title: Stress reaction in outer segments of photoreceptors after blue light irradiation.
abstract: The retina is prone to oxidative stress from many factors which are also involved in the pathogenesis of degenerative diseases. In this study, we used the application of blue light as a physiological stress factor. The aim of this study was to identify the major source of intracellular ROS that mediates blue light-induced detrimental effects on cells which may lead to cytotoxicity. We hypothesized that outer segments are the major source of blue light induced ROS generation. In photoreceptors, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase (Nox) enzymes and the recently found respiratory chain complexes may represent a major source for reactive oxygen species (ROS), beside mitochondria and chromophores. Therefore, we investigated this hypothesis and analysed the exact localization of the ROS source in photoreceptors in an organotypic culture system for mouse retinas. Whole eyeball cultures were irradiated with visible blue light (405 nm) with an output power of 1 mW/cm². Blue light impingement lead to an increase of ROS production (detected by H2DCFDA in live retinal explants), which was particularly strong in the photoreceptor outer segments. Nox-2 and Nox-4 proteins are sources of ROS in blue light irradiated photoreceptors; the Nox inhibitor apocynin decreased ROS stimulated by blue light. Concomitantly, enzyme SOD-1, a member of the antioxidant defense system, indicator molecules of protein oxidation (CML) and lipid oxidation (MDA and 4-HNE) were also increased in the outer segments. Interestingly, outer segments showed a mitochondrial-like membrane potential which was demonstrated using two dyes (JC-1 and TMRE) normally exclusively associated with mitochondria. As in mitochondria, these dyes indicated a decrease of the membrane potential in hypoxic states or cell stress situations. The present study demonstrates that ROS generation and oxidative stress occurs directly in the outer segments of photoreceptors after blue light irradiation.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Anatomy, Technische Universität (TU) Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: Cora
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Roehlecke
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Schumann
authors.forename: Marius
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ader
authors.forename: Coy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brunssen
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bramke
authors.forename: Henning
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Morawietz
authors.forename: Richard H W
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Funk
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000528:radiation effects; D008027:Light; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation; D008297:Male; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000378:metabolism; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D053078:Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial / Q000528:radiation effects; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D000074662:NADPH Oxidase 2; D000074663:NADPH Oxidase 4; D019255:NADPH Oxidases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism; D012160:Retina / Q000166:cytology / Q000528:radiation effects; D055214:Retinal Photoreceptor Cell Outer Segment / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D046509:Tissue Culture Techniques
chemical_list: D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D008315:Malondialdehyde; C488842:Cybb protein, mouse; D000074662:NADPH Oxidase 2; D000074663:NADPH Oxidase 4; D019255:NADPH Oxidases; C422943:Nox4 protein, mouse
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