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ArticleScientific reports2023

Glutathione trisulfide prevents lipopolysaccharide-induced retinal inflammation via inhibition of proinflammatory cytokine production in glial cells.

Hiroshi Tawarayama, Kota Umeki, Maki Inoue-Yanagimachi, Naoki Takahashi, Hirokazu Hasegawa, Noriko Himori, Satoru Tsuda, Hiroshi Kunikata, Takaaki Akaike, Toru Nakazawa

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hiroshi TawarayamaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8575, Japan.
Kota UmekiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8575, Japan.
Maki Inoue-YanagimachiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8575, Japan.
Naoki TakahashiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8575, Japan.
Hirokazu HasegawaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8575, Japan.
Noriko HimoriDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8575, Japan.
Satoru TsudaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8575, Japan.
Hiroshi KunikataDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8575, Japan.
Takaaki AkaikeDepartment of Environmental Medicine and Molecular Toxicology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, 980-8575, Japan.
Toru NakazawaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8575, Japan. ntoru@oph.med.tohoku.ac.jp.
Tohoku University · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We aimed to investigate the impact of glutathione trisulfide (GSSSG) on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced inflammation in retinal glia. Inflammatory responses in mouse-derived glial cells and Wistar rat retinas were stimulated with administration of LPS. Cell survival and proinflammatory cytokine production were examined using the Calcein-AM assay, and reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), respectively. Retinal microglia were visualized with immunohistochemistry for Iba1. Administration of LPS (10 µg/mL) or GSSSG (less than 100 µM) did not affect survival of cultured primary Müller cells and established microglial cells (BV-2). RT-qPCR and ELISA indicated that GSSSG inhibited LPS-induced gene upregulation and protein secretion of proinflammatory cytokines in these glial cells and rat retinas. GSSSG inhibited LPS-induced activation of TGF-β-activated kinase 1 (TAK1), which is an upstream kinase of NF-κB, in BV-2 cells. Finally, in vivo experiments indicated that intravitreal administration of GSSSG but not its relative glutathione disulfide (GSSG) inhibited LPS (500 ng)-induced accumulation of Iba1-immunopositive microglia in rat retinas. Taken together, GSSSG has the potential to prevent pathogenesis of inflammation-associated ocular diseases by inhibiting proinflammatory cytokine expression in retinal glial cells.

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InflammationLipopolysaccharidesAnimalsCytokinesGlutathioneMiceMicrogliaNeurogliaNF-kappa BRatsRats, WistarCytokinesGlutathioneglutathione trisulfideLipopolysaccharidesNF-kappa B

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PMID37460786
PMCPMC10352383
OpenAlexW4384559746

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