PMID- 35014081 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220602 LR - 20220818 IS - 1098-2299 (Electronic) IS - 0272-4391 (Linking) VI - 83 IP - 3 DP - 2022 May TI - Mitoquinone intravitreal injection ameliorates retinal ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats involving SIRT1/Notch1/NADPH axis. PG - 800-810 LID - 10.1002/ddr.21911 [doi] AB - Retinal ischemia-reperfusion injury (RIRI) is an important pathological process of many ocular diseases. Mitoquinone (MitoQ), a mitochondrial targeted antioxidant, is a potential compound for therapeutic development of RIRI. This study observed the effect of MitoQ on RIRI, and further explored its possible molecular mechanism. Temporary increase in intraocular pressure was used to establish rat model of RIRI to observe the effect of MitoQ treatment on retinal function, pathological injury, oxidative stress, inflammation and apoptosis. Immunohistochemistry and Western blot were used to detect expressions of cleaved caspase 3, B cell leukemia/lymphoma 2 associated X (Bax), nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase (NOX1), NOX4, cleaved-Notch 1, hairy and enhancer of split 1 (Hes1), and sirtuin 1 (SIRT 1) in retina were detected by immunohistochemistry and Western blot. MitoQ treatment significantly improved retinal function and pathological injury, inhibited the over-production of reactive oxygen species, increased the expression of superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD 1), suppressed the releases of inflammatory cytokines, and inhibited retinal cells apoptosis. MitoQ also down-regulated the expressions of cleaved caspase 3, Bax, NOX 1, NOX 4, cleaved-Notch 1, and Hes 1, increased the expression of SIRT 1 protein and its activity. These effects were significantly reversed by SIRT1 inhibitor EX527. Our data suggests that MitoQ, as a potentially effective drug for improving RIRI, may act through the SIRT1/Notch1/NADPH signal axis. CI - (c) 2022 Wiley Periodicals, LLC. FAU - Tang, Dongyong AU - Tang D AD - Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China. FAU - Liu, Xin AU - Liu X AD - Department of Ophthalmology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China. FAU - Chen, Jun AU - Chen J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6726-1227 AD - Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine Surgery, Clinical College, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20220111 PL - United States TA - Drug Dev Res JT - Drug development research JID - 8204468 RN - 0 (Notch1 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Organophosphorus Compounds) RN - 0 (Receptor, Notch1) RN - 0 (bcl-2-Associated X Protein) RN - 1339-63-5 (Ubiquinone) RN - 47BYS17IY0 (mitoquinone) RN - 53-59-8 (NADP) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Caspase 3) RN - EC 3.5.1.- (Sirt1 protein, rat) RN - EC 3.5.1.- (Sirtuin 1) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis MH - Caspase 3/metabolism MH - Intravitreal Injections MH - NADP/metabolism/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Organophosphorus Compounds MH - Oxidative Stress MH - Rats MH - Receptor, Notch1/metabolism/therapeutic use MH - *Reperfusion Injury/metabolism MH - Retina/metabolism/pathology MH - *Sirtuin 1/metabolism/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Ubiquinone/analogs & derivatives MH - bcl-2-Associated X Protein OTO - NOTNLM OT - Mitoquinone OT - ROS OT - SIRT 1 OT - inflammation OT - mitochondria injury OT - notch 1 OT - retinal ischemia-reperfusion injury EDAT- 2022/01/12 06:00 MHDA- 2022/06/03 06:00 CRDT- 2022/01/11 07:04 PHST- 2021/12/14 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/10/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/01/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/01/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/06/03 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/01/11 07:04 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/ddr.21911 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Drug Dev Res. 2022 May;83(3):800-810. doi: 10.1002/ddr.21911. Epub 2022 Jan 11.