EP1343491A2 - Utilisation d'inhibiteurs de l'apoptose des pericytes pour le traitement et/ou la prevention de la retinopathie diabetique - Google Patents
Utilisation d'inhibiteurs de l'apoptose des pericytes pour le traitement et/ou la prevention de la retinopathie diabetiqueInfo
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Definitions
- Diabetic retinopathy is one of the most debilitating microvascular complications of diabetes, which can lead to blindness in its ultimate stage (Grange, 1995; Frank, 1995; Aiello LP et al, 1998). It is the second leading cause of blindness acquired in developed countries behind age-related macular degeneration (Nathan et al, 1991), and the risk of a diabetic patient of becoming blind has been estimated 25 times that of the general population (Kahn and Hiller, 1974). There is currently no preventive or curative pharmacological treatment for this complication, the only treatment being retinal laser photocoagulation or vitreotectomy in the most severe cases (Frank, 1995; Aiello, 1998) .
- Diabetic retinopathy is a progressive diabetic complication, going from a so-called “simple” or beginner stage (background retinopathy), to a final phase called “proliferative retinopathy", where there is formation of fragile retinal neovessels, leading to hemorrhages severe, sometimes with retinal detachment, and loss of vision (Grange 1995, Frank, 1995).
- simple retinopathy microvascular lesions are characterized by naicroaneurysms, small point hemorrhages, exudates and venous dilations (Palmberg, 1977, ETDRS report No. 10, 1991). This form of simple retinopathy can remain clinically silent for a long time.
- retinal capillaries are lined with endothelial cells on the luminal side of the vessel, and pericytes (or wall cells) located outside and buried in the basement membrane of the vessel.
- CPP 32 Cysteine Protease Protein 32 kDa
- These purified pericytes also see the increased expression of other genes involved in cellular antioxidant defenses such as that of glutathione peroxidase for example, suggesting that oxidative stress could be involved in the disappearance of retinal pericytes by apoptosis (Li et al, 1999 ).
- basement membrane components collagen, laminin, fibronectin
- glucose Li et al, 1984, Mandarino et al;, 1993
- Another mechanism by which glucose can lead to vascular complications in diabetes is the increased production and accumulation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) formed by non-enzymatic glycosylation -or glycation- of proteins. , DNA or lipids (Maillard reaction, 1912) which have been highlighted in numerous studies during diabetes (Thornalley, 1999).
- AGEs advanced glycation end products
- DNA or lipids Maillard reaction, 1912
- Maillard represented in FIG. 2 in the appendix, describes the linkage of reducing sugars to proteins: a reducing sugar, in open form, reacts first with the free amino group of basic amino acids contained in proteins (lysine, arginine), resulting in the formation of a Schiff base later stabilized in Amadori product.
- Methylglyoxal formed by the fragmentation of triose phosphates and the oxidation of acetone in the liver (thanks to monooxygenases), is another dicarbonyl whose blood concentration is increased in diabetics (Me Lellan et al., 1994) and which, in vi tro, under physiological conditions of pH and temperature, is capable of irreversibly modifying, in particular the arginine residues of proteins (Lo et al., 1994).
- EFAs of proteins formed after reaction with methylglyoxal are described as major products observed during diabetes (Degenhardt et al, 1998).
- Extracellular EFAs are capable of binding to specific membrane receptors and of inducing various cellular responses. Studies have shown that there is co-localization of EFAs and EFA receptors in the retinal microvessels of diabetic rats (Stitt et al, 1997, Soulis et al, 1997).
- This work made it possible to design new methods for preventing or treating diabetic retinopathy consisting in administering to a subject an effective amount of at least one inhibitor of apoptosis of retinal pericytes.
- the invention is remarkable in that it offers new means of treatment or prevention both of clinically established retinopathy and of simple retinopathy.
- the clinical signs of a simple retinopathy are generally the appearance of one or two microaneurysms per fundus.
- the term “diabetic retinopathy” will denote both an established retinopathy and a simple retinopathy.
- the subject of the invention is the use of an inhibitor of apoptosis of the retinal pericytes for the preparation of a medicament useful for preventing or treating diabetic retinopathy.
- EFAs produced after incubation of albumin with methylglyoxal, added in the pericyte culture medium (2 ⁇ M) during two passages (10-15 days) cause stimulation of their death by apoptosis (3 times the basal rate), as well as the intracellular accumulation of ceramides and diacylglycerol (DAG) (200% of the basal rate).
- DAG diacylglycerol
- the invention relates, as an inhibitor of apoptosis of the retinal pericytes, to an antioxidant compound.
- antioxidants such as N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) at 10 or 50 ⁇ M, non cytotoxic concentrations, suggesting that AGEs induce a oxidative stress in cells and that they contribute to their death by apoptosis. Consequently, the invention relates, as an inhibitor of apoptosis of the retinal pericytes, to an antioxidant compound.
- N-acetyl-L-cysteine lipoic acid, ebselen, zeaxanthin, coelenteramine, a derivative or a mixture of these.
- Anti-oxidant compounds are very particularly interesting because they reduce the production of ceramides and / or DAGs.
- the invention also relates to any compound capable of directly or indirectly reducing the production of ceramides and / or DAGs.
- DAGs and ceramides are produced by coupled activation of phosphatidylcholine-specific phospholipase C
- PC-PLC acid sphingomyelinase and that ceramides do not seem to be synthesized de novo.
- xanthogenate also designated D609 (9.4 or 30 ⁇ M), which is a PC-PLC inhibitor, well inhibit the production of ceramides, but only D609 inhibits both the production of ceramides (95% ) and DAG (80%), suggesting that the production of DAG by PC-PLC is located upstream of the activation of the acid sphingomyelinase producing the ceramides.
- Fumonisin B1 (0.01 ⁇ M), inhibitor of synthesis de novo ceramides, inhibits only marginally
- Apoptosis is only inhibited by approximately 50% in the presence of 10, 11 - Dihydro - 5 - [3- (methylamino) propyl] -5H-dibenz [b, f] azepine (desipramine)
- the invention particularly relates to the use: a phosphatidylcholine phospholipase C inhibitor (PC-PLC) as an inhibitor of the formation of DAGs,
- PC-PLC phosphatidylcholine phospholipase C inhibitor
- phosphatidylcholine phospholipase C inhibitors mention may more particularly be made of D609, or a derivative thereof.
- inhibitors of acid sphingomyelinase there may be mentioned more particularly desipramine, or a derivative thereof.
- the peptide z-VAD-fmk (pan caspase inhibitor), z-DEVD-fmk (caspase-3), z-AEVD-fmk (caspase-10) and z-LEHD- fmk (caspase-9) inhibit all four 1 AGE-induced apoptosis, but only the peptide z-VAD-fmk inhibited the production of DAG and ceramides while z-DEVD-fmk and z-LEHD-fmk had no effect. This suggests that an initiating caspase is involved upstream of the production of DAG and ceramides, and that it is inhibited by z-VAD-fmk.
- caspase-3 and caspase-9 are involved in the final phase of apoptosis and are inhibited by z-DEVD-fmk and z-LEDH-fmk, respectively, and are located after the production of DAG and ceramides, which is not affected by these two peptides.
- the initiating caspase involved does not appear to be caspase-8, z-IETD-fmk having no effect on apoptosis.
- Caspase-10 inhibited by z-AEVD-fmk, seems on the other hand implicated, this peptide completely inhibiting apotosis of pericytes induced by AGEs.
