalmology, Central South University, Changsha, China; Aier Eye Institute, Changsha, China
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- Aier School of Ophthalmology, Central South University, Changsha, China; Aier Eye Institute, Changsha, China
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- Aier School of Ophthalmology, Central South University, Changsha, China; Aier Eye Institute, Changsha, China; Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine, Ministry of Education, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China; Institute of Ophthalmology, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
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- Aier School of Ophthalmology, Central South University, Changsha, China; Aier Eye Institute, Changsha, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
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Xing Y, Liang S, Zhao Y, Yang S, Ni H, Li H. Protection of Aronia melanocarpa Fruit Extract from Sodium-Iodate-Induced Damages in Rat Retina. Nutrients 2021; 13:4411. [PMID: 34959962 PMCID: PMC8703977 DOI: 10.3390/nu13124411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2021] [Revised: 12/07/2021] [Accepted: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the major causes of blindness in elderly populations. However, the dry form of AMD has lack of effective treatments. The fruits of Aronia melanocarpa are rich in anthocyanins. In this study, the protective effects of aronia fruit extract on rat retina were investigated using a NaIO3-induced dry AMD model. Full-field electroretinograms (ERGs) showed that b-wave amplitudes were significantly decreased and the retina structures were disordered in the model. The extract treatment alleviated the injuries. The b-wave amplitudes increased 61.5% in Scotopic 0.01ERG, 122.0% in Photopic 3.0ERG, and 106.8% in Photopic 3.0 flicker; the retina structure disorder was improved with the thickness of outer nuclear layer increasing by 44.1%; and the malonaldehyde level was significantly reduced in extract-treated rat retinas compared to the model. The proteomics analysis showed the expressions of five crystallin proteins, α-crystallin A chain, β-crystallin B2, β-crystallin A3, α-crystallin B chain, and γ-crystallin S, which protect retina ganglion cells, were increased by 7.38-, 7.74-, 15.30-, 4.86-, and 9.14-fold, respectively, in the extract treatment compared to the control, which was also confirmed by immunoblotting. The results suggest that aronia fruit extract, probably due to its anthocyanins, could protect the rat retina by alleviating oxidative damages and by upregulating the crystallin proteins to protect its nerve system.
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- Yan Xing
- Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China; (Y.X.); (H.N.)
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- Key Laboratory of Microbial Physiological and Metabolic Engineering, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China;
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- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Beijing Proteome Research Center, Institute of Lifeomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (The PHOENIX Center), Beijing 102206, China;
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- Guozhen Health Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Beijing 102206, China;
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China; (Y.X.); (H.N.)
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China; (Y.X.); (H.N.)
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Zhong Y, Wang K, Jiang L, Wang J, Zhang X, Xu J, Yao K. Dietary fatty acid intake, plasma fatty acid levels, and the risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD): a dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. Eur J Nutr 2021; 60:3013-3027. [PMID: 33469697 DOI: 10.1007/s00394-020-02445-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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PURPOSE Previous population studies on the associations between dietary fatty acids (FAs), plasma FAs levels, and the risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) have yielded inconclusive results. Herein, we conducted a dose-response meta-analysis to quantitatively evaluate the associations between specific type of dietary FAs, plasma FAs on early and advanced AMD risk. METHODS PubMed, Web of Science, and EMBASE were systematically searched for observational cohort studies published through May 2020. For highest versus lowest comparison and dose-response analyses, the relative risk (RR) estimates with a 95% confidence interval (CI) were analyzed using random effects model. RESULTS 11 studies with 167,581 participants were included in the meta-analysis. During the follow-up periods (ranging from 3 to 28 years), 6,318 cases of AMD were recorded. Dietary intake of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosatetraenoic acid (EPA) combined (per 1 g/day increment) were found to be negatively associated with early AMD (RR: 0.67, 95% CI [0.51, 0.88]). Each 1 g/day increment of DHA (RR: 0.50, 95% CI [0.32, 0.78]) and EPA (RR: 0.40, 95% CI [0.18, 0.87]) was associated with a 50% and 60% reduction of early AMD risk, respectively. Plasma DHA (RR: 0.72, 95% CI [0.55, 0.95]) and EPA (RR: 0.57, 95% CI [0.40, 0.81]) indicated significant negative relationship with advanced AMD. CONCLUSION Increasing dietary intake of ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), specifically DHA and EPA, were associated with a reduced risk of early subtype of AMD, while other types of FAs did not present significant results. Further research is warranted to explore the potential association between dietary FA, plasma FA levels, and advanced subtype of AMD.
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- Yueyang Zhong
- Eye Center of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, No. 88 Jiefang Road, Hangzhou, 310009, Zhejiang, China
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- Eye Center of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, No. 88 Jiefang Road, Hangzhou, 310009, Zhejiang, China
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- School of Public Health, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, Zhejiang, China
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- School of Public Health, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, Zhejiang, China
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- Eye Center of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, No. 88 Jiefang Road, Hangzhou, 310009, Zhejiang, China
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- Eye Center of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, No. 88 Jiefang Road, Hangzhou, 310009, Zhejiang, China
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- Eye Center of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, No. 88 Jiefang Road, Hangzhou, 310009, Zhejiang, China.
