PMID- 37353739 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230626 LR - 20230701 IS - 1471-2415 (Electronic) IS - 1471-2415 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 1 DP - 2023 Jun 23 TI - Knockout of PERK protects rat Muller glial cells against OGD-induced endoplasmic reticulum stress-related apoptosis. PG - 286 LID - 10.1186/s12886-023-03022-z [doi] LID - 286 AB - BACKGROUND: The pathological basis for many retinal diseases, retinal ischemia is also one of the most common causes of visual impairment. Numerous ocular diseases have been linked to Endoplasmic reticulum(ER)stress. However, there is still no clear understanding of the relationship between ER stress and Muller glial cells during retinal ischemia and hypoxia. This study examined the effects of ER stress on autophagy and apoptosis-related proteins, as well as the microtubule-related protein tau in rMC-1 cells. METHODS: rMC-1 cells were cultured in vitro. RT-PCR、immunofluorescence and Western blotting revealed the expression levels of associated mRNAs and proteins, and the CCK-8 and flow cytometry assays detected cell apoptosis. RESULTS: The results showed that under OGD(Oxygen-glucose deprivation) conditions, the number of rMC-1 cells was decreased, the PERK/eIF2a pathway was activated, and the expressions of p-tau, LC3、Beclin1 and Caspase-12 proteins were increased. After the PERK knockout, the expression of the above proteins was decreased, and the apoptosis was also decreased. CONCLUSION: According to the findings of this study, specific downregulation of PERK expression had an anti-apoptotic effect on OGD-conditioned rMC-1 cells. There is a possibility that this is one of the mechanisms of MG cell apoptosis during retinal ischemic injury. CI - (c) 2023. The Author(s). FAU - Wang, Xiaorui AU - Wang X AD - Department of Ophthalmology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, No.950, Donghai Street, Quanzhou, 362000, Fujian Province, China. FAU - Zhu, Xinxing AU - Zhu X AD - Department of Ophthalmology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, No.950, Donghai Street, Quanzhou, 362000, Fujian Province, China. FAU - Huang, Guangqian AU - Huang G AD - Department of Ophthalmology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, No.950, Donghai Street, Quanzhou, 362000, Fujian Province, China. FAU - Wu, Lili AU - Wu L AD - Department of Ophthalmology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, No.950, Donghai Street, Quanzhou, 362000, Fujian Province, China. FAU - Meng, Zhiyong AU - Meng Z AD - Department of Ophthalmology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, No.950, Donghai Street, Quanzhou, 362000, Fujian Province, China. FAU - Wu, Yuyu AU - Wu Y AD - Department of Ophthalmology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, No.950, Donghai Street, Quanzhou, 362000, Fujian Province, China. qzwyydoctor@163.com. LA - eng GR - 2021C042R/Quanzhou Program of High-level Talents Innovation Entrepreneurship/ GR - 2020CXA043/Provincial medical innovation project in Fujian Province/ GR - [2022]884/Key Clinical Specialty Discipline Construction Program of Fujian,P.R.C/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230623 PL - England TA - BMC Ophthalmol JT - BMC ophthalmology JID - 100967802 SB - IM MH - Rats MH - Animals MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - *Signal Transduction MH - *Ependymoglial Cells MH - Apoptosis MH - Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress PMC - PMC10290337 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Apoptosis OT - Autophagy OT - Endoplasmic reticulum stress OT - Muller glia OT - Oxygen-glucose deprivation COIS- The authors declare no competing interests. EDAT- 2023/06/24 11:42 MHDA- 2023/06/26 06:42 PMCR- 2023/06/23 CRDT- 2023/06/23 23:31 PHST- 2022/10/31 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/06/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/06/26 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/06/24 11:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/06/23 23:31 [entrez] PHST- 2023/06/23 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1186/s12886-023-03022-z [pii] AID - 3022 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s12886-023-03022-z [doi] PST - epublish SO - BMC Ophthalmol. 2023 Jun 23;23(1):286. doi: 10.1186/s12886-023-03022-z.