- z-VDVAD-fmk partially inhibits apoptosis suggesting that the initiating caspase-2 is also involved.
- caspase-2 or 10 can be involved, as initiating caspases, in the cascade leading to AGE-induced pericyte apoptosis, and that caspase-9 and caspase -3 effector cells seem to be involved in the final phase of this apoptosis.
- the invention relates especially to the use of a caspase inhibitor for the preparation of a medicament protecting the retinal pericytes from apoptosis useful for the treatment and / or prevention of retinopathy in a diabetic patient.
- Such inhibitors are preferably of the peptide type. They are advantageously peptides chemically modified by a benzyleoxycarbonyl group on the N-terminal side (z) and by a (0-methyl) -fluoromethyl ketone (fmk) group on the C-terminal side making them more permeable to cells.
- a caspase inhibitor peptide mention may be made of the tripeptide z-VAD-fmk, an inhibitor of all caspases.
- the invention particularly contemplates the use of an inhibitor of an initiating caspase, preferably chosen from caspases 2 or 10 and / or an inhibitor of an effector caspase, preferably chosen from caspases 3, 6 , 7 or 9, most preferably caspases 3 or 9, for the preparation of a medicament useful for preventing or treating diabetic retinopathy.
- an initiator caspase 10 inhibitor mention may be made of the peptide z-AEVD-fmk.
- an initiator caspase 2 inhibitor mention may be made of the peptide z-VDVAD-fmk.
- the invention particularly contemplates the use of a combination of at least two inhibitors of apoptosis of the retinal pericytes mentioned above for the preparation of a medicament useful for the treatment or prevention of diabetic retinopathy.
- a preferred form of implementation of the invention consists in administering jointly to a patient an effective amount of at least two compounds chosen from:
- PC-PLC phosphatidylcholine-phospholipase C inhibitor
- Apoptosis of retinal pericytes can be simultaneous or not. Consequently, the subject of the invention is also a pharmaceutical composition comprising, as active agents, at least one inhibitor of apoptosis of retinal pericytes described above.
- the invention relates more particularly to a composition
- a composition comprising as active agent (s) at least one compound chosen from: an antioxidant, a compound which inhibits the production of ceramides and / or DAGs, a acid sphingomyelinase inhibitor, a phosphatidylcholine phospholipase C inhibitor, a caspase inhibitor, as defined above, or a mixture of at least two of these.
- active agent s
- a composition is particularly useful for preventing or treating diabetic retinopathy.
- compositions comprising, as active agents, an antioxidant and / or a phosphatidylcholine phospholipase C inhibitor (PC-PLC) and / or a sphingomyelinase inhibitor acid, associated (s) in said composition with at least one caspase inhibitor as defined above.
- PC-PLC phosphatidylcholine phospholipase C inhibitor
- sphingomyelinase inhibitor acid associated (s) in said composition with at least one caspase inhibitor as defined above.
- composition according to the invention can accept any form of administration known to a person skilled in the art, generally (po), by subcutaneous injection (sc) intraperitoneal (ip) or intravenous (iv), in a suitable formulation whose dosage of active agent (s) allows daily administration preferably between approximately 0.01 and approximately 200 mg / kg of body mass , preferably between 0.5 and approximately 75 mg / kg of body mass and ideally between approximately 1 and 50 mg / kg of body mass, but not limited to these and which can go higher in the case of a compound which is not very toxic and not very active in vi vo.
- the amount of active compound which will be combined with the excipient for administration in a single dose in a composition comprising only an active compound defined above may vary and depends on the mode of administration. .
- a typical preparation will contain from about 5% to 95% of the active compound (w / w).
- the preparations will preferably contain from about 20% to 80% (w / w) of active compound.
- compositions according to the invention comprising at least two active compounds defined above, each of them is present in doses ranging from approximately 10% to 80% of the doses normally administered in a monotherapy regimen as described below -above.
- a maintenance dose of a compound, composition or combination concerned with this invention may be administered, if necessary.
- the dose or frequency of administration may be reduced depending on the symptoms, and if these are limited to a desired level, treatment may be discontinued.
- some patients may require long-term intermittent treatment until the recurrence of one or other symptom of retinopathy.
- the formulations for the general route can be very varied, tablets, capsules, powders, solutions, comprising the active agent (s), excipients, taste masks, buffers, preservatives, known to those skilled in the art and pharmaceutically acceptable.
- the injectable forms comprise the active principle (s) in a preferably aqueous solvent, optionally with a co-solvent which can lower the dielectric constant of the medium, containing a pair of salts which buffers the pH to close values physiological values (pH 7.0 -7.4) known to those skilled in the art, and optionally a surfactant increasing the solubility of the active principle (s).
- a very preferred form of administration according to the invention consists of topical application or ocular injection. This form of application makes it possible to limit the general negative systemic effects that could result from the prolonged use of caspase inhibitors administered by general route.
- a pharmaceutical composition for topical ocular application according to the invention can be formulated in a suitable ointment (ointment, gel or solution) containing the active compound (s), dissolved or suspended in a vehicle.
- the pharmaceutically acceptable vehicles of which may be isotonic sodium chloride (0.9%, 308 mOsm / L) or isotonic saline solutions comprising sodium chloride , potassium chloride, potassium gluconate, calcium chloride, boric acid, sodium borate or borax, sodium lactate, sodium hydrogen phosphate dihydrate and sodium dihydrogen phosphate dodecahydrate, sorbitol , with or without agents mimicking the lacrimal viscosity such as hypromellose 4000 cP, dextran, and preservatives such as sodium edetate, benzododecinium bromide, sodium mercurothiolate, benzalkonium chloride, methyl parahydroxybenzoate, sodium metabisulfite, phenylmercury borate.
- isotonic sodium chloride (0.9%, 308 mOsm / L) or isotonic saline solutions comprising sodium chloride , potassium chloride, potassium gluconate, calcium chlor
- various polymers can be used, such as, for example, the carbomer 980 NF (polymer of 4.10 6 Da), sorbitol, an oil for example of paraffin, monostearate of sorbitan, polysorbate 60, cetyl ester wax, cetearyl ester wax, petroleum jelly, methylcellulose, a fat.
- carbomer 980 NF polymer of 4.10 6 Da
- sorbitol an oil for example of paraffin, monostearate of sorbitan
- polysorbate 60 cetyl ester wax, cetearyl ester wax, petroleum jelly, methylcellulose, a fat.
- cetyl ester wax cetearyl ester wax
- petroleum jelly methylcellulose
- methylcellulose a fat.
- Other emulsifying principles known to those skilled in the art can be used in these compositions.
- composition according to the invention comprises, for example, between 0.01 and 10% and preferably between 0.01 and 4% by weight of said inhibitors, in order to limit any risk of undesirable reactions in the long term, and an excessive systemic passage. may lead to discontinuation of topical therapy.
- a typical administration according to the invention is administration in the conjunctival cul-de-sac, for example once and up to four times a day, with a preference for one or two daily applications.
- An Ocusert type drug delivery system (Friederich, 1974), formed by an ellipsoidal reservoir in polyacrylate, butylcyanoacrylate or pluronic F127 gel (Desai and Blanchard, 1998) or also fibrin or collagen (Rubin et al , 1973), for example, containing one or more of the compounds defined above, maintained between two layers of copolymers (methylcellulose 15 cP or hydroxypropylcellulose 80-120 cP (Desai and Blanchard, 1998)), controlling the administration of the said compound (s) in time, and placed in the conjunctival cul-de-sac, is also part of this invention.
