Effect of Integrin α5β1 Inhibition on SDF-l/CXCR4-mediated Choroidal Neovascularization

Overview

Journal Int J Ophthalmol

Specialty Ophthalmology

Date 2018 Jun 5

PMID 29862169

Authors

Yang Lyu

Wen-Qin Xu

Li-Juan Sun

Xiao-Yan Pan

Jian Zhang

Yu-Sheng Wang

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Abstract

Aim: To investigate the roles of integrins in choroidal neovascularization (CNV) and their associations with the stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1)/CXCR4 axis.

Methods: CNV lesions were induced in mice using laser photocoagulation. After CNV induction, all animals were randomly assigned to: control, SDF-1, SDF-1+age-related macular degeneration (AMD) 3100 (CXCR4 inhibitor), and SDF-1+ATN161 (integrin α5β1 inhibitor) groups; their effects on CNV progression were observed using hematoxylin eosin (HE) staining, fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA) grading and optical coherence tomography (OCT), and their effects on CXCR4/integrin α5 expression were evaluated using Western blot and double immunofluorescence staining. Hypoxia-exposed endothelial cells (ECs) were used to simulate CNV , they were treated with SDF-1, combined with CXCR4 siRNA/AMD3100 or ATN161, and expression of integrin α5, cell migration and tube formation were analyzed.

Results: Integrin subunit α5 increased at 3 and 7 day and decreased at 14 day in CNV mice, with no significant change of β1-integrin. CXCR4 expression in CNV mice had persistent increase within 14d after induction. SDF-1 treatment significantly promoted the CNV progression during 3-14d. The mean CNV length in AMD3100 and ATN161 group at day 7 was 270.13 and 264.23 µm in HE images, significantly lower than the mean length in SDF-1 (345.70 µm) group. AMD3100 and ATN161 also significantly reduced thickness and leakage of CNV induced by SDF-1. Mean integrin α5 positive area in SDF-1 group reached 2.31×104 µm, significantly higher than control (1.25×104 µm), which decreased to 1.78×104 µm after AMD3100 treatment. About 61.36% of ECs in CNV lesions expressed α5 in SDF-1 group, which significantly decreased to 43.12% after AMD3100 treatment. , integrin α5 peaked by 6 folds after 6h of hypoxia exposure and CXCR4 gradually increased by up to 2.3 folds after 24h of hypoxia. Approximately 25.12% of ECs expressed integrin α5 after SDF-1 stimulation, which decreased to 7.2%-9.5% after si-CXCR4 or AMD3100 treatment. ATN161 exerted an inhibitory effect comparable to that of si-CXCR4 on EC migration and tube formation in the presence of SDF-1.

Conclusion: SDF-1/CXCR4 signaling induces integrin α5β1 expression in ECs to promote CNV.

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