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The effects of zinc supplementation on primary human retinal pigment epithelium.
J. Trace Elem. Med. Biol. 49, 184-191 (2018)
Population-based and interventional studies have shown that elevated zinc levels can reduce the progression to advanced age-related macular degeneration. The objective of this study was to assess whether elevated extra cellular zinc has a direct effect on retinal pigment epithelial cells (RPE), by examining the phenotype and molecular characteristics of increased extracellular zinc on human primary RPE cells. Monolayers of human foetal primary RPE cells were grown on culture inserts and maintained in medium supplemented with increasing total concentrations of zinc (0, 75, 100, 125 and 150 mu M) for up to 4 weeks. Changes in cell viability and differentiation as well as expression and secretion of proteins were investigated. RPE cells developed a confluent monolayer with cobblestone morphology and transepithelial resistance (TER) > 200 Omega*cm(2) within 4 weeks. There was a zinc concentration-dependent increase in TER and pigmentation, with the largest effects being achieved by the addition of 125 mu M zinc to the culture medium, corresponding to 3.4 nM available (free) zinc levels. The cells responded to addition of zinc by significantly increasing the expression of Retinoid Isomerohydrolase (RPE65) gene; cell pigmentation; Premelanosome Protein (PMEL17) immunoreactivity; and secretion of proteins including Apolipoprotein E (APOE), Complement Factor H (CFH), and High-Temperature Requirement A Serine Peptidase 1 (HTRA1) without an effect on cell viability. This study shows that elevated extracellular zinc levels have a significant and direct effect on differentiation and function of the RPE cells in culture, which may explain, at least in part, the positive effects seen in clinical settings. The results also highlight that determining and controlling of available, as opposed to total added, zinc will be essential to be able to compare results obtained in different laboratories.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Keywords
Zinc ; Age Related Macular Degeneration ; Retinal Pigment Epithelium ; Mass Spectrometry; Complement Factor-h; Macular Degeneration; Carbonic-anhydrase; Intracellular Zinc; Apolipoprotein-e; Human-serum; In-vitro; Age; Cells; Rpe
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0946-672X
e-ISSN
1878-3252
Quellenangaben
Volume: 49,
Pages: 184-191
Publisher
Urban & Fischer
Publishing Place
Office Jena, P O Box 100537, 07705 Jena, Germany
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Peer reviewed
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CF Metabolomics & Proteomics (CF-MPC)