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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
32
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-8-8
pubmed:abstractText
Photoreceptor cell (rods and cones) renewal is accompanied by intermittent shedding of the distal tips of the outer segment followed by their phagocytosis in the retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells. This renewal is essential for vision, and it is thought that it fosters survival of photoreceptors and of RPE cells. However, no specific survival messenger/mediators have as yet been identified. We show here that photoreceptor outer segment (POS) phagocytosis markedly attenuates oxidative stress-induced apoptosis in ARPE-19 cells in culture. This phenomenon does not seem to be a generalized outcome of phagocytosis because nonbiological (polystyrene microsphere) phagocytosis did not elicit protection. The free docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) pool size and neuroprotectin D1 (NPD1) content increased during POS phagocytosis but not during microspheres phagocytosis. We have also explored other lipid mediators [lipoxin A4 and 15(S)- and 12(S)-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids] under these conditions and found them unchanged upon POS phagocytosis. Moreover, oxidative stress challenge to RPE cells undergoing POS phagocytosis further increased DHA and NPD1 content. Under these conditions, NPD1 was found within the RPE cells as well as in the culture medium, suggesting autocrine and paracrine bioactivity. Furthermore, using deuterium-labeled DHA, we show that as the availability of free DHA increases during oxidative stress, NPD1 synthesis is augmented in ARPE-19 cells. Our data suggest a distinct signaling that promotes survival of photoreceptor and RPE cells by enhancing the synthesis of NPD1 during phagocytosis. Taken together, NPD1 may be a mediator that promotes homeostatic regulation of cell integrity during photoreceptor cell renewal.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0027-8424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
7
pubmed:volume
104
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
13158-63
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Photoreceptor outer segment phagocytosis attenuates oxidative stress-induced apoptosis with concomitant neuroprotectin D1 synthesis.
pubmed:affiliation
Neuroscience Center and Department of Ophthalmology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural