Purines in the eye: Recent evidence for the physiological and pathological role of purines in the RPE, retinal neurons, astrocytes, Muller cells, lens, trabecular meshwork, cornea and lacrimal gland

Sanderson, Julie and Dartt, Darlene A. and Trinkaus-Randall, Vickery and Pintor, Jesus and Civan, Mortimer M. and Delamere, Nicholas A. and Fletcher, Erica L. and Salt, Thomas E. and Grosche, Antje and Mitchell, Claire H. (2014) Purines in the eye: Recent evidence for the physiological and pathological role of purines in the RPE, retinal neurons, astrocytes, Muller cells, lens, trabecular meshwork, cornea and lacrimal gland. EXPERIMENTAL EYE RESEARCH, 127. pp. 270-279. ISSN 0014-4835, 1096-0007

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Abstract

This review highlights recent findings that describ how purines modulate the physiological and pathophysiological responses of ocular tissues. For example, in lacrimal glands the cross-talk between P2X(7) receptors and both M-3 muscarinic receptors and alpha(1D)-adrenergic receptors can influence tear secretion. In the cornea, purines lead to post-translational modification of EGFR and structural proteins that participate in wound repair in the epithelium and influence the expression of matrix proteins in the stroma. Purines act at receptors on both the trabecular meshwork and ciliary epithelium to modulate intraocular pressure (IOP); ATP-release pathways of inflow and outflow cells differ, possibly permitting differential modulation of adenosine delivery. Modulators of trabecular meshwork cell ATP release include cell volume, stretch, extracellular Ca2+ concentration, oxidation state, actin remodeling and possibly endogenous cardiotonic steroids. In the lens, osmotic stress leads to ATP release following TRPV4 activation upstream of hemichannel opening. In the anterior eye, diadenosine polyphosphates such as Ap(4)A act at P2 receptors to modulate the rate and composition of tear secretion, impact corneal wound healing and lower IOP. The G(q11)-coupled P2Y(1)-receptor contributes to volume control in Muller cells and thus the retina. P2X receptors are expressed in neurons in the inner and outer retina and contribute to visual processing as well as the demise of retinal ganglion cells. In RPE cells, the balance between extracellular ATP and adenosine may modulate lysosomal pH and the rate of lipofuscin formation. In optic nerve head astrocytes, mechanosensitive ATP release via pannexin hemichannels, coupled with stretch-dependent upregulation of pannexins, provides a mechanism for ATP signaling in chronic glaucoma. With so many receptors linked to divergent functions throughout the eye, ensuring the transmitters remain local and stimulation is restricted to the intended target may be a key issue in understanding how physiological signaling becomes pathological in ocular disease. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: P2X(7) RECEPTORS; RAT RETINA; GANGLION-CELLS; DIADENOSINE POLYPHOSPHATES; LYSOSOMAL ALKALINIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; OUTFLOW FACILITY; SUBRETINAL SPACE; PORCINE LENS; ATP RELEASE; neurotransmitter; eye; P2X; P2Y; adenosine; ATP; retina; lens; trabecular meshwork; cornea; RPE; lacrimal gland; diadenosine polyphosphates
Subjects: 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine
Divisions: Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Humangenetik
Depositing User: Petra Gürster
Date Deposited: 07 Aug 2020 06:55
Last Modified: 07 Aug 2020 06:55
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/9476

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