- a 5x2 or 7x4 mm piece of sponge (Altomed TM, but also Week TM or Merocel TM) soaked in the solution containing the active compounds and placed for a few minutes in the conjunctival cul-de-sac can also be considered for the topical application of products (Wilkins et al, 2000).
- compositions according to the invention can also be formulated in emulsions, where the compounds defined above are encapsulated in droplets of the order of a micron (liposomes), for example in soybean oil or lecithin, gelatin (Vandervoort and Ludwig, 1999), the viscosity of the preparation can be increased by the addition of methylcellulose or sodium carmellose (Zurowska-Pryczkowska, 1999).
- a micron liposomes
- the viscosity of the preparation can be increased by the addition of methylcellulose or sodium carmellose (Zurowska-Pryczkowska, 1999).
- the compounds can also be encapsulated in hydroxypropyl- ⁇ -cyclodextrins (solution at 5%, for example) of variable concentration but which can go as low as a molar ratio of one for one compared to the active principle (s) (s), which would increase their bioavailability (s), their stability (s), and their solubility (s) (Freedman et al, 1993).
- the invention also relates to the use of antisense oligonucleotides complementary to a part of a polynucleotide sequence chosen from that coding for a caspase, phosphatidyleholine phospholipase C, acid sphingomyelinase for the preparation of a medicament intended for the treatment and / or prevention of diabetic retinopathy.
- ol igodeoxynucleot ide s antisense phosphorothioates offer the opportunity to modulate the gene expression of specific genes and carry enormous potential for clinical application.
- antisense oligomers of different sizes between 6 and 25 nucleotides in length, directed against caspase 2, 3, 9 or 10 or against PC-PLC, or against acid sphingomyelinase are synthesized and used alone or in combinations.
- These antisense oligonucleotides are defined in the sequences of caspases close to the N- or C-terminus of these enzymes, to avoid cross-reactions and to be as specific as possible.
- PC-PLC oligonucleotides are defined either in the C-terminal part or in the N-terminal part, close to histidines conserved in the active site, such as H69 and H118 of the protein of Listeria monocytogenes (Zuckert WR et al, 1998).
- Acid sphingomyelinase oligonucleotides are defined in the N-terminal or C-terminal part of the human enzyme (Schuchman et al., 1991) to be as specific as possible and to avoid cross-reactions.
- the oligonucleotides are mixed at a concentration of between 1 and 10 ⁇ M in the presence of a polyoxyethylene-polyspermine copolymer or fibrinogen microspheres (Oganesian et al, 1999), on a piece of polytetrafluoroethylene membrane. (PTFE)
- the antisense oligonucleotides can also be injected as such, or else encapsulated in liposomes, after emulsion with different fats or oils, which are then covered with the viral envelope of the inactivated Japanese haemaglutinating virus (Sendai virus) after fusion, and then injected into the subretinal space by the pars plana (Hangai et al, 1998).
- the injected doses, to be active advantageously lie in a range between 10 and 200 ⁇ g per eye (Leeds et al, 1998).
- the invention also contemplates the implementation of an antisense gene strategy for caspases-2, 3, 9 or 10 in a method of treatment and / or prevention of diabetic retinopathy.
- the antisense genes of these caspases are introduced into an adenovirus, as indicated below, which is injected into the subretinal space, after injection by the pars plana as described above (Lai et al, 2000).
- the invention also contemplates the use of cyclic or linear peptides, from two or three amino acids to five or six, competitive caspase inhibitors, for the preparation of a medicament intended for the treatment and / or prevention of diabetic retinopathy .
- peptides such as, VAD, general caspase inhibitor, DEVD, specific caspase 3 inhibitor, AEVD, specific caspase 10 inhibitor, VDVAD, specific caspase 2 inhibitor, or LEHD, specific caspase inhibitor- 9.
- linear peptides are chemically protected on the N-terminal side by a derivative of an acetyl or benzyl group, such as but not limited to a benzyleoxycarbonyl group (z or BOC), and on the C-terminal side by a methyl ketone group, such that but not limited to a fluoro- or chloromethylketone group or even to a 2,6 dimethyl or dichloro benzoyloxymethylketone group, and the side chains of amino acids aspartic acids (D) are O- methylated.
- a derivative of an acetyl or benzyl group such as but not limited to a benzyleoxycarbonyl group (z or BOC)
- a methyl ketone group such that but not limited to a fluoro- or chloromethylketone group or even to a 2,6 dimethyl or dichloro benzoyloxymethylketone group
- D side chains of amino acids aspartic acids
- peptides can also be coupled to peptides of 16 amino acids originating from the hydrophobic sequence of the peptide signal of the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) of Kaposi, improving their permeability to cells (NH 2 -AAVALLPAVLLALLAP-COOH).
- FGF fibroblast growth factor
- Derivatives of one aspartate alone, protected by a benzyl group and a fluoromethyl ketone group are also possible in this invention.
- peptides can be administered by injection, by sc, ip or iv route, or by topical application in the conjunctival cul-de-sac, preferably by iv or topical route, and in a formulation which allows a slow and controlled infusion to reduce the frequency of injections as part of preventive treatment.
- Such solutions exist and consist of preparations of biodegradable polymers containing the peptide and controlling its diffusion, such as, but not limited to, a poly (DL-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA), injectable in form (a) either microspheres approximately 1 to 100 ⁇ m in diameter, or (b) a single, cylindrical implant, approximately 0.8 mm to 1.5 mm in diameter, called a "mini-cylinder” (Zhu et al, 2000) . Stabilization of the peptides incorporated in the presence of an antacid such as Mg (OH) 2 during encapsulation in the polymer is also envisaged in the context of the present invention. (Zhu et al, 2000).
- PLGA poly (DL-lactide-co-glycolide)
- the invention also relates to the use of a nucleic acid molecule comprising at least one polynucleotide sequence coding for a peptide of 2 to 10 amino acids competitive caspase inhibitor for the preparation of a medicament intended for the treatment and / or prevention of diabetic retinopathy.
- the invention also contemplates a method of treatment and / or prevention of diabetic retinopathy consisting in producing locally and continuously at the intravitreal and sub-retinal level, in situ, these small peptides. It is then advantageously a strategy of gene expression of these small peptides, inhibitors of caspases, within the framework of a gene therapy protocol with the vectors commonly used during such an approach.
- the oligomers of deoxyribonucleotides corresponding to the peptide sequences of VAD, DEVD, VDVAD or AEVD can be synthesized by automatic machines accessible to those skilled in the art.
- the vector pACCMVpLpA is produced by insertion of the promoter / enhancer of early genes constituting the cytomegalovirus (CMV), the polylinker (pL) of restriction sites of the vector pUC 18, and a fragment of the genome of the simian virus SV 40 which includes the antigen.
- CMV cytomegalovirus
- pL polylinker
- pA polyadenylation signal
- the double stranded DNA corresponding to the sequence AEVD is then introduced into the vector linearized with the restriction enzymes corresponding to the restriction sites flanking the sequence AEVD, in the example described BamHI and Eco RI.
- the corresponding plasmid is then produced by conventional techniques of bacterial cloning, and the insertion verified by sequencing using the flanking sequence of the polylinker.
