title: Anti-angiogenic effect of caffeic acid on retinal neovascularization.
abstract: Pathological angiogenesis is the most common cause of vision loss at all ages including retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), diabetic retinopathy, and age-related macular degeneration. ROP is a proliferative disease of the retinal vasculature in premature infants. Herein, we demonstrated caffeic acid (CA) has the anti-angiogenic activity to retinal endothelial cells and retinal neovascularization in a mouse model of ROP, which might be related to the suppression of ROS-induced VEGF expression. CA effectively inhibited VEGF-induced proliferation of retinal endothelial cells in concentration-dependent manner. In addition, VEGF-induced migration and tube formation of retinal endothelial cells were completely inhibited. This anti-angiogenic activity of CA on retinal endothelial cells was related to the anti-oxidant activity: the inhibitory activity of CA to H(2)O(2)-induced reactive oxygen species production and VEGF expression. Interestingly, CA significantly suppressed retinal neovascularization in oxygen-induced retinopathy as the animal model of ROP without retinal cytotoxicity. These data suggests that CA could be a potent anti-angiogenic agent for retinal neovascularization, and be applied in the treatment of other vaso-proliferative retinopathies.
authors: Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University & Seoul Artificial Eye Center Clinical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors: Jeong Hun
authors: JH
authors: Kim
authors: Byung Joo
authors: BJ
authors: Lee
authors: Jin Hyoung
authors: JH
authors: Kim
authors: Young Suk
authors: YS
authors: Yu
authors: Kyu-Won
authors: KW
authors: Kim
mesh_terms: D020533:Angiogenesis Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D002109:Caffeic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D015861:Retinal Neovascularization / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012171:Retinal Vessels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D020533:Angiogenesis Inhibitors; D002109:Caffeic Acids; C040048:caffeic acid