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Wang K, Hsieh MJ, Chien HW, Lee CY, Yeh CB, Huang JY, Yang SF. Medical Compliance of Fibrate and the Decreased Risk of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Dyslipidemia-Related Diseases: A Population-Based Cohort Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021; 18:ijerph18010301. [PMID: 33401577 PMCID: PMC7796116 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18010301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2020] [Revised: 12/29/2020] [Accepted: 12/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The purpose of the current study is to evaluate the incidence of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in dyslipidemia-related diseases with or without the use of fibrate. Patients were defined as dyslipidemia-related diseases according to the diagnostic code and lab exam arrangement, then the population was divided into those with fibrate application and those without via 1:2 ratios of propensity-score matching. The primary outcome is the development of AMD after dyslipidemia-related diseases by the Cox proportional hazard regression. Besides, the relationship between the medical compliance of fibrate, presented as medical possession ratio (MPR), and the AMD development was also analyzed. A total of 22,917 patients and 45,834 individuals were enrolled in the study and control groups. There were 572 and 1181 events of any AMD development in the study and control groups which showed identical risk of AMD (aHR: 0.94, 95% CI: 0.85–1.04). However, a reduced risk of any AMD was found in those patients reached a baseline MPR more than 20% (aHR: 0.729, 95% CI: 0.599–0.887, p = 0.0016) and overall MPR more than 5% three years after the diagnosis of dyslipidemia-related diseases (aHR: 0.712, 95% CI: 0.557–0.909, p = 0.0065). Besides, a lower risk of dry-AMD was also found in those patients with the above conditions (aHR: 0.736, 95% CI: 0.599–0.906, p = 0.0038 and aHR: 0.721, 95% CI: 0.557–0.934, p = 0.0133, respectively). In conclusion, the use of fibrate with fair initial medical compliance will decrease the incidence of AMD in patients with dyslipidemia-related diseases, especially for the development of dry-AMD.
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- Kai Wang
- Department of Ophthalmology, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei 106, Taiwan; (K.W.); (H.-W.C.)
- Department of Ophthalmology, Sijhih Cathay General Hospital, New Taipei City 211, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei 242, Taiwan
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- Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402, Taiwan; (M.-J.H.); (J.-Y.H.)
- Oral Cancer Research Center, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua 500, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei 106, Taiwan; (K.W.); (H.-W.C.)
- Department of Ophthalmology, Sijhih Cathay General Hospital, New Taipei City 211, Taiwan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Show Chwan Memorial Hospital, Changhua 500, Taiwan;
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402, Taiwan;
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung 402, Taiwan
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- Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402, Taiwan; (M.-J.H.); (J.-Y.H.)
- Department of Medical Research, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung 402, Taiwan
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- Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402, Taiwan; (M.-J.H.); (J.-Y.H.)
- Department of Medical Research, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung 402, Taiwan
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Komarova TM, Vitovska OP, Komisarenko JI, Kohan VM. AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION - CURRENT STATE OF THE PROBLEM AND PROPHYLAXIS METHODS. Wiad Lek 2021; 74:767-772. [PMID: 33843651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The aim: Analyze the ophthalmic studies on diagnostics and treatment of patients with age-related macular degeneration to optimize diagnostics and management tactics. PATIENTS AND METHODS Materials and methods: The analysis of scientific papers due to age-related macular degeneration, vitamin D and its functions from scientometric databases: PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science. The methods were next: systematic approach, analysis, summarization and comparison. CONCLUSION Conclusions: Age-related macular degeneration is a chronic, progressive disease among people older than 50 years. Late diagnostics and inappropriate treatment may lead to irreversible central vision loss and social disadaptation. Modern studies on the pathogenesis and treatment of this pathology (that are due to the role of the immune system, antioxidants and microelements) demonstrate the effectiveness and prospects for further development around the world to find new ways to solve this problem.
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- BOGOMOLETS NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, KYIV, UKRAINE
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Cornebise C, Courtaut F, Taillandier-Coindard M, Valls-Fonayet J, Richard T, Monchaud D, Aires V, Delmas D. Red Wine Extract Inhibits VEGF Secretion and Its Signaling Pathway in Retinal ARPE-19 Cells to Potentially Disrupt AMD. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25235564. [PMID: 33260857 PMCID: PMC7731402 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25235564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2020] [Revised: 11/24/2020] [Accepted: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a degenerative disease of the retina where the molecular mechanism involves the production of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), a factor of poor prognosis of the progression of the disease. Previous studies have shown that resveratrol, a polyphenol of grapevines, can prevent VEGF secretion induced by stress from retinal cells. Considering the fundamental role played by VEGF in development and progression of AMD, we investigate the potential effect of red wine extract (RWE) on VEGF secretion and its signaling pathway in human retinal cells ARPE-19. To examine the effect of RWE in ARPE-19, a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the RWE was performed by HPLC MS/MS. We show for the first time that RWE decreased VEGF-A secretion from ARPE-19 cells and its protein expression in concentration-dependent manner. RWE-induced alteration in VEGF-A production is associated with a down of VEGF-receptor 2 (VEGF-R2) protein expression and its phosphorylated intracytoplasmic domain. Subsequently, the activation of kinase pathway is disturbing and RWE prevents the phosphorylation of MEK and ERK 1/2 in human retinal cells ARPE-19. Finally, this study sheds light on the interest that the use of polyphenolic cocktails could represent in a prevention strategy.
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- Clarisse Cornebise
- Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, F-21000 Dijon, France; (C.C.); (F.C.); (M.T.-C.); (D.M.); (V.A.)
- INSERM Research Center U1231—Cancer and Adaptive Immune Response Team, Bioactive Molecules and Health Research Group, F-21000 Dijon, France
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- Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, F-21000 Dijon, France; (C.C.); (F.C.); (M.T.-C.); (D.M.); (V.A.)
- INSERM Research Center U1231—Cancer and Adaptive Immune Response Team, Bioactive Molecules and Health Research Group, F-21000 Dijon, France
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- Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, F-21000 Dijon, France; (C.C.); (F.C.); (M.T.-C.); (D.M.); (V.A.)
- INSERM Research Center U1231—Cancer and Adaptive Immune Response Team, Bioactive Molecules and Health Research Group, F-21000 Dijon, France
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- Unité de Recherche Oenologie, EA 4577, USC 1366 INRA-ISVV, F-33882 Villenave d’Ornon, France; (J.V.-F.); (T.R.)
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- Unité de Recherche Oenologie, EA 4577, USC 1366 INRA-ISVV, F-33882 Villenave d’Ornon, France; (J.V.-F.); (T.R.)