- the resulting plasmid is then co-transfected with pJM17 (McGrory et al, 1988) in 293 cells (human renal embryonic cells transfected with the AdEA adenovirus) (Graham et al., 1977) by coprecipitation of DNA with phosphate phosphate calcium.
- pJM17 codes for an adenovirus 5 of complete genomic sequence interrupted by a bacterial plasmid pBRX at the position 3.7 unit of the genetic map of the adenovirus, therefore exceeding the packaging limits for the adenovirus.
- AdCMV-AEVD The presence of the insertion corresponding to the AEVD peptide is confirmed by PCR using primers flanking the AEVD sequence and by sequencing the PCR product obtained.
- the appropriate viral plaques are then amplified in stocks containing 5-50 x 10 7 plaque forming unit (pfu) / ml and stored in the DMEM supplemented with 10% fetal calf serum.
- the recombinant adenovirus can then be used and encapsulated, by one of the techniques described above and injected by the parsplana into the subretin space in the intravitreal cavity, in order to have in if you have a sustained and spread production in the caspase inhibitor time, to prevent loss of pericytes by apoptosis.
- the invention finally relates to a method of identifying compounds capable of preventing or treating diabetic retinopathy, characterized in that it comprises bringing a culture of pericytes treated with EFAs into contact with a compound to be tested and in that the apoptosis in said perrycites is evaluated to determine the ability of said compound to prevent or treat diabetic retinopathy.
- this evaluation includes the comparison with the apotosis of a culture of pericytes not treated with said compound and / or not treated with EFAs.
- the compound tested is chosen from those previously considered and in particular from the group comprising: antioxidants, inhibitors of the production of ceramides and / or DAGs, caspase inhibitors, antisense oligonucleotides, from 6 to 25 nucleotides, complementary of a part of a polynucleotide sequence chosen from that coding for a caspase, phosphatidylcholine-phospholipase C, acid sphingomyelinase, nucleic acid molecules comprising at least one polynucleotide sequence coding for a peptide, from 2 to 10 amino acids , competitive inhibitor of a caspase.
- Figure 1 shows the diagram of a retinal capillary.
- Figure 2 shows the Maillard route.
- Figure 3 shows the 3 P labeling of ceramides and DAGs.
- FIG. 4 shows the effect of AGE-methylglyoxal on apoptosis of retinal pericytes of beef.
- FIG. 5 represents the effect of AGE-methylglyoxal on the production of ceramides and DAG in the retinal pericytes of beef.
- Figure 8 shows the effects of various antioxidants on apoptosis of pericytes in response to
- FIG. 10 represents the effect of desipramine on apoptosis of pericytes induced by
- Figure 11 shows the effect of desipramine on the stimulated production of ceramides and DAG in BRP induced by AGE-methylglyoxal.
- FIG. 12 represents the production route for ceramides and DAGs in the pericytes envisaged on the basis of the invention.
- FIG. 13 represents the effect of D609 on apoptosis of pericytes induced by AGE-methylglyoxal after two passages.
- Figure 14 shows the effect of D609 on the stimulated production of ceramides and DAG in BRP induced by AGE-methylglyoxal.
- FIG. 15 represents the signaling pathway leading to apoptosis of the pericytes envisaged on the basis of the invention.
- FIG. 16 represents the effect of the caspase inhibiting peptides on the apoptosis of pericytes induced by AGE-methylglyoxal.
- FIG. 17 represents the effect of the caspase inhibiting peptides z-VAD-FMK, z-LEHD-fmk and z-DEVD-FMK (50 ⁇ M) on the stimulated production of ceramides and DAG in BRP induced by AGE- methylglyoxal.
- FIG. 18 represents the signaling pathway leading to apoptosis of the pericytes envisaged on the basis of the invention.
- Figure 19 is a wester blot with an anti-human caspase antibody on cell lysates of pericytes treated or not with AGE.
- Reagents All cell culture products come from Sigma (France) except SVF (Gibco, France), collagenase IA and collagenase / dispase (Boehringer-Mannheim, France). All the other reagents are pure "for analysis” and were purchased from Sigma (France), except the silica plates (silica gel 60 G, Merck), DAG kinase and ceramides (Tebu, France). The PD-10 columns are from Pharmacia (Sweden). The annexin-V labeling kit comes from Boehringer-Mannheim (France). N-acetyl-L-cysteine, desipramine, lipoic acid and ebselen come from Sigma (France). Caspase inhibitor peptides are from Calbiochem (France), fumonisin B1 and D609 are from Biomol (France).
- the solutions are sterilized using a sterile 0.2 ⁇ m acrodisc filter (Gellman Science).
- the stock solution of 1 ⁇ M of N-acetyl-L-cysteine is prepared extemporaneously: 163.2 mg are taken up in 1 ml of DMEM then the solution is sterile filtered.
- a 1.2 mM coelenteramine stock solution in ethanol is prepared extemporaneously and added to the cells at the final concentration of 2 ⁇ M.
- Zeaxanthin is dissolved in sterile DMSO at a concentration of 1.2 mM and added to the cells at a concentration of 2 ⁇ M.
- a stock solution of 10 mM of ebselen is prepared from 2.74 g of product taken up in 1 ml of ethanol then the solution is aliquoted and stored at -20 ° C.
- the stock solution of 100 mM of desipramine is prepared extemporaneously: 30.3 mg are taken up in 1 ml of distilled water then the solution is sterile filtered.
- a stock solution of 1 mM fumonisin B1 is prepared from 1 mg taken up in 1378 ⁇ l of distilled water and then the solution is sterilized, aliquoted, frozen at -180 ° C and stored at -20 ° C.
- the 9.4 mM stock solution of D609 is prepared extemporaneously: 1 mg of D609 is taken up in 400 ⁇ l of distilled water and then the solution is sterile filtered.
- a 30 mM stock solution of the peptide z-VAD-FMK, z-DEVD- fmk, z-AEVD- fmk, z-VDVAD- fmk, z-IETD- fmk and z-LEHD-fmk is prepared from 1 mg sterile product included in 70, 50, 54, 45, 51 and 42 ⁇ l of sterile DMSO respectively.
- the solution of each inhibitor is aliquoted in adequate volumes, then frozen at -20 ° C. 2) Devices. Spectrophotometric assays were carried out using the 96-well plate reader iEMS Reader MF
- the fluorometer (type LS 50B) comes from
- the sonication device (model B 15) comes from Branson.
- the detection of apoptosis was carried out under an Axioplan fluorescence microscope from Cari Zeiss with a Zeiss IV filter, No. 9 (excitation: 450-490 nm; emission> 520 nm).
- Ox eyes, freshly enucleated, are transported from the slaughterhouse on ice, immediately stripped of extraocular tissue and placed in PBS buffer. All the manipulations are then carried out in a sterile manner, under a laminar flow hood. Two eyes are required for each box of cells to sow.
- the eyes are briefly immersed in 70% ethanol and then rinsed in HBSS medium (without Ca 2+ or Mg 2+ ). They are dissected 5 mm posterior to the cornea, the anterior chamber of the eye with the lens, as well as the vitreous contained in the eyeball, are removed.
- the neuronal retina is detached from the eyeball, cut at the optic nerve and placed in HBSS buffer at 4 ° C.
