TY - JOUR
T1 - Valproic acid suppresses Nrf2/Keap1 dependent antioxidant protection through induction of endoplasmic reticulum stress and Keap1 promoter DNA demethylation in human lens epithelial cells
AU - Palsamy, Periyasamy
AU - Bidasee, Keshore R.
AU - Shinohara, Toshimichi
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by the RPB and EY0180172. We thank Janice A. Taylor and James R. Talaska of the Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope Core Facility at the University of Nebraska Medical Center for providing assistance with confocal microscopy and the Nebraska Research Initiative and the Eppley Cancer Center for their support of the Core Facility, and the UNMC DNA Sequencing Core Facility (supported by P20 RR016469 from the INBRE Program of the National Center for Research Resources) for sequencing analysis.
PY - 2014/4
Y1 - 2014/4
N2 - Recent epidemiological studies confirm the prevalence of cataract in epileptic patients. Similarly, the drugs used to treat epilepsy also show the connection with increased cataract formation. In this present study, we investigated the suppression of Nrf2/Keap1 dependent antioxidant protection through induction of endoplasmic (ER) stress and Keap1 promoter DNA demethylation in human lens epithelial cells (HLECs) treated with valproic acid (VPA), an antiepileptic drug. 20mM VPA induces ER stress and activates the unfolded protein response (UPR) within 4h by activating the ER stress sensor proteins, such as PERK, IRE1α, and ATF6 in HLECs. Consequently, the integrated ER stress signals, such as eIF2α, ATF4, BiP, and CHOP are altered accordingly to induce ER-Ca2+ release, reactive oxygen species (ROS) overproduction, and cell death in HLECs treated with VPA. VPA also suppresses the Nrf2, catalase, and glutathione reductase expressions with significant increases in Keap1 protein. Bisulphite genomic DNA sequencing reveals the promoter DNA demethylation in the Keap1 promoter, which results in the overexpression of Keap1 mRNA and protein in HLECs treated with 20mM VPA. VPA also alters the expression profiles of passive DNA demethylation pathway enzymes such Dnmt1, Dnmt3a, Dnmt3b, and active DNA demethylation pathway enzyme, TET1 leading to DNA demethylation in the Keap1 promoter of HLECs. Overexpressed Keap1 decreases the Nrf2 level, thereby abolishing the Nrf2 dependent antioxidant protection. This might be responsible for lenticular proteins oxidation and cataract formation.
AB - Recent epidemiological studies confirm the prevalence of cataract in epileptic patients. Similarly, the drugs used to treat epilepsy also show the connection with increased cataract formation. In this present study, we investigated the suppression of Nrf2/Keap1 dependent antioxidant protection through induction of endoplasmic (ER) stress and Keap1 promoter DNA demethylation in human lens epithelial cells (HLECs) treated with valproic acid (VPA), an antiepileptic drug. 20mM VPA induces ER stress and activates the unfolded protein response (UPR) within 4h by activating the ER stress sensor proteins, such as PERK, IRE1α, and ATF6 in HLECs. Consequently, the integrated ER stress signals, such as eIF2α, ATF4, BiP, and CHOP are altered accordingly to induce ER-Ca2+ release, reactive oxygen species (ROS) overproduction, and cell death in HLECs treated with VPA. VPA also suppresses the Nrf2, catalase, and glutathione reductase expressions with significant increases in Keap1 protein. Bisulphite genomic DNA sequencing reveals the promoter DNA demethylation in the Keap1 promoter, which results in the overexpression of Keap1 mRNA and protein in HLECs treated with 20mM VPA. VPA also alters the expression profiles of passive DNA demethylation pathway enzymes such Dnmt1, Dnmt3a, Dnmt3b, and active DNA demethylation pathway enzyme, TET1 leading to DNA demethylation in the Keap1 promoter of HLECs. Overexpressed Keap1 decreases the Nrf2 level, thereby abolishing the Nrf2 dependent antioxidant protection. This might be responsible for lenticular proteins oxidation and cataract formation.
KW - Cataracts
KW - DNA methylation
KW - ER stress
KW - Keap1 promoter demethylation
KW - Nrf2
KW - Unfolded protein response
KW - Valproic acid
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U2 - 10.1016/j.exer.2014.01.021
DO - 10.1016/j.exer.2014.01.021
M3 - Article
C2 - 24525405
AN - SCOPUS:84895948105
VL - 121
SP - 26
EP - 34
JO - Experimental Eye Research
JF - Experimental Eye Research
SN - 0014-4835
ER -