Inhibition of ocular aldose reductase by a new benzofuroxane derivative ameliorates rat endotoxic uveitis

Mediators Inflamm. 2014:2014:857958. doi: 10.1155/2014/857958. Epub 2014 Nov 11.

Abstract

The study investigated the effects of the aldose reductase (AR) inhibitor benzofuroxane derivative 5(6)-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-ylmethoxy) benzofuroxane (herein referred to as BF-5m) on the biochemical and tissue alterations induced by endotoxic uveitis in rats. BF-5m has been administered directly into the vitreous, in order to assess the expression and levels of (i) inflammatory markers such as the ocular ubiquitin-proteasome system, NF-κB, TNF-α, and MCP-1; (ii) prooxidant and antioxidant markers such as nitrotyrosine, manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD), and glutathione peroxidase (GPX); (iii) apoptotic/antiapoptotic factors caspases and Bcl-xl; (iv) markers of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) recruitment such as CD34 and CD117. 5 μL of BF-5m (0.01; 0.05; and 0.1 μM) into the right eye decreased in a dose-dependent manner the LPS-induced inflammation of the eye, reporting a clinical score 1. It reduced the ocular levels of ubiquitin, 20S and 26S proteasome subunits, NF-κB subunits, TNF-α, MCP-1, and nitrotyrosine. BF-5m ameliorated LPS-induced decrease in levels of MnSOD and GPX. Antiapoptotic effects were seen from BF-5m by monitoring the expression of Bcl-xl, an antiapoptotic protein. Similarly, BF-5m increased recruitment of the EPCs within the eye, as evidenced by CD34 and CD117 antibodies.

MeSH terms

  • Aldehyde Reductase / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Animals
  • Antioxidants / metabolism
  • Apoptosis / drug effects
  • Benzofurans / chemistry
  • Benzofurans / pharmacology*
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / chemistry
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • Eye / enzymology
  • Inflammation Mediators / metabolism
  • Lipopolysaccharides / toxicity
  • Male
  • Oxidative Stress / drug effects
  • Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex / metabolism
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Tyrosine / analogs & derivatives
  • Tyrosine / metabolism
  • Ubiquitin / metabolism
  • Uveitis / drug therapy*
  • Uveitis / metabolism
  • Uveitis / pathology

Substances

  • 5(6)-(benzo(d)thiazol-2- ylmethoxy)benzofuroxane
  • Antioxidants
  • Benzofurans
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Inflammation Mediators
  • Lipopolysaccharides
  • Ubiquitin
  • 3-nitrotyrosine
  • Tyrosine
  • Aldehyde Reductase
  • Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex