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Primed Mycobacterial Uveitis PMU as a Model for Post-Infectious Uveitis
Published on: December 17, 2021
[Retinal transcriptome profile in mice following dexamethasone treatment for endotoxin-induced uveitis]
Y U Peng1, Qiu Yiguo1, Lin Ru1
1Department of Ophthalmology, First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Chongqing Eye Institute, Chongqing 400016, China.
Objective:
To investigate the changes in retinal transcriptome profile of mice with endotoxin-induced uveitis (EIU)following dexamethasone (DEX) treatment and explore the mechanisms underlying the therapeutic effect of DEX.
Methods:
EIU was induced in BALB/c mice by intravitreal injection of 125 ng lipopolysaccharide (LPS), followed by topical applicationof DEX (0.1%) eye drops every 4 h for 24 h. The anterior chamber inflammation was examined with a slit lamp and the clinicalscores were assessed. The morphological changes in the eyes were assessed at 24 h after LPS injection. The retinas wereharvested for analysis of transcriptome profile using the next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based RNA sequencing (RNA-seq), and the expressions of the inflammatory cytokines and the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were verified using real-timePCR.
Results:
DEX alleviated the inflammatory response and reduced the mRNA expressions of IL-6, TNF- a, MCP-1 andICAM-1 at 24 h after LPS injection. A total of 52 DEGs were identified by RNA-seq. Within these DEGs, 37 genes were upregulated and 15 genes were down-regulated in LPS group as compared with DEX+LPS group. No significantly enriched GeneOntology (GO) terms was noted. Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway enrichment analysis showed 6up-regulated and 2 down-regulated KEGG pathways. RIG-I-like receptor signaling pathway and several immune- andinflammation-related genes including Ifit1, H2-T24, Mx2 and Eif2ak2 were significantly down regulated by DEX. Verificationwith RT-PCR yielded results consistent with these findings.
Conclusions:
DEX alleviates LPS-induced inflammatory response inthe retina of mice, and such protective effect is probably mediated by RIG-I like receptor signal pathway and the immune-andinflammation-related genes.
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