- This buffer is prepared from HBSS without Mg 2+ or Ca 2+ containing 10 mM HEPES at pH 7.4, 100 U / ml of penicillin and 100 ⁇ g / ml of streptomycin. After 10 min of oxygenation
- Contaminating pigment cells are removed and the retinas, in sets of two, are placed in 10 ml of clean HBSS buffer on ice. The retinas are minced with scissors
- Two beef retinas are used for each box (6 cm in diameter) to be seeded.
- Each batch of two retinas is treated and homogenized as described above in 10 ml of HBSS buffer at 4 ° C.
- the homogenate is centrifuged (300 g, 5 min, 4 ° C) and the pellet is resuspended in 5 ml of an enzymatic solution of collagenase / dispase.
- This collagenase / dispase solution (1 mg / ml) prepared in HBSS medium without Mg 2+ or Ca 2+ containing 10 mM HEPES at pH 7.4, 100 U / ml of penicillin and 100 ⁇ g / ml of streptomycin , is then oxygenated for 10 min and the pH is adjusted to 7.4 before addition of TLCK (147 ng / ml) and DNase (200 U / ml). Digestion is continued for 20 min at 37 ° C and the cell pellet is resuspended by hand at mid-incubation. The suspension is then filtered on a filter 70 ⁇ m mesh nylon, sterile.
- the fragments of microvessels contained on the filter are recovered in HBSS buffer (the filter is rinsed twice), centrifuged (300 g, 5 min, 4 ° C) and washed once in the same buffer. After centrifugation (300 g, 5 min, 4 ° C), the fragments of microvessels are resuspended in 3 ml of DMEM containing 10% of FCS, 2 mM of glutamine and the antibiotics. The microvessel fragments are seeded in a petri dish (6 cm in diameter) coated with 100 ⁇ g of fibronectin (4 ⁇ g / cm 2 ) in 2 ml of DMEM for 3-4 hours at 37 ° C (Su & Gillies, 1992 ).
- the medium and the debris which have not adhered to the matrix are eliminated and 3 ml of the culture medium are added.
- This medium consists of DMEM with 10% fetal calf serum (FCS), 80 ⁇ g / ml of heparin, glutamine and antibiotics.
- FCS fetal calf serum
- the cells are kept in an incubator at 37 ° C, under an atmosphere of humidified air containing 5% CO2.
- the culture medium is renewed after 24 hours and then every 48 hours until they reach confluence.
- the culture medium is eliminated and the cells are trypsinized with 1 ml of a 0.5% solution of trypsin and 0.2% EDTA until the cells round off (approximately 5 minutes ) after examination with a phase contrast microscope.
- the trypsin is then inactivated with 2 ml of culture medium containing serum and the cells are recovered and then centrifuged (180 g, 3 min, 4 ° C).
- the cells, subcultured in a 1: 3 ratio, are seeded in three dishes (6 cm in diameter) covered with fibronectin and cultured in the same medium. 2) Culture of pericytes in the presence of advanced glycation products (AGE).
- AGE advanced glycation products
- EFAs The effects of EFAs are tested on the same batch of cells (BRP from the same primary culture). When they are at confluence, the BRPs in primary culture are trypsinized. After having allowed them to attach for 4 hours at 37 ° C., the medium and the cellular debris which have not adhered to the matrix are eliminated and the culture medium (10% of FCS for the BRPs) is added. In order to test the effects of EFAs, an EFA solution (or its control) is added to the culture medium up to a concentration of 20 ⁇ M. Cultures are thus continued for 1 or 2 passages with the agents, ie 7 and 15 days respectively for the BRPs. Preparation of AGE:
- AGE-methylglyoxal were prepared by incubating 7.2 mg / ml of BSA and 100 mM methylglyoxal for 50 hours at 37 ° C (Westwood & Thornalley, 1995).
- the BSA-control was obtained by incubating albumin under the same conditions but without methylglyoxal.
- the glycated proteins have been characterized by their fluorescence (370-
- the proteins are assayed according to the method described by Schaffner & Weissmann (1973).
- the assay samples containing the proteins are made up to 270 ⁇ l with PBS before adding 30 ⁇ l of Tris-HCl buffer (1 M, pH 7.5) containing 1% SDS, then 60 ⁇ l of 60% trichloroacetic acid. These solutions are "vortexed", left for 2 min at room temperature for the precipitation of the proteins and each filtered at the level of a benchmark previously noted, on a 0.45 ⁇ m nitrocellulose filter, wetted with 6% TCA. A standard range with 0 to 27 ⁇ g of BSA is carried out in parallel.
- Apoptosis is detected and quantified in pericytes cultured for two passages with 2 ⁇ M of AGE-methylglyoxal or of its control using the technique of detection of apoptotic cells by annexin V and necrotic by propidium iodide.
- Annexin V staining The presence of phosphatidylserine (PS) on the outer layer of the plasma membrane, characteristic of apoptotic cells, can be detected using annexin-V labeled with fluorescein. This protein has a very strong affinity for PS.
- PS phosphatidylserine
- this staining is carried out in the presence of a DNA intercalating and coloring agent, propidium iodide, similar to ethydium bromide.
- a DNA intercalating and coloring agent propidium iodide, similar to ethydium bromide.
- the pericytes must be under-confluent (75% confluence) and have therefore only been cultivated for approximately 12 days with AGE-methylglyoxal or BSA-control.
- the BRPs (3.5 cm diameter dish) are rinsed three times with PBS and then incubated for 10 min in the dark with 500 ⁇ l of HEPES buffer containing 10 ⁇ l of annexin-V solution marked with fluorescein. and 10 ⁇ l of the propidium iodide solution supplied in the assay kit.
- Apoptotic cells as well as necrotic cells have fixed annexin-V and therefore appear green under the fluorescence microscope, but only the nucleus of necrotic cells is colored red by propidium iodide.
- the percentage of necrotic cells and apoptotic cells is determined on 10 different fields, that is to say on 300 to 800 cells in total.
- Ceramides and diacylglycerols are measured in pericytes cultured for two passages with 2 ⁇ M of AGE-methylglyoxal or their control, according to the method described by Preiss et al. (1986). This method is based on the phosphorylation of ceramides and DAGs by diacylglycerol kinase (DAG-kinase) purified from Echerischia coli in the presence of ATP labeled with 32 P on the ⁇ phosphorus, according to the diagram represented in FIG. 3 attached.
- DAG-kinase diacylglycerol kinase
- the pericytes (2 or 3 boxes of 6 cm in diameter) are rinsed, recovered by scraping with "rubber policeman" in 0.5 ml of water on ice and the box rinsed with an additional 0.5 ml (volume of 1 ml of cell suspension) to which are added 10 ⁇ l of a solution of [9, 10- 3 H] -triacylglycerol at 0.5 ⁇ Ci / ml.
- the total lipids are then extracted by the method of Bligh and Dyer (1959).
- To this cell suspension (1 ml of PBS) are added 3.75 ml of a chloroform: methanol mixture (2: 1, v / v) containing 80 ⁇ l of BHT (5 mM) in solution in ethanol.
- the solutions are then "vortexed" 30 sec and kept at rest for 30 min minimum, then 1.25 ml of NaCl (0.9%) and 1.25 ml of chloroform are added to separate the phases.
- After centrifugation 700 g, 5 min), the lower organic phase is removed and the extraction of the aqueous phase is repeated twice with 1.5 ml of chloroform.
- the lipid extracts are then collected and the chloroform is evaporated under a stream of nitrogen.