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- Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, F-21000 Dijon, France; (C.C.); (F.C.); (M.T.-C.); (D.M.); (V.A.)
- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire (ICMUB), CNRS UMR6302, UBFC, F-21078 Dijon, France
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- Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, F-21000 Dijon, France; (C.C.); (F.C.); (M.T.-C.); (D.M.); (V.A.)
- INSERM Research Center U1231—Cancer and Adaptive Immune Response Team, Bioactive Molecules and Health Research Group, F-21000 Dijon, France
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- Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, F-21000 Dijon, France; (C.C.); (F.C.); (M.T.-C.); (D.M.); (V.A.)
- INSERM Research Center U1231—Cancer and Adaptive Immune Response Team, Bioactive Molecules and Health Research Group, F-21000 Dijon, France
- Centre Anticancéreux Georges François Leclerc, F-21000 Dijon, France
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +33-380-39-32-26
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IMPACT STATEMENT Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a devastating retinal degenerative disease. Epidemiological reports showed an expected increasing prevalence of AMD in the near future. The only one existing FDA-approved pharmacological treatment involves an anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy with serious disadvantages. This limitation emphasizes an alarming need to develop new therapeutic approaches to prevent and treat AMD. In this review, we summarize scientific data unraveling the therapeutic potential of the specific retinoid and natural compounds. The experimental results reported by us and other research groups demonstrated that retinoid analogs and compounds with natural product scaffolds could serve as lead compounds for the development of new therapeutic agents with potential to prevent or slow down the pathogenesis of AMD.
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- Tanu Parmar
- Department of Pharmacology, and Cleveland Center for Membrane and Structural Biology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, and Cleveland Center for Membrane and Structural Biology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, and Cleveland Center for Membrane and Structural Biology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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Emri E, Kortvely E, Dammeier S, Klose F, Simpson D, den Hollander AI, Ueffing M, Lengyel I. A Multi-Omics Approach Identifies Key Regulatory Pathways Induced by Long-Term Zinc Supplementation in Human Primary Retinal Pigment Epithelium. Nutrients 2020; 12:nu12103051. [PMID: 33036197 PMCID: PMC7601425 DOI: 10.3390/nu12103051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2020] [Revised: 10/01/2020] [Accepted: 10/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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In age-related macular degeneration (AMD), both systemic and local zinc levels decline. Elevation of zinc in clinical studies delayed the progression to end-stage AMD. However, the molecular pathways underpinning this beneficial effect are not yet identified. In this study, we used differentiated primary human fetal retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cultures and long-term zinc supplementation to carry out a combined transcriptome, proteome and secretome analysis from three genetically different human donors. After combining significant differences, we identified the complex molecular networks using Database for Annotation, Visualization and Integrated Discovery (DAVID) and Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA). The cell cultures from the three donors showed extensive pigmentation, development of microvilli and basal infoldings and responded to zinc supplementation with an increase in transepithelial electrical resistance (TEER) (apical supplementation: 443.2 ± 79.3%, basal supplementation: 424.9 ± 116.8%, compared to control: 317.5 ± 98.2%). Significant changes were observed in the expression of 1044 genes, 151 cellular proteins and 124 secreted proteins. Gene set enrichment analysis revealed changes in specific molecular pathways related to cell adhesion/polarity, extracellular matrix organization, protein processing/transport, and oxidative stress response by zinc and identified a key upstream regulator effect similar to that of TGFB1.
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- Eszter Emri
- Wellcome Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast BT97BL, Northern Ireland, UK; (E.E.); (D.S.)
- Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Immunology, Infectious Diseases and Ophthalmology (I2O) Discovery and Translational Area, Roche Innovation Center Basel, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., 4070 Basel, Switzerland;
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- Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Immunology, Infectious Diseases and Ophthalmology (I2O) Discovery and Translational Area, Roche Innovation Center Basel, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., 4070 Basel, Switzerland;
- Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tubingen, D-72076 Tubingen, Germany; (S.D.); (F.K.); (M.U.)
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- Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tubingen, D-72076 Tubingen, Germany; (S.D.); (F.K.); (M.U.)
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- Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tubingen, D-72076 Tubingen, Germany; (S.D.); (F.K.); (M.U.)
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- Wellcome Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast BT97BL, Northern Ireland, UK; (E.E.); (D.S.)
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- Departments of Ophthalmology and Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, 6525EX Nijmegen, The Netherlands;
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- Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tubingen, D-72076 Tubingen, Germany; (S.D.); (F.K.); (M.U.)
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- Wellcome Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast BT97BL, Northern Ireland, UK; (E.E.); (D.S.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +44-(0)-28-9097-6027
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Tisi A, Flati V, Delle Monache S, Lozzi L, Passacantando M, Maccarone R. Nanoceria Particles Are an Eligible Candidate to Prevent Age-Related Macular Degeneration by Inhibiting Retinal Pigment Epithelium Cell Death and Autophagy Alterations. Cells 2020; 9:cells9071617. [PMID: 32635502 PMCID: PMC7408137 DOI: 10.3390/cells9071617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2020] [Revised: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 07/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) dysfunction and degeneration underlie the development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which is the leading cause of blindness worldwide. In this study, we investigated whether cerium oxide nanoparticles (CeO2-NPs or nanoceria), which are anti-oxidant agents with auto-regenerative properties, are able to preserve the RPE. On ARPE-19 cells, we found that CeO2-NPs promoted cell viability against H2O2-induced cellular damage. For the in vivo studies, we used a rat model of acute light damage (LD), which mimics many features of AMD. CeO2-NPs intravitreally injected three days before LD prevented RPE cell death and degeneration and nanoceria labelled with fluorescein were found localized in the cytoplasm of RPE cells. CeO2-NPs inhibited epithelial-mesenchymal transition of RPE cells and modulated autophagy by the down-regulation of LC3B-II and p62. Moreover, the treatment inhibited nuclear localization of LC3B. Taken together, our study demonstrates that CeO2-NPs represent an eligible candidate to counteract RPE degeneration and, therefore, a powerful therapy for AMD.
