論文

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2021年4月21日

Topical administration of the kappa opioid receptor agonist nalfurafine suppresses corneal neovascularization and inflammation.

Scientific reports
  • Hurramhon Shokirova
  • Takenori Inomata
  • Tsuyoshi Saitoh
  • Jun Zhu
  • Kenta Fujio
  • Yuichi Okumura
  • Ai Yanagawa
  • Keiichi Fujimoto
  • Jaemyoung Sung
  • Atsuko Eguchi
  • Maria Miura
  • Ken Nagino
  • Kunihiko Hirosawa
  • Mizu Kuwahara
  • Yasutsugu Akasaki
  • Hiroshi Nagase
  • Akira Murakami
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終了ページ
8647
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1038/s41598-021-88118-6

Corneal neovascularization (CNV) causes higher-order aberrations, corneal edema, ocular inflammation, and corneal transplant rejection, thereby decreasing visual acuity. In this study, we investigated the effects of topical administration of the kappa opioid receptor agonist nalfurafine (TRK-820) on CNV. To induce CNV, intrastromal corneal sutures were placed on the corneal stroma of BALB/c mice for 2 weeks. Nalfurafine (0.1 µg/2 μL/eye) was topically administered to the cornea once or twice daily after CNV induction. The CNV score, immune cell infiltration, and mRNA levels of angiogenic and pro-inflammatory factors in neovascularized corneas were evaluated using slit-lamp microscopy, immunohistochemistry, flow cytometry, and polymerase chain reaction. The mRNA expression of the kappa opioid receptor gene Oprk1 was significantly upregulated following CNV induction. Topical administration of nalfurafine twice daily significantly suppressed CNV and lymphangiogenesis, as well as reduced the mRNA levels of angiogenic and pro-inflammatory factors in the neovascularized corneas. Moreover, nalfurafine administration twice daily reduced the numbers of infiltrating leukocytes, neutrophils, macrophages, and interferon-γ-producing CD4+ T cells in the neovascularized corneas. In this study, we demonstrated that topical administration of nalfurafine suppressed local CNV in a mouse model along with the activation of KOR, suggesting that nalfurafine may prevent and control CNV in humans.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88118-6
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33883646
PubMed Central
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8060258
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1038/s41598-021-88118-6
  • PubMed ID : 33883646
  • PubMed Central 記事ID : PMC8060258

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