- the aqueous phase allows the total proteins to be determined by amide black coloring and the organic phase is collected in an Eppendorff tube and then evaporated under nitrogen.
- a standard range of ceramides (25 to 2,500 ng) and DAG (25 to 25,000 ng) containing the same amount of tritium-labeled triacylglycerol is produced in parallel.
- the lipids are then dissolved in 20 ⁇ l of a detergent solution (7.5% of n-octylglucopyranoside, 5 mM of cardiolipin and 1 mM of DETAPAC) with 1 min of "sonication" followed by an incubation of 15 min at ambient temperature.
- the reaction is started by adding 50 ⁇ l of the reaction buffer (100 mM imidazole, 100 mM NaCl, 25 mM MgCl 2 , 2 mM EGTA, pH 6.6), 20 ⁇ l of a DAG-kinase solution ( 4.86 mU) containing 10 mM DTT, and 10 ⁇ l of [ ⁇ - 32 P] ATP at 5 mCi / ml diluted 10 times in a solution containing 10 mM of unlabelled ATP, 100 mM of imidazole and 1 mM DETAPAC (pH 6.6).
- the reaction buffer 100 mM imidazole, 100 mM NaCl, 25 mM MgCl 2 , 2 mM EGTA, pH 6.6
- a DAG-kinase solution 4.86 mU
- [ ⁇ - 32 P] ATP at 5 mCi / ml diluted 10 times in a solution containing 10 mM of unlabelled
- the reaction is continued for 1 hour at room temperature and then stopped with 1 ml of the chloroform: methanol: IN hydrochloric acid mixture (100: 100: 1, v / v / v), 170 ⁇ l of a buffer containing 10 mM HEPES , 135 mM NaCl, 1.5 mM CaCl 2 , 0.5 mM MgCl 2 and 5.6 mM glucose (pH 7.4) then 30 ⁇ l of 100 mM EDTA. The mixture is then "vortexed", left for 15 min at room temperature and then centrifuged (10,000 g, 5 min) at room temperature.
- the organic phase (lower) is removed and evaporated under nitrogen.
- the lipids are then taken up in 300 ⁇ l of the ether: methanol mixture (9: 1, v / v) and deposited on a silica plate.
- Ceramides-1-phosphate are separated from phosphatidic acid and triacylglycerols using the chloroform: methanol: acetic acid mixture (65: 15: 5, v / v / v) as the migration solvent.
- the exposure of the silica plate to an autoradiographic film (30 min, -80 ° C.) makes it possible to visualize the different lipids labeled with 32 P.
- the spots corresponding to ceramides-1-phosphate and to phosphatidic acid as well as the The last 3 cm before the migration front (corresponding to the triacylglycerols) are delimited with a graphite pencil and scraped.
- the silica is collected in counting pots, humidified with 200 ⁇ l of methanol, 200 ⁇ l of distilled water and 2 ml of scintillation liquid (Picofluor) for 2 hours before adding 8 ml of the scintillation liquid.
- the radioactivity emitted by 32 P or 3 H is then counted in each pot.
- the radioactivity emitted by the stock solution of [9,10- 3 H] -triacylglycérol is also counted, thereby calculating the reaction yield for each sample.
- the quantities of ceramides and diacylglycerols present in each sample are then determined after extrapolation from the standard range, taking into account the yield, and related to the amount of total protein.
- Methylglyoxal does indeed seem to be very important in diabetes. It is a dicarbonyl whose blood concentration is greatly increased in diabetics (McLellan et al, 1994).
- advanced glycation products derived from methylglyoxal have been described as the major chemical changes observed in chronic diseases such as diabetes (Degenhardt et al, 1998).
- the BRPs were cultured for two passages (approximately 15 days) in the presence of AGE-methylglyoxal in order to mimic the chronicity of a diabetic environment, the objective of the study being first of all to test whether AGE-methylglyoxal induce 1 apoptosis of pericytes and if this phenomenon is associated with increased production of ceramides and DAG.
- Apoptosis of pericytes in response to AGE-methylglyoxal L 1 Apoptosis was detected and quantified by labeling 1 annexin V 1 and propidium iodide in the BRP grown for two passages with 2 .mu.M of AGE- methylglyoxal or control (see Materials and Methods). This technique highlights the translocation of phosphatidylserine from the inner layer to the outer layer of the plasma membrane, a biochemical phenomenon characteristic of the early phase of apoptosis.
- Annexin V labeled with fluorescein, stains the plasma membranes of apoptotic and necrotic cells in green, but only necrotic cells, whose plasma membrane has lost its integrity, are permeable to propidium iodide, which stains their nucleus in red.
- Figure 4 reports the effect of AGE-methylglyoxal on apoptosis of beef retinal pericytes. The cells were cultured for two passages (approximately 15 days) in the presence of 2 ⁇ M of AGE-methylglyoxal or of BSA-control. The results are expressed as% of apoptotic cells in the total cell population.
- AGE-methylglyoxal induce an increase of about a factor of 3 on average in the rate of apoptosis in the pericytes. No necrotic cells were observed.
- genes regulating apoptosis have also been demonstrated in pericytes cultivated long-term with high concentrations of glucose and then subjected to a rapid reduction in glucose (Li et al., 1998) and in the reticy pericytes of diabetic patients recovered post mortem (Podesta et al., 2000).
- the antioxidants tested can be classified into 3 groups.
- the first group includes water-soluble compounds having a thiol function which has the capacity to provide a proton: these are N ⁇ -acetyl-L-Cysteine (NAC) and lipoic acid. These two agents have a protective effect on the redox balance of the cell's cytoplasm.
- the second type of antioxidant tested is ebselen, a synthetic molecule containing a selenium atom. This compound has the particularity of mimicking the glutathione-selenium dependent peroxidase activity
- the 3 rd group consists of liposoluble compounds rich in conjugated double bonds which have a high reactivity with respect to free radicals and which thus more specifically protect the membranes against lipid peroxidation. These are zeaxanthin and coelentermine.
- Cysteine on apoptosis (annexin V, see Materials and Methods) induced by BRP by AGE-methylglyoxal.
- the pericytes were cultured for two passages (12 to 15 days) in the presence of 2 ⁇ M AGE-methylglyoxal (or BSA-control) and 10 ⁇ M or 50 ⁇ M of N-acetyl-L-Cysteine.
- the results, expressed as% inhibition of the induced apoptosis, are the average of 5 independent experiments.
- N-acetyl-L-Cysteine protects the pericytes from apoptosis induced by AGE-Metylglyoxal.
- Ceramides and DAGs were also assayed in the BRPs cultivated in the presence of N-acetyl-L-Cysteine (see FIG. 7). Ceramides and DAGs were assayed as described in the Materials and Methods section. The results, expressed as% inhibition of stimulated production of ceramides and DAG, are the average of 2 independent experiments.
- ceramides can come from the de novo biosynthetic pathway. Two metabolic intermediates, sphingosine and sphinganine are acetylated by a sphinganine-acyl-transferase to form ceramides. Ceramides can also be the product of enzymatic hydrolysis: they can come from the sphingomyelin "pool” on the one hand and from the glycosphingolipid "pool” (ceramides linked to one or more glycan chains) (Mathias and al, 1998; Okasaki et al., 1998).
- DAGs can come from an activation of the de novo biosynthesis pathway, or they can come from enzymatic hydrolysis: DAGs can be released from a "pool” of phosphatidylinositolbisphosphates or from a “pool” of phosphatidylcholines under l action of specific phospholipases.