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- Annamaria Tisi
- Department of Biotechnology and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, via Vetoio, Coppito 2, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy; (A.T.); (V.F.); (S.D.M.)
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- Department of Biotechnology and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, via Vetoio, Coppito 2, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy; (A.T.); (V.F.); (S.D.M.)
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- Department of Biotechnology and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, via Vetoio, Coppito 2, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy; (A.T.); (V.F.); (S.D.M.)
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- Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, via Vetoio, Coppito 1, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy; (L.L.); (M.P.)
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- Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, via Vetoio, Coppito 1, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy; (L.L.); (M.P.)
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- Department of Biotechnology and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, via Vetoio, Coppito 2, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy; (A.T.); (V.F.); (S.D.M.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-0862433488
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Dörschmann P, Mikkelsen MD, Thi TN, Roider J, Meyer AS, Klettner A. Effects of a Newly Developed Enzyme-Assisted Extraction Method on the Biological Activities of Fucoidans in Ocular Cells. Mar Drugs 2020; 18:E282. [PMID: 32466624 PMCID: PMC7344579 DOI: 10.3390/md18060282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Revised: 05/20/2020] [Accepted: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Fucoidans from brown seaweeds are promising substances as potential drugs against age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The heterogeneity of fucoidans requires intensive research in order to find suitable species and extraction methods. Ten different fucoidan samples extracted enzymatically from Laminaria digitata (LD), Saccharina latissima (SL) and Fucus distichus subsp. evanescens (FE) were tested for toxicity, oxidative stress protection and VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) inhibition. For this study crude fucoidans were extracted from seaweeds using different enzymes and SL fucoidans were further separated into three fractions (SL_F1-F3) by ion-exchange chromatography (IEX). Fucoidan composition was analyzed by high performance anion exchange chromatography (HPAEC) after acid hydrolysis. The crude extracts contained alginate, while two of the fractionated SL fucoidans SL_F2 and SL_F3 were highly pure. Cell viability was assessed with an 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-5-(3-carboxymethoxyphenyl)-2-(4-sulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium (MTS) assay in OMM-1 and ARPE-19. Protective effects were investigated after 24 h of stress insult in OMM-1 and ARPE-19. Secreted VEGF was analyzed via ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) in ARPE-19 cells. Fucoidans showed no toxic effects. In OMM-1 SL_F2 and several FE fucoidans were protective. LD_SiAT2 (Cellic®CTec2 + Sigma-Aldrich alginate lyase), FE_SiAT3 (Cellic® CTec3 + Sigma-Aldrich alginate lyase), SL_F2 and SL_F3 inhibited VEGF with the latter two as the most effective. We could show that enzyme treated fucoidans in general and the fractionated SL fucoidans SL_F2 and SL_F3 are very promising for beneficial AMD relevant biological activities.
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- Philipp Dörschmann
- Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, University of Kiel, Arnold-Heller-Str. 3, Haus 25, 24105 Kiel, Germany; (J.R.); (A.K.)
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark; (M.D.M.); (T.N.T.); (A.S.M.)
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark; (M.D.M.); (T.N.T.); (A.S.M.)
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, University of Kiel, Arnold-Heller-Str. 3, Haus 25, 24105 Kiel, Germany; (J.R.); (A.K.)
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark; (M.D.M.); (T.N.T.); (A.S.M.)
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, University of Kiel, Arnold-Heller-Str. 3, Haus 25, 24105 Kiel, Germany; (J.R.); (A.K.)
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Kho A, Niederer R, Wilson G. Exploring the impact of public health campaigns for glaucoma and macular degeneration utilising Google Trends data in a New Zealand setting. N Z Med J 2020; 133:10-15. [PMID: 32379735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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AIM To evaluate the impact of public health campaigns for glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration compared to breast cancer and prostate cancer using Google Trends data. METHODS Relative search volumes for the terms 'glaucoma', 'macular degeneration', 'breast cancer' and 'prostate cancer' for New Zealand from October 2008-September 2018 were obtained via Google Trends. Intervention time-series analyses were used to compare observations before and after each awareness campaign. RESULTS Of the campaigns occurring in the 10-year study period, statistically significant increases in search behaviour were observed for breast cancer (45%, p<0.01), prostate cancer (32%, p<0.01) and glaucoma (16%, p<0.01). Macular degeneration search behaviour increased on average 14% but this was not statistically significant (p>0.1), although increased activity (294%) was observed in December 2016, corresponding with the release of a report, public meeting and media release on the socioeconomic impact of macular degeneration. CONCLUSIONS Glaucoma and macular degeneration search behaviour in New Zealand has a low impact following health awareness campaigns in comparison to breast and prostate cancer. This implies there is scope for improvement with these campaigns and a large increase in macular degeneration activity following a public meeting, and report release suggests that increased funding may increase impact. This study also highlights the utility of internet data for cost-effective monitoring of public interest in health issues.
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- Adeline Kho
- Registrar, Department of Ophthalmology, Waikato District Health Board, Hamilton
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- Ophthalmologist, Department of Ophthalmology, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland
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- Ophthalmologist, Department of Ophthalmology, Tairawhiti District Health Board, Gisborne
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Widomska J, SanGiovanni JP, Subczynski WK. Why is Zeaxanthin the Most Concentrated Xanthophyll in the Central Fovea? Nutrients 2020; 12:nu12051333. [PMID: 32392888 PMCID: PMC7284714 DOI: 10.3390/nu12051333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2020] [Revised: 05/04/2020] [Accepted: 05/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Diet-based xanthophylls (zeaxanthin and lutein) are conditionally essential polar carotenoids preferentially accreted in high concentrations (1 mM) to the central retina, where they have the capacity to impart unique physiologically significant biophysical biochemical properties implicated in cell function, rescue, and survival. Macular xanthophylls interact with membrane-bound proteins and lipids to absorb/attenuate light energy, modulate oxidative stress and redox balance, and influence signal transduction cascades implicated in the pathophysiology of age-related macular degeneration. There is exclusive transport, sequestration, and appreciable bioamplification of macular xanthophylls from the circulating carotenoid pool to the retina and within the retina to regions required for high-resolution sensory processing. The distribution of diet-based macular xanthophylls and the lutein metabolite meso-zeaxanthin varies considerably by retinal eccentricity. Zeaxanthin concentrations are 2.5-fold higher than lutein in the cone-dense central fovea. This is an ~20-fold increase in the molar ratio relative to eccentric retinal regions with biochemically detectable macular xanthophylls. In this review, we discuss how the differences in the specific properties of lutein and zeaxanthin could help explain the preferential accumulation of zeaxanthin in the most vulnerable region of the macula.
