Potent Inhibition of Cicatricial Contraction in Proliferative Vitreoretinal Diseases by Statins
Potent Inhibition of Cicatricial Contraction in Proliferative Vitreoretinal Diseases by Statins Shuhei Kawahara 1 , Yasuaki Hata 1 , Takeshi Kita 1 , Ryoichi Arita 1 , Muneki Miura 1 , Shintaro Nakao 2 , Yasutaka Mochizuki 1 , Hiroshi Enaida 1 , Tadahisa Kagimoto 3 , Yoshinobu Goto 4 , Ali Hafezi-Mo...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Diabetes (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2008-10, Vol.57 (10), p.2784-2793 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Potent Inhibition of Cicatricial Contraction in Proliferative Vitreoretinal Diseases by Statins
Shuhei Kawahara 1 ,
Yasuaki Hata 1 ,
Takeshi Kita 1 ,
Ryoichi Arita 1 ,
Muneki Miura 1 ,
Shintaro Nakao 2 ,
Yasutaka Mochizuki 1 ,
Hiroshi Enaida 1 ,
Tadahisa Kagimoto 3 ,
Yoshinobu Goto 4 ,
Ali Hafezi-Moghadam 2 and
Tatsuro Ishibashi 1
1 Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi, Higashi-Ku, Fukuoka, Japan
2 Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
3 Aqumen Biopharmaceuticals, Tenjin, Chuo-Ku, Fukuoka, Japan
4 Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation, International University of Health and Welfare at Okawa, Enokizu,
Okawa, Fukuoka, Japan
Corresponding author: Yasuaki Hata, hatachan{at}med.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Abstract
OBJECTIVE— Despite tremendous progress in vitreoretinal surgery, certain postsurgical complications limit the success in the treatment
of proliferative vitreoretinal diseases (PVDs), such as proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) and proliferative vitreoretinopathy
(PVR). One of the most significant complications is the cicatricial contraction of proliferative membranes, resulting in tractional
retinal detachment and severe vision loss. Novel pharmaceutical approaches are thus urgently needed for the management of
these vision-threatening diseases. In the current study, we investigated the inhibitory effects of statins on the progression
of PVDs.
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS— Human vitreous concentrations of transforming growth factor-β2 (TGF-β2) were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
TGF-β2–and vitreous-dependent phosphorylation of myosin light chain (MLC), a downstream mediator of Rho-kinase pathway, and
collagen gel contraction simulating cicatrical contraction were analyzed using cultured hyalocytes. Inhibitory effects of
simvastatin on cicatrical contraction were assessed both in vitro and in vivo.
RESULTS— Human vitreous concentrations of TGF-β2 were significantly higher in the samples from patients with PVD compared with those
without PVD. Simvastatin inhibited TGF-β2–dependent MLC phosphorylation and gel contraction in a dose- and time-dependent
manner and was capable of inhibiting translocation of Rho protein to the plasma membrane in the presence of TGF-β2. Vitreous
samples from patients with PVD enhanced MLC phosphorylation and gel contraction, whereas simvastatin almost completely inhib |
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ISSN: | 0012-1797 1939-327X |
DOI: | 10.2337/db08-0302 |