- the production routes of these two metabolic intermediates have been explored using a pharmacological approach.
- the cells were cultured in the presence of various enzyme inhibitors, the effects of which were analyzed on the one hand on induced apoptosis and on the other hand on stimulated production of ceramides and DAG in response to AGE-methylglyoxal.
- fumonisin B1 The addition of 0.01 ⁇ M of fumonisin B1 to the culture medium only induced a 22% inhibition of apoptosis of the pericytes (annexin V, see Materials and Methods) cultured for two passages (approximately 15 days ) in the presence of 1 AGE-methylglyoxal (or BSA-control). The 0.1 ⁇ M fumonisin B1 was also tested. At this concentration, fumonisin B1 is proapoptotic, since it affects the basal rate of apoptosis of cells cultured with BSA-control (results not shown).
- Fumonisin B1 does not protect the pericytes from induced apoptosis. De novo synthesis of ceramides therefore does not seem to be involved in apoptosis of retinal pericytes induced by AGE-methylglyoxal.
- FIG. 10 reports the effect of desipramine on apoptosis of pericytes induced by AGE- methylglyoxal.
- the results, expressed in% of inhibition of the induced apoptosis, are the average of 7 independent experiments for desipramine at 0.1 ⁇ M and 6 independent experiments for desipramine at 0.3 ⁇ M.
- a culture of the pericytes for two passages (approximately 15 days) in the presence of AGE-methylglyoxal with 0.1 ⁇ M and 0.3 ⁇ M of desipramine allows a partial inhibition of 35% of the apoptosis induced by AGE-methylglyoxal (Figure 10).
- Desipramine at 1 ⁇ M was also added to the culture medium but; under these conditions, the basal rate of apoptosis of the control cells was affected (results not shown).
- Figure 11 reports the effect of desipramine on the stimulated production of ceramides and DAG in BRP induced by AGE-methylglyoxal. Ceramides and DAGs were assayed as described in the Materials and Methods section. The results, expressed as% inhibition of stimulated production of ceramides and DAG, are the average of 4 independent experiments for desipramine at 0.1 ⁇ M and 2 independent experiments for desipramine at 0.3 ⁇ M. 0.1 ⁇ M desipramine added to the culture medium during two passages blocks 78% of the ceramides produced in the pericytes in response to AGE-methylglyoxal but only reduces the overproduction of DAG by 17%.
- FIG. 12 reports the production route for ceramides and DAGs in the pericytes envisaged on the basis of the invention.
- Figure 13 reports the effect of D609 on apoptosis (annexin V, Material and Methods) of pericytes induced by AGE-methylglyoxal after two passages.
- the results expressed as a% inhibition of induced apoptosis, are the average of 7 independent experiments for D609 at 9.4 ⁇ M and 6 independent experiments for D609 at 30 ⁇ M and the desipramine / D609 combination.
- the addition of 9.4 ⁇ M and 30 ⁇ M of D609 in the culture medium made it possible to block 40% and 47% respectively of the apoptosis of the pericytes induced by AGE-methylglyoxal.
- Figure 14 reports the effect of D609 on the stimulated production of ceramides and DAG (see Materials and Methods) in BRP induced by AGE-methylglyoxal.
- the results, expressed as% inhibition of stimulated production of ceramides and DAG, are the average of 4 independent experiments for D609 at 9.4 ⁇ M and 2 independent experiments for D609 at 30 ⁇ M and the combination desipramine / D609.
- Incubation of the cells in the presence of 9.4 ⁇ M of D609 induces an almost total inhibition of the production of ceramides and DAGs by 95% and 80% of the stimulated level, respectively.
- D609 enabled complete inhibition of the production of ceramides and an inhibition 65% of the DAG produced.
- Treatment of the cells with the two combined agents induces an effect equivalent to D609 30 ⁇ M: the overproduction of ceramides is completely blocked and 70% of the DAGs produced under AGE-methylglyoxal are inhibited.
- Figure 15 shows the signaling pathway leading to apicyosis of pericytes.
- AGE-methylglyoxal probably via a specific AGE receptor, induce oxidative stress which can be located at the crossroads of two signal transduction pathways leading to apoptosis of pericytes.
- treatment of the cells with N-acetyl-L-Cysteine completely blocks the stimulated production of ceramides and DAGs and completely inhibits the apoptosis of the pericytes induced by AGE-methylglyoxal.
- the research work then consisted in defining an enzymatic target located upstream of the ceramides and DAGs and which could also be at the crossroads of the two signaling routes.
- proteases from the ICE family (Interleukin-1 Converting Enzyme) known as caspases (Cytosolic Asparte- Specifies Cysteine Proteases) play a key role in the transduction of apoptotic signals.
- caspases Cytosolic Asparte- Specifies Cysteine Proteases
- the caspases could be classified differently into three subgroups :, group I consisting of caspases- 1, 4, 5 (enzymes described as being involved in inflammatory responses), group II consisting of caspases-2, 3, 7 and group III consisting of caspases-6, 8, 9, 10.
- group II proteases require an aspartate residue in both the first and fourth position of the site of proteolytic cleavage (XDXXD)
- group III proteases are more tolerant towards the fourth amino acid residue, while presenting a preference for aliphatic amino acids (XE [I / T / H / V] D) (Thornberry et al, 1997; Garcia-Calvo et al, 1998).
- caspases-1 family of caspases-1 grouping together the caspases- 1, 4, 5, 11, the IchlI-like proteases (family of caspases- 2) grouping caspases-2, 9 and CPP (cysteine protein protease) 32-like proteases (family of caspases-3) grouping caspases-3, 6, 7, 8, 10 (Alnemri et al, 1996; Duan and al, 1996a, 1996b).
- ICE-like proteases family of caspases-1 grouping together the caspases- 1, 4, 5, 11, the IchlI-like proteases (family of caspases- 2) grouping caspases-2, 9 and CPP (cysteine protein protease) 32-like proteases (family of caspases-3) grouping caspases-3, 6, 7, 8, 10 (Alnemri et al, 1996; Duan and al, 1996a, 1996b).
- Caspases are specifically inhibited in vitro and in vivo by synthetic peptides (most often tetrapeptides) made permeable to cells by chemical groups blocking the terminal NH 2 and COOH functions and mimicking the cleavage site of their respective substrate .
- Figure 16 reports the effect of caspase inhibiting peptides on apoptosis of pericytes induced by AGE-methylglyoxal.
- the cells were cultured for two passages (approximately 15 days) in the presence of AGE-methylglyoxal (or of BSA-control) and the inhibitory peptides z-VAD-fmk, z-DEVD-fmk, z-IETD-fmk, z - AEVD-fmk, z-VDVAD-fmk and z-LEHD-fmk (50 ⁇ M).
- Apoptosis was detected and assayed by labeling with annexin V, as described in the Materials and Methods section.
- results expressed as% inhibition of induced apoptosis are the average of 6 independent experiments for z-VAD-fmk and z-DEVD-fmk, 4 independent experiments for z-LEHD-fmk and 3 independent experiments for z -VDVAD-fmk, z-AEVD-fmk and z-IETD-fmk. Adding 50 ⁇ M of z-VAD-fmk, z-DEVD-fmk, z-
- AEVD-fmk and z-LEHD-fmk in the culture medium allows an almost total inhibition of apoptosis of pericytes induced by AGE-methylglyoxal. While the z-IETD-fmk peptide does not protect cells from apoptosis, the z- VDVAD-fmk induces partial inhibition of AGE-methylglyoxal-induced apoptosis ( Figure 16).