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- Justyna Widomska
- Department of Biophysics, Medical University of Lublin, Jaczewskiego 4, 20-090 Lublin, Poland
- Correspondence: (J.W.); (J.P.S.); Tel.: 48-81448-6333 (J.W.)
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, The University of Arizona, 1657 East Helen Street, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
- Correspondence: (J.W.); (J.P.S.); Tel.: 48-81448-6333 (J.W.)
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- Department of Biophysics, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA;
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Rowan S, Jiang S, Chang ML, Volkin J, Cassalman C, Smith KM, Streeter MD, Spiegel DA, Moreira-Neto C, Rabbani N, Thornalley PJ, Smith DE, Waheed NK, Taylor A. A low glycemic diet protects disease-prone Nrf2-deficient mice against age-related macular degeneration. Free Radic Biol Med 2020; 150:75-86. [PMID: 32068111 PMCID: PMC7747150 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2020.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2019] [Revised: 01/30/2020] [Accepted: 02/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a major blinding disease, affecting over 14% of the elderly. Risk for AMD is related to age, diet, environment, and genetics. Dietary modulation of AMD risk is a promising treatment modality, but requires appropriate animal models to demonstrate advantages of diet. Mice lacking the antioxidant transcription factor Nrf2 (Nfe2l2) develop age-related retinopathy relevant to human AMD. Here we evaluated the effect of consuming high glycemic (HG) or low glycemic (LG) diets until 18-months of age on development of features relevant to AMD in Nrf2-null mice. Nrf2-null mice that consumed HG diets developed atrophic AMD, characterized by photoreceptor degeneration, retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) atrophy and pigmentary abnormalities, basal laminar deposits, and loss of the choriocapillaris. In contrast, Nrf2-null-mice that consumed LG diets did not develop retinal disease phenotypes. Consumption of HG diets was associated with accumulation of advanced glycation end-products in the RPE and systemically, whereas consumption of the LG diet was associated with increased levels of anti-glycative and anti-oxidative detoxification machinery. Together our data indicate that the Nrf2-null HG mouse is a good model for atrophic AMD studies and that the LG diet can activate protective pathways to prevent AMD, even in a genetically predisposed animal.
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- Sheldon Rowan
- Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, JM-USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA, 02111, USA; Friedman School of Nutrition and Science Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA, 02111, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02111, USA.
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- Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, JM-USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA, 02111, USA; Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region People's Hospital, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, 010017, China
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- Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, JM-USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA, 02111, USA
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- Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, JM-USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA, 02111, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02111, USA
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- Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, JM-USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA, 02111, USA; Friedman School of Nutrition and Science Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA, 02111, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02111, USA
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- Clinical Sciences Research Laboratories, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, University Hospital, Coventry, CV2 2DX, UK; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, QU Health, Qatar University, P.O. Box 2713, Doha, Qatar
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- Clinical Sciences Research Laboratories, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, University Hospital, Coventry, CV2 2DX, UK; Diabetes Research Center, Qatar Biomedical Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, P.O. Box 34110, Doha, Qatar
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- Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, JM-USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA, 02111, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02111, USA
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- Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, JM-USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA, 02111, USA; Friedman School of Nutrition and Science Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA, 02111, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02111, USA.
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Patnaik JL, Lynch AM, Wagner BD, Echalier EL, Kohrt WM, Mathias MT, Siringo FS, Palestine AG, Mandava N. Hormone Therapy as a Protective Factor for Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Ophthalmic Epidemiol 2020; 27:148-154. [PMID: 31813321 DOI: 10.1080/09286586.2019.1701041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2019] [Revised: 10/15/2019] [Accepted: 11/28/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine if the use of menopausal hormone therapy (HT) is related to the development of neovascular (NV) age-related macular degeneration (AMD), geographic atrophy (GA) and/or early/intermediate AMD.Methods: A case-control study was conducted from patients prospectively recruited from July 2014 to June 2019. Cases were females with AMD recruited into a registry and controls were females with age-related cataract and no AMD. Age-related macular degeneration was categorized into NV-AMD, GA, and early/intermediate. Hormone therapy (historic and current) was self-reported by the patient and categorized as ever/never use. Adjusted odds ratios (ORs) from multinomial logistic regressions are presented for each AMD group.Results: Female AMD case patients (n = 409) and controls (n = 132) were included in the analytic database. Almost half (45.5%) of the female AMD patients had NV-AMD, 14.9% had GA, and 39.6% had early/intermediate AMD. Among all study participants, 285 (52.7%) reported historic and/or current use of HT. Controls were significantly more likely to have any HT use (71.2%), compared to 43.0% (p ≤ 0.001) of NV-AMD patients, 47.5% (p = .002) of GA patients, and 50.6% (p ≤ 0.001) of early/intermediate AMD patients. Adjusted for potential confounders of age and Caucasian race, cases were significantly more likely to have lower HT use compared to controls: NV-AMD, OR = 0.31 (95%CI: 0.18-0.54), GA, OR = 0.40 (95%CI: 0.20-0.80), and early/intermediate AMD, OR = 0.36 (95%CI: 0.22-0.61).Conclusion: Our case-control study found that the use of HT was associated with a lower odds of all AMD stages studied: NV-AMD, GA and early/intermediate.
