Departments of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo 060-8556, Japan.
Departments of Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo 060-8556, Japan.
Molecules. 2021 Oct 22;26(21):6382. doi: 10.3390/molecules26216382.
Effects of a pan-ROCK-inhibitor, ripasudil (Rip), and a ROCK2 inhibitor, KD025 on dexamethasone (DEX)-treated human trabecular meshwork (HTM) cells as a model of steroid-induced glaucoma were investigated. In the presence of Rip or KD025, DEX-treated HTM cells were subjected to permeability analysis of 2D monolayer by transendothelial electrical resistance (TEER) and FITC-dextran permeability, physical properties, size and stiffness analysis (3D), and qPCR of extracellular matrix (ECM), and their modulators. DEX resulted in a significant increase in the permeability, as well as a large and stiff 3D spheroid, and those effects were inhibited by Rip. In contrast, KD025 exerted opposite effects on the physical properties (down-sizing and softening). Furthermore, DEX induced several changes of gene expressions of ECM and their modulators were also modulated differently by Rip and KD025. The present findings indicate that Rip and KD025 induced opposite effects toward 2D and 3D cell cultures of DEX-treated HTM cells.
我们研究了一种泛 ROCK 抑制剂利匹司特(Rip)和一种 ROCK2 抑制剂 KD025 对皮质类固醇诱导性青光眼模型(DEX 处理的人眼小梁细胞)的影响。在 Rip 或 KD025 的存在下,DEX 处理的 HTM 细胞接受二维单层通透性分析(通过跨内皮电阻(TEER)和 FITC-葡聚糖通透性)、物理特性、大小和硬度分析(3D),以及细胞外基质(ECM)及其调节剂的 qPCR。DEX 导致通透性显著增加,以及大而硬的 3D 球体,这些效应被 Rip 抑制。相比之下,KD025 对物理性质(缩小和软化)产生相反的影响。此外,DEX 诱导了 ECM 及其调节剂的几个基因表达变化,Rip 和 KD025 对这些变化的调节也不同。本研究结果表明,Rip 和 KD025 对 DEX 处理的 HTM 细胞的二维和三维细胞培养物产生了相反的影响。