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Protective effects of melatonin and memantine in human retinal pigment epithelium (ARPE-19) cells against 2-ethylpyridine-induced oxidative stress: implications for age-related macular degeneration

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dc.creator Bardak, Yavuz
dc.creator Uguz, Abdulhadi Cihangir
dc.creator Bardak, Handan
dc.date 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2021-12-03T11:31:03Z
dc.date.available 2021-12-03T11:31:03Z
dc.identifier 7c5eb691-43ec-417c-a708-5d343bbb451c
dc.identifier 10.1080/15569527.2017.1354218
dc.identifier https://avesis.sdu.edu.tr/publication/details/7c5eb691-43ec-417c-a708-5d343bbb451c/oai
dc.identifier.uri http://acikerisim.sdu.edu.tr/xmlui/handle/123456789/92908
dc.description Purpose: To investigate the possible protective effects of melatonin and memantine (MMT) against 2-ethylpyridine (2-EP)-induced oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction in human RPE (ARPE-19) cells in vitro.Materials and methods: The ARPE-19 cells were divided into seven groups. Oxidative stress was triggered by incubating the ARPE-19 cells with 30M of 2-EP for 24h. Then, 200M of melatonin was administered over three days and 20M of MMT over six hours prior to the experiment. The effects of melatonin and MMT on the intracellular calcium release mechanism, reactive oxygen species production, caspase-3 and caspase-9 activities, as well as vascular endothelial growth factor levels were measured.Results: Melatonin and MMT were found to significantly decrease apoptosis levels. The intracellular calcium release was regulated by both melatonin and MMT. Further, melatonin and MMT significantly decreased both caspase-3 and caspase-9 activities, as well as pro-caspase and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase expression, in ARPE-19 cells. Moreover, melatonin significantly increased the protective effect of MMT. The combination of melatonin and MMT significantly decreased 2-EP-induced oxidative toxicity and apoptosis by inhibiting the intracellular reactive oxygen species production and mitochondrial depolarization levels.Conclusions: These notable findings are the first to demonstrate the synergistic protective effects of melatonin and MMT against 2-EP-induced oxidative stress in ARPE-19 cells.
dc.language eng
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.title Protective effects of melatonin and memantine in human retinal pigment epithelium (ARPE-19) cells against 2-ethylpyridine-induced oxidative stress: implications for age-related macular degeneration
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article


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