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- Jennifer L Patnaik
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, U.S.A
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, U.S.A
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, U.S.A
- Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, University of Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, U.S.A
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, U.S.A
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- Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, U.S.A
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, U.S.A
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, U.S.A
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, U.S.A
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, U.S.A
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Mozetic V, Pacheco RL, Latorraca CDOC, Lee FCYO, Gomes JVB, Riera R. What do Cochrane systematic reviews say about interventions for age-related macular degeneration? SAO PAULO MED J 2019; 137:530-542. [PMID: 32159640 PMCID: PMC9754271 DOI: 10.1590/1516-3180.2019.010317092019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2019] [Accepted: 09/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the third largest cause of blindness worldwide, accounting for 8.7% of all cases. A considerable number of preventive or therapeutic interventions have been used for AMD. OBJECTIVE This study presents a critical view of the interventions that have been assessed through Cochrane systematic reviews. DESIGN AND SETTING Review of systematic reviews, conducted in the Discipline of Evidence-Based Medicine, Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM), Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). METHODS Review of Cochrane systematic reviews about interventions for AMD. RESULTS The 18 systematic reviews included assessed the effects of surgical techniques, laser/photo/radiotherapy, intravitreal injections, systemic drugs and phytotherapy/vitamins/supplements. CONCLUSION The Cochrane systematic reviews found evidence that use of bevacizumab, ranibizumab, pegaptanib, laser photocoagulation, photodynamic therapy and multivitamin compounds may present some benefits for treating AMD. There was insufficient evidence for supporting the use of macular translocation, submacular surgery, steroid implantation, radiotherapy, intravitreal aflibercept, interferon alfa, statins or omega-3 fatty acids for treating AMD; or the use of multivitamin antioxidant vitamins or mineral supplementation for preventing AMD. Future randomized controlled trials are imperative to reduce the uncertainty in several clinical questions regarding AMD.
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- Vania Mozetic
- MD. Ophthalmologist, Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, São Paulo (SP), Brazil.
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- MD. Researcher, Centro Universitário São Camilo, and Master’s Student, Evidence-Based Health Program, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo (SP), Brazil.
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- MSc. Psychologist and Doctoral Student, Evidence-Based Health Program, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), and Assistant Researcher, Cochrane Brazil, São Paulo (SP), Brazil.
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- Undergraduate Medical Student, Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM), Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo (SP), Brazil.
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- Undergraduate Medical Student, Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM), Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo (SP), Brazil.
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- MD, MSc, PhD. Rheumatologist and Adjunct Professor, Discipline of Evidence-Based Medicine, Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM), Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), and Coordinator, Centre of Health Technology Assessment, Hospital Sírio-Libanês, São Paulo (SP), Brazil.
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Ng AL, Leung HH, Kawasaki R, Ho WL, Chow LL, Chow SS, Lee JCY, Wong IY. Dietary Habits, Fatty Acids and Carotenoid Levels Are Associated with Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Chinese. Nutrients 2019; 11:nu11081720. [PMID: 31349710 PMCID: PMC6723701 DOI: 10.3390/nu11081720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2019] [Revised: 07/20/2019] [Accepted: 07/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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The role of diet and circulatory carotenoids and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) are implicated in age-related macular degeneration (AMD) but not well studied in Chinese. However, other fatty acids were not comprehensively evaluated if it had additional consequence on AMD. This study investigated the relationship among dietary habits, fatty acids levels, carotenoids and AMD in Hong Kong Chinese adults. In this cross-sectional case-controlled study, plasma fatty acids including, saturated fatty acids (SFA), monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), and carotenoids levels were quantified between patients with neovascular AMD (n = 99) and age-gender-matched controls (n = 198). A food frequency questionnaire was also conducted. Low blood carotenoid levels and omega-3 PUFAs namely DHA, EPA and -linolenic acid increased the odds ratio of developing neovascular AMD. High blood omega-6 PUFAs specifically arachidonic acid and eicosadienoic acid, oleic acid (a MUFA) and SFA levels increased the odds ratio of having neovascular AMD. Neovascular AMD group had significantly less omega-3 PUFA rich food (vegetables, nuts, seafood) intake and higher SFA (meat) intake than controls. In short, neovascular AMD was associated with lower circulatory levels of carotenoids and omega-3 PUFAs, and higher level of omega-6 PUFAs, oleic acid and SFAs in the Hong Kong Chinese population. These findings enhance the understandings of dietary impacts on neovascular AMD and provide a context for future nutritional intervention studies.
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- Alex Lk Ng
- Department of Ophthalmology, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Sassoon Road, Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Ophthalmic Associate, Queen's Road, Hong Kong
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
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- Department of Vision Informatics, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, 565-0871 Osaka, Japan
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- Grantham Hospital, Hospital Authority, Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong
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- Grantham Hospital, Hospital Authority, Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong
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- Grantham Hospital, Hospital Authority, Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Sassoon Road, Hong Kong.
- Department of Ophthalmology, Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, Happy Valley, Hong Kong.
