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KATP Opener Attenuates Diabetic-Induced Muller Gliosis and Inflammation by Modulating Kir6.1 in Microglia.


ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study aimed to determine the effect of pinacidil, a nonselective KATP channel opener, on diabetes-induced retinal gliosis and inflammation.

Methods

Primary and immortalized cell lines of retinal microglia and Müller cells were used to set up a coculture model. In the trans-well system, microglia were seeded in the upper chamber and Müller cells in the bottom chamber. Microglia were polarized into proinflammatory (M1, with lipopolysaccharide and INF-?) with or without different pinacidil concentrations before coculturing with Müller cells. The expression of inflammatory or anti-inflammatory genes and protein in microglia, and the expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), Kir4.1, and AQP4 in Müller cells were examined by real-time polymerase chain reaction and Western blot. Pinacidil was injected intravitreally into streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Retinal gliosis and inflammation were examined by immunohistochemistry and Western blot.

Results

Intravitreal injection of pinacidil alleviated diabetes-induced Müller cell gliosis and microglial activation and reduced vascular endothelial growth factor expression. In vitro study demonstrated that pinacidil inhibited tumor necrosis factor and interleukin-1? expression in M1-type microglia and alleviated the M1 microglia-induced GFAP expression in the Müller cells. Furthermore, we found that pinacidil on its own, or in combination with IL-4, can upregulate arginase-1 (Arg-1) and Kir6.1 expression in microglial cells.

Conclusions

Our results suggest that potassium channels are critically involved in diabetes-induced gliosis and microglial activation. The KATP opener, pinacidil, can reduce microglial activation by upregulating Kir6.1 expression.

SUBMITTER: Li H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7862730 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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KATP Opener Attenuates Diabetic-Induced Müller Gliosis and Inflammation by Modulating Kir6.1 in Microglia.

Li Hong H   Chen Donglong D   Sun Wei W   Chen Jiansu J   Luo Chang C   Xu Heping H   Ma Jacey Hongjie JH   Tang Shibo S  

Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 20210201 2


<h4>Purpose</h4>This study aimed to determine the effect of pinacidil, a nonselective KATP channel opener, on diabetes-induced retinal gliosis and inflammation.<h4>Methods</h4>Primary and immortalized cell lines of retinal microglia and Müller cells were used to set up a coculture model. In the trans-well system, microglia were seeded in the upper chamber and Müller cells in the bottom chamber. Microglia were polarized into proinflammatory (M1, with lipopolysaccharide and INF-γ) with or without  ...[more]

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