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Alamandine inhibits pathological retinal neovascularization by targeting MrgD-mediated HIF-1 α /VEGFA pathway


Author(s):  Kun Zhao1, Yaping Jiang2, Wen Huang1, Yukang Mao1, 3, Yihui Chen2, Peng Li1, Chuanxi Yang4

Affiliation(s):  1Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu, China; more

Corresponding email(s):  2205515@tongji.edu.cn

Key Words:  Alamandine; Pathological neovascularization; Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP); Oxygen-induced retinopathy (OIR); MrgD; VEGFA


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Kun Zhao1, Yaping Jiang2, Wen Huang1, Yukang Mao1,3, Yihui Chen2, Peng Li1, Chuanxi Yang4. Alamandine inhibits pathological retinal neovascularization by targeting MrgD-mediated HIF-1 α /VEGFA pathway[J]. Journal of Zhejiang University Science B,in press.Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering,in press.https://doi.org/10.1631/jzus.B2500154

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Abstract: 
Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a vision-threatening disorder that leads to pathological growth of the retinal vasculature due to hypoxia. Here, we investigated the potential effects of Alamandine, a novel heptapeptide in the renin-angiotensin system, on hypoxia-induced retinal neovascularization and its underlying mechanisms. In vivo, the C57BL/6J mice with oxygen-induced retinopathy (OIR) were injected intravitreally with Alamandine (1.0 μ M/kg per eye). In vitro, human retinal microvascular endothelial cells (HRMECs) were utilized to investigate the effects of Alamandine (10 μ g/mL) on proliferation, apoptosis, migration, and tubular formation under vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) stimulation. Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) matrix data from GEO database and renin-angiotensin system (RAS)-related gene from the Molecular Signatures Database was sourced for subsequent analyses. By integrating scRNA-seq data across multiple species, we identified that RAS-associated endothelial cells populations were highly related to retinal neovascularization. The LC-MS/MS analysis revealed a significant decrease in Alamandine levels in both the serum and retina of OIR mice when compared to the control group. Next, Alamandine ameliorated hypoxia-induced retinal pathological neovascularization and physiologic revascularization in OIR mice. In vitro, Alamandine effectively mitigated VEGF-induced proliferation, scratch-wound healing, and tube formation of HRMECs primarily by inhibiting the HIF-1 α/VEGF pathway. Further, coincubation with D-Pro7(Mas-related G protein-coupled receptor D (MrgD) antagonist) hindered the beneficial impacts of Alamandine on hypoxia-induced pathological angiogenesis both in vivo and in vitro. Our findings suggested that Alamandine could mitigate retinal neovascularization by targeting the MrgD-mediated HIF-1 α/VEGFA pathway, providing a potential therapeutic agent for OIR prevention and treatment.

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