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Wang S, Wang X, Cheng Y, Ouyang W, Sang X, Liu J, Su Y, Liu Y, Li C, Yang L, Jin L, Wang Z. Autophagy Dysfunction, Cellular Senescence, and Abnormal Immune-Inflammatory Responses in AMD: From Mechanisms to Therapeutic Potential. Oxid Med Cell Longev 2019; 2019:3632169. [PMID: 31249643 PMCID: PMC6556250 DOI: 10.1155/2019/3632169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2019] [Accepted: 04/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a blinding disease caused by multiple factors and is the primary cause of vision loss in the elderly. The morbidity of AMD increases every year. Currently, there is no effective treatment option for AMD. Intravitreal injection of antivascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) is currently the most widely used therapy, but it only aims at neovascularization, which is an intermediate pathological phenomenon of wet AMD, not at the etiological treatment. Anti-VEGF therapy can only temporarily delay the degeneration process of wet AMD, and AMD is easy to relapse after drug withdrawal. Therefore, it is urgent to deepen our understanding of the pathophysiological processes underlying AMD and to identify integrated or new strategies for AMD prevention and treatment. Recent studies have found that autophagy dysfunction in retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells, cellular senescence, and abnormal immune-inflammatory responses play key roles in the pathogenesis of AMD. For many age-related diseases, the main focus is currently the clearing of senescent cells (SNCs) as an antiaging treatment, thereby delaying diseases. However, in AMD, there is no relevant antiaging application. This review will discuss the pathogenesis of AMD and how interactions among RPE autophagy dysfunction, cellular senescence, and abnormal immune-inflammatory responses are involved in AMD, and it will summarize the three antiaging strategies that have been developed, with the aim of providing important information for the integrated prevention and treatment of AMD and laying the ground work for the application of antiaging strategies in AMD treatment.
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- Shoubi Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China
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- Eye Institute of Xiamen University, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Dongguan People's Hospital, Dongguan 523059, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China
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Feng L, Liao X, Zhang Y, Wang F. Protective effects on age-related macular degeneration by activated autophagy induced by amyloid-β in retinal pigment epithelial cells. Discov Med 2019; 27:153-160. [PMID: 31095924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Amyloid-β (Aβ) accumulation has been reported in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), and it has been demonstrated to play an important role in the development of AMD. This study was performed to detect the activation of autophagy in retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells treated with Aβ, aiming to investigate the potential protective mechanism of RPE cells against Aβ stress. Human ARPE-19 cells were treated with soluble Aβ1-42 oligomer. Transmission electron microscopy was used to assess the formation of autophagic compartments; immunofluorescence was used to detect the subcellular localization of LC3; and western blot was used to detect the conversion of LC3-I to LC3-II and the expression of p62. Activated autophagy in Aβ-treated ARPE-19 cells was detected by three methodologies: 1) generation of autophagic compartments by transmission electron microscopy, 2) altered expression pattern of LC3 by immunofluorescence, and 3) elevated light-chain-3 II (LC3-II) and decreased p62 expression by western blot. These results suggest that Aβ could induce autophagy in RPE cells, which provided a potential protective mechanism for the retina cells that encountered Aβ deposition.
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- Le Feng
- Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai 200072, China
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Casey C, Woodside JV, McGinty A, Young IS, McPeake J, Chakravarthy U, Rahu M, Seland J, Soubrane G, Tomazzoli L, Topouzis F, Vioque J, Fletcher AE. Factors associated with serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in older people in Europe: the EUREYE study. Eur J Clin Nutr 2019; 73:319-328. [PMID: 30367156 DOI: 10.1038/s41430-018-0353-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2018] [Revised: 08/15/2018] [Accepted: 09/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES We aimed to describe serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) concentrations in older Europeans and to investigate associations between 25OHD and lifestyle factors, including dietary intake and supplement use. SUBJECTS/METHODS Men and women aged ≥ 65 years were recruited from seven centres across north to south Europe. Serum 25OHD2 and 25OHD3 concentrations were measured by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) in 4495 samples and total 25OHD (25OHD2 + 25OHD3) was adjusted for season of blood collection. RESULTS The mean (25th, 75th quartile) of seasonally adjusted 25OHD was 46 (34, 65) nmol/L, with the highest concentration of 25OHD in Bergen [61 (49, 79) nmol/L], and the lowest in Paris [36 (24, 57) nmol/L)]. Vitamin D deficiency (25-50 nmol/L) and vitamin D insufficiency (50-75 nmol/L) were found in 41 and 33% of the population, respectively. In multivariable analysis controlled for confounders, seasonally adjusted 25OHD concentrations were significantly (p < 0.05) lower in smokers and participants with self-reported diabetes and higher with increasing dietary vitamin D, and supplement use with fish liver oil, omega-3, and vitamin D. Additionally, in further analysis excluding Bergen, 25OHD was associated with higher intakes of oily fish and increasing UVB exposure. We observed low concentrations of 25OHD in older people in Europe. CONCLUSIONS Our findings of the higher 25OHD concentrations in supplement users (omega-3 fish oil, fish liver oil, vitamin D) add to current recommendations to reduce vitamin D deficiency. We were unable to fully assess the role of dietary vitamin D as we lacked information on vitamin D-fortified foods.
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- Claire Casey
- Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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- Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
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- Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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- Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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- Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Eye Department, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Hotel Dieu de Paris, University Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- Clinica Oculistica, Università degli Studi di Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- University Miguel Hernandez, Ciberesp, Isabial-Fisabio, Alicante, Spain
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- Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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Abreu-González R, Díaz-Rodríguez R, Abreu-Reyes JA. Nutritional supplements with omega 3 in retinal disease: Relationship between volume and concentration in commercial products. Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol (Engl Ed) 2018; 93:592-597. [PMID: 30025989 DOI: 10.1016/j.oftal.2018.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2018] [Revised: 05/11/2018] [Accepted: 05/18/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To analyse the morphometric characteristics and the concentration of (docosahexaenoic acid) DHA and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) of the different nutritional supplements with omega 3 available on the market for retinal disease. MATERIAL AND METHODS A double-blind study was conducted with a single observer, of the different omega 3 supplementation tablets sample marketed in Spain. The length of the tablet, the concentration of omega 3 in total, as well as DHA and EPA were studied separately using the amount provided by the manufacturer and the volume of the capsule calculated from the development of a specific formula for it. RESULTS A total of 10 different nutritional supplements were included. The mean of total omega 3, DHA and EPA was 383.10±160.90, 210.72±93.3, and 112.34±140.98mg, respectively. The mean size of the capsules was 14.77±0.19×8.13±0.09mm The smallest sized capsule was that of Oftan macula omega® (Esteve, Barcelona, Spain). Brudymacula® (Brudylab, Barcelona, Spain) and Brudyretina 1.5 g® (Brudylab, Barcelona, Spain) tablets contained more DHA, with Nutrof omega® (Thea Laboratories, Barcelona, Spain) having the lowest concentration of omega 3, DHA and EPA, per tablet. CONCLUSION There are significant differences in size, volume, quantity, and concentration of omega 3 and its derivatives, between different commercial preparations. Only the knowledge of the characteristics of the nutritional supplements will enable us to provide a more personalised indication of their use for our patients.