- Figure 17 shows the effect of the z-VAD-FMK and z-DEVD-FMK caspase inhibiting peptides (50 ⁇ M) on the stimulated production of ceramides and DAG in BRP induced by AGE-methylglyoxal. Ceramides and DAGs were assayed as described in the Materials and Methods section. The results are expressed as% inhibition of stimulated production and are the result of 2 independent experiments.
- peptide inhibitors on the production of ceramides and DAGs differ: while the stimulated production of the two metabolic intermediates is not affected in the pericytes treated with 50 ⁇ M of z-DEVD-fmk or z-LEHD-fmk, the z-VAD-fmk peptide blocks the overproduction of ceramides and DAGs by 75% and 100% respectively.
- the primary antibody directed against caspase-10, its respective blocking peptide, the recombinant caspase-10 used as positive control and the secondary anti-rabbit antibody were supplied by Biomol (France) Films for autoradiography (Hyperfilm) and ECL development reagents were purchased from Amersham (France). SDS-page gels (12% Tris-HCl ready gel), nitrocellulose membranes (porosity 0.45 ⁇ M) for immunoblotting, the secondary anti-goat antibody and the molecular weight markers (protein precision standards, broad range) are from Bio-Rad (France).
- Pericytes (2 to 3 6 cm dishes), grown for 15 days in the presence of 3 ⁇ M of AGE-methyglyoxal (or
- BSA-control as described in the above-mentioned application, are placed on a bed of ice, washed 3 times with cold DPBS and then scraped using a policeman ruber in 500 ⁇ l of cold recovery buffer (Tris -HCl 0.1 M pH 8 containing 4.4 ⁇ M of pepstatin A, 6 ⁇ M of leupeptin, 0.6 mM of PMSF and 10 mM of EDTA).
- cold recovery buffer Tris -HCl 0.1 M pH 8 containing 4.4 ⁇ M of pepstatin A, 6 ⁇ M of leupeptin, 0.6 mM of PMSF and 10 mM of EDTA.
- the cell suspension is solubilized directly in the petri dish by adding 100 ⁇ l of La ⁇ mmli 5X buffer (Tris-HCl 0.15 M pH6, 8 containing 5% SDS, 12.5% glycerol , 12.5% ⁇ mercaptoethanol and 1% bromophenol blue).
- La ⁇ mmli 5X buffer Tris-HCl 0.15 M pH6, 8 containing 5% SDS, 12.5% glycerol , 12.5% ⁇ mercaptoethanol and 1% bromophenol blue.
- the DNA balls, making the solution viscous are broken mechanically using energetic back and forth in a syringe equipped with a 30G needle 1 2 .
- the protein samples are then heated for 3 min at 100 ° C. before being deposited on the polyacrylamide gel.
- Electrophoresis is carried out under reducing ( ⁇ -mercaptoethanol) and denaturing conditions
- Electrotransfer of proteins on nitrocellulose membrane At the end of electrophoresis, the membrane, the sheets of Wattman paper and the foam sponges (Scotch Brite, 3M) are balanced for 10 min in the cold transfer buffer (Tris 25 mM pH 8.3, glycinel92 mM, methanol 20% (v / v)).
- the sandwich is made in semi-immersion: the membrane and the gel are superimposed and framed on both sides with paper and a sponge.
- the assembly placed in the tank, is immersed in the transfer buffer, and the proteins are transferred from the gel (cathode) to the nitrocellulose membrane (anode) electrophoretically at 100 V for 45 min, at 4 ° C. and with stirring. magnetic.
- the antigenic material used in our study is from bovine sources. Not having primary antibodies directed against bovine material, our choice is focused on polyclonal antibodies with cross immunoreactivity with different species (humans, mice and rats).
- Buffers used TBS buffer (Tris Buffer Saline): Tris-HCl 10 mM pH 8.0, NaCl 150 mM
- TTBS buffer 0.05% Tween 20 in TBS
- Antibody dilution buffer 1% BSA in TTBS
- Membrane saturation buffer 10% milk in TTBS
- the nitrocellulose membrane is stained with culvert red to identify the protein migration tracks, then discolored.
- the non-specific binding sites of the membrane are blocked by incubation in the appropriate saturation buffer for 60 min at room temperature with gentle shaking (or alternatively at 4 ° C. overnight). The membrane is washed three times (15 min then 5 and 5 min) in buffer
- TTBS precedes the second incubation (1 hour 30) with the secondary anti-rabbit antibody coupled to horseradish peroxidase (1/6000).
- the membrane is again washed in TTBS and then rinsed for 5 min in TBS before being revealed at the ECL.
- the membrane is dried quickly on absorbent paper, incubated with the detection solution for chemiluminescence of the ECL kit for 1 min and then wrapped in Saran film paper. It is then exposed to an autoradiographic film for a period of 8 min and the films are developed. c) Results.
- caspase 10b or 10d is present in pericytes incubated with EFAs suggesting that there is indeed activation of caspase 10 during apoptosis of retinal pericytes induced by EFAs.
- the peptide z-LEHD-fmk an inhibitor described as specific for effector caspase-9, also has a protective effect on apoptosis of the pericytes, but without affecting the overproduction of DAGs or ceramides induced by AGE-methylglyoxal. This result suggests that caspase-9, blocked by z-LEHD-fmk, occurs downstream of the production of DAGs and ceramides.
- caspases-2, 9 and 10 seem to participate in the transduction of the apoptotic signal in the retinal pericytes.
- Figure 18 shows a signaling pathway leading to apoptosis of pericytes.
- AGE-methylglyoxal induce oxidative stress which seems to activate an initiating caspase (caspase-2 or -10).
- Activation of this caspase would activate an enzymatic cascade involving first a phosphatidylcholine-phospholipaseC, then an acid sphingomyelinase and then caspase 9 and an effector caspase of CPP32-like proteases. It was possible to determine that these caspases 9 and 3 are located at the crossroads of the two metabolic pathways. On the other hand, it is not possible to conclude if the two pathways diverge downstream of the initiating caspase or if the oxidative stress remains at the crossroads of these two pathways.
- FIG. 19 shows that caspase 10 is well activated when the bovine retinal pericytes are subjected to EFAs.
- caspase 10b FADD like interleukin-1-converting enzyme-2, FLICE-2
- lOd 60 kDa
- ICE-LAP3 a novel Mammalian Homologue of Caenorhabditis elegans Cell Death Protein Ced- 3 is Activated During Fas- and T ⁇ F-induced Apoptosis. J. Biol. Chem. 271: 1621-1624 17) Duan H, Orth K, Chinnaiyan AM, Poirier GG, Froelich CJ, He WW and Dixit WM (1996b).
- ICE-LAP6 a Novel Member of the ICE / Ced-3 Gène Family, is Activated by Cytotoxic T Cell Protease Gramzyme BJ Biol. Chem. 271: 16720-16724
- Beta-cyclodextrins enhance bioavailability of pilocarpine.
- Docosahexaeno ⁇ c acid is a major n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid in bovine retinal microvessels. J " . Neurochem. 66: 2160-2167
- TNF Activâtes NF-kB by Phosphatidylcholine-specif ic Phospholipase C-
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