TY - JOUR
T1 - Suppression of choroidal neovascularization hy inhibiting angiotensin-converting enzyme
T2 - Minimal role of bradykinin
AU - Nagai, Norihiro
AU - Oike, Yuichi
AU - Izumi-Nagai, Kanako
AU - Koto, Takashi
AU - Satofuka, Shingo
AU - Shinoda, Hajime
AU - Noda, Kousuke
AU - Ozawa, Yoko
AU - Inoue, Makoto
AU - Tsubota, Kazuo
AU - Ishida, Susumu
PY - 2007/5
Y1 - 2007/5
N2 - PURPOSE. Angiotensin-Converting enzyme (ACE), also known as kininase II, functions not only to convert angiotensin I to angiotensin II, but also to cleave bradykinin into inactive fragments. Thus, ACE inhibition causes the tissue accumulation of bradykinin, exerting either of two opposite effects: anti- or proangiogenic. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the role of bradykinin in the development of choroidal neovascularization (CNV), with or without ACE inhibition. METHODS. Laser photocoagulation was used to induce CNV in wild-type C57BL/6J mice and angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1-R)-deficient mice. Wild-type mice were pretreated with the ACE inhibitor Imidapril, with or without the bradykinin B2 receptor (B2-R) antagonist icatibant daily for 6 days before photocoagulation, and the treatment was continued daily until the end of the study. CNV response was analyzed by volumetric measurements using confocal microscopy 1 week after laser injury. The mRNA and protein levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1, and monocyte chemotactic protein (MCP)-1 in the retinal pigment epithelium- choroid complex were examined by RT-PCR and ELISA, respectively. RESULTS. ACE inhibition led to significant suppression of CNV development to the level seen in AT1-R-deficient mice. B2-R blockade together with high-dose but not low-dose ACE inhibition resulted in more potent suppression of CNV than did ACE inhibition alone. B2-R blockade alone exhibited little or no effect on CNV. VEGF, ICAM-1, and MCP-1 levels, elevated by CNV induction, were significantly suppressed by ACE inhibition. VEGF but not ICAM-1 or MCP-1 levels were further attenuated by B2-R blockade with ACE inhibition. CONCLUSIONS. These results suggest a limited contribution of the kallikrein-kinin system to the pathogenesis of CNV, in which the renin-angiotensin system plays more essential roles for facilitating angiogenesis. The present study indicates the possibility of ACE inhibition as a novel therapeutic strategy to inhibit CNV.
AB - PURPOSE. Angiotensin-Converting enzyme (ACE), also known as kininase II, functions not only to convert angiotensin I to angiotensin II, but also to cleave bradykinin into inactive fragments. Thus, ACE inhibition causes the tissue accumulation of bradykinin, exerting either of two opposite effects: anti- or proangiogenic. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the role of bradykinin in the development of choroidal neovascularization (CNV), with or without ACE inhibition. METHODS. Laser photocoagulation was used to induce CNV in wild-type C57BL/6J mice and angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1-R)-deficient mice. Wild-type mice were pretreated with the ACE inhibitor Imidapril, with or without the bradykinin B2 receptor (B2-R) antagonist icatibant daily for 6 days before photocoagulation, and the treatment was continued daily until the end of the study. CNV response was analyzed by volumetric measurements using confocal microscopy 1 week after laser injury. The mRNA and protein levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1, and monocyte chemotactic protein (MCP)-1 in the retinal pigment epithelium- choroid complex were examined by RT-PCR and ELISA, respectively. RESULTS. ACE inhibition led to significant suppression of CNV development to the level seen in AT1-R-deficient mice. B2-R blockade together with high-dose but not low-dose ACE inhibition resulted in more potent suppression of CNV than did ACE inhibition alone. B2-R blockade alone exhibited little or no effect on CNV. VEGF, ICAM-1, and MCP-1 levels, elevated by CNV induction, were significantly suppressed by ACE inhibition. VEGF but not ICAM-1 or MCP-1 levels were further attenuated by B2-R blockade with ACE inhibition. CONCLUSIONS. These results suggest a limited contribution of the kallikrein-kinin system to the pathogenesis of CNV, in which the renin-angiotensin system plays more essential roles for facilitating angiogenesis. The present study indicates the possibility of ACE inhibition as a novel therapeutic strategy to inhibit CNV.
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U2 - 10.1167/iovs.06-1296
DO - 10.1167/iovs.06-1296
M3 - Article
C2 - 17460297
AN - SCOPUS:34250161778
SN - 0146-0404
VL - 48
SP - 2321
EP - 2326
JO - Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
JF - Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
IS - 5
ER -