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- R Abreu-González
- Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Tenerife, España.
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- Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Tenerife, España
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- Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Tenerife, España
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Rinninella E, Mele MC, Merendino N, Cintoni M, Anselmi G, Caporossi A, Gasbarrini A, Minnella AM. The Role of Diet, Micronutrients and the Gut Microbiota in Age-Related Macular Degeneration: New Perspectives from the Gut⁻Retina Axis. Nutrients 2018; 10:nu10111677. [PMID: 30400586 PMCID: PMC6267253 DOI: 10.3390/nu10111677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2018] [Revised: 10/25/2018] [Accepted: 10/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a complex multifactorial disease and the primary cause of legal and irreversible blindness among individuals aged ≥65 years in developed countries. Globally, it affects 30–50 million individuals, with an estimated increase of approximately 200 million by 2020 and approximately 300 million by 2040. Currently, the neovascular form may be able to be treated with the use of anti-VEGF drugs, while no effective treatments are available for the dry form. Many studies, such as the randomized controlled trials (RCTs) Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) and AREDS 2, have shown a potential role of micronutrient supplementation in lowering the risk of progression of the early stages of AMD. Recently, low-grade inflammation, sustained by dysbiosis and a leaky gut, has been shown to contribute to the development of AMD. Given the ascertained influence of the gut microbiota in systemic low-grade inflammation and its potential modulation by macro- and micro-nutrients, a potential role of diet in AMD has been proposed. This review discusses the role of the gut microbiota in the development of AMD. Using PubMed, Web of Science and Scopus, we searched for recent scientific evidence discussing the impact of dietary habits (high-fat and high-glucose or -fructose diets), micronutrients (vitamins C, E, and D, zinc, beta-carotene, lutein and zeaxanthin) and omega-3 fatty acids on the modulation of the gut microbiota and their relationship with AMD risk and progression.
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- Emanuele Rinninella
- UOC di Nutrizione Clinica, Dipartimento di Scienze Gastroenterologiche, Endocrino-Metaboliche e Nefro-Urologiche, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy.
- Istituto di Patologia Speciale Medica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo F. Vito 1, 00168 Rome, Italy.
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- UOC di Nutrizione Clinica, Dipartimento di Scienze Gastroenterologiche, Endocrino-Metaboliche e Nefro-Urologiche, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy.
- Istituto di Patologia Speciale Medica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo F. Vito 1, 00168 Rome, Italy.
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- Laboratorio di Nutrizione Cellulare e Molecolare, Dipartimento di Scienze Ecologiche e Biologiche (DEB), Università della Tuscia, Largo dell'Università snc, 01100 Viterbo, Italy.
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- Scuola di Specializzazione in Scienza dell'Alimentazione, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy.
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- UOC di Nutrizione Clinica, Dipartimento di Scienze Gastroenterologiche, Endocrino-Metaboliche e Nefro-Urologiche, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy.
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- UOC di Oculistica, Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Invecchiamento, Neurologiche, Ortopediche e della Testa-Collo, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy.
- Istituto di Oftalmologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo F. Vito 1, 00168 Rome, Italy.
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- UOC di Nutrizione Clinica, Dipartimento di Scienze Gastroenterologiche, Endocrino-Metaboliche e Nefro-Urologiche, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy.
- Istituto di Patologia Speciale Medica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo F. Vito 1, 00168 Rome, Italy.
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- UOC di Oculistica, Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Invecchiamento, Neurologiche, Ortopediche e della Testa-Collo, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy.
- Istituto di Oftalmologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo F. Vito 1, 00168 Rome, Italy.
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Chen YJ, Yeung L, Sun CC, Huang CC, Chen KS, Lu YH. Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies. Am J Nephrol 2018; 48:278-291. [PMID: 30336463 DOI: 10.1159/000493924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2018] [Accepted: 09/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is an important cause of blindness in aged people. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) was reported to be associated with a higher risk of AMD. However, supporting evidence was inconsistent between studies. This work intends to examine whether a positive association exists between CKD and AMD by systematic review and meta-analysis. METHODS A systematic search of electronic databases (Medline, PubMed, Cochrane and EMBASE) and reference lists on June 2017. The key inclusion criteria were controlled trials that investigated the relationship between AMD and CKD. The outcome measures included risk ratios and/or occurrence rates of AMD in CKD vs. non-CKD population. Data were pooled according to the type of AMD by random effect model. RESULTS Twelve observational studies (3 cohorts, 2 case controls, and 7 cross-sectionals) with a total 335,601 participants were included. Eleven studies reported risk ratios and 9 reported occurrence rates. Pooled prevalence for early, advanced, and any AMD were all higher in the CKD population than in the non-CKD population. The pooled multivariate adjusted OR of CKD vs. non-CKD was 1.49 (95% CI 1.11-2.02) for early, 1.55 (95% CI 1.05-2.27) for exudative, 1.58 (95% CI 1.12-2.23) for advanced, and 1.35 (95% CI 1.05-1.73) for any AMD. However, high statistical heterogeneity and methodological diversity existed. Moreover, results were inconsistent between different study designs. CONCLUSIONS The overall results support a positive association between CKD and AMD, although some limitations exist. Given the risk that AMD is increased in CKD, regular eye screenings for the CKD population is recommended for an early detection and intervention.
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- Yi-Ju Chen
- Medical Education Department, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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