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Different responses of the MIO‑M1 Mueller cell line to angiotensin II under hyperglycemic or hypoxic conditions

  • Authors:
    • Ansgar Beuse
    • Heidrun L. Deissler
    • Margrit Hollborn
    • Jan Darius Unterlauft
    • Catharina Busch
    • Matus Rehak

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  • Published online on: August 7, 2023     https://doi.org/10.3892/br.2023.1644
  • Article Number: 62

  • Copyright: © Beuse et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

Members of the renin‑angiotensin aldosterone system (RAAS) are expressed by various retinal tissues including Mueller glial cells. As the RAAS is hypothesized to play an important role in the pathogenesis of diseases that threaten vision, such as diabetic macular edema or retinal vein occlusion, the possible changes induced by exposure of the human cell line MIO‑M1, an established model of Mueller cells, to angiotensin II or aldosterone for 6 h under hypoxic and/or hyperglycemic conditions were investigated. The mRNA expression levels of the members of the RAAS were assessed by reverse transcription‑quantitative PCR, and the secretion of cytokines was assessed by ELISA. Under hyperglycemic conditions, the mRNA expression levels of the angiotensin‑converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), angiotensin II receptors, AT1 and AT2, and the receptor of angiotensin (1‑7) MAS1 were significantly higher after exposure to angiotensin II, and the expression of ACE2, AT2, and IL‑6 (a marker of inflammation) was significantly increased after treatment with aldosterone; the expression of the other targets investigated remained unchanged. Significantly more IL‑6 was secreted by MIO‑M1 cells exposed to hyperglycemia and angiotensin. When cells were cultured in a hypoxic environment, additional treatment with aldosterone significantly increased the mRNA expression levels of ACE, but significantly more ACE2 mRNA was expressed in the presence of angiotensin II. Under hypoxic plus hyperglycemic conditions, significantly less ACE but more AT2 was expressed after treatment with angiotensin II, which also led to strongly elevated expression of IL‑6. The mRNA expression levels of the angiogenic growth factor VEGF‑A and secretion of the encoded protein were notably increased under hypoxic and hypoxic plus hyperglycemic conditions, irrespective of additional treatment with angiotensin II or aldosterone. These findings suggest that angiotensin II induces a pro‑inflammatory response in MIO‑M1 cells under hyperglycemic conditions despite activation of the counteracting ACE2/MAS1 signaling cascade. However, hypoxia results in an increased expression of angiogenic VEGF‑A by these cells, which is not altered by angiotensin II or aldosterone.
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Beuse A, Deissler HL, Hollborn M, Unterlauft JD, Busch C and Rehak M: Different responses of the MIO‑M1 Mueller cell line to angiotensin II under hyperglycemic or hypoxic conditions. Biomed Rep 19: 62, 2023
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Beuse, A., Deissler, H.L., Hollborn, M., Unterlauft, J.D., Busch, C., & Rehak, M. (2023). Different responses of the MIO‑M1 Mueller cell line to angiotensin II under hyperglycemic or hypoxic conditions. Biomedical Reports, 19, 62. https://doi.org/10.3892/br.2023.1644
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Beuse, A., Deissler, H. L., Hollborn, M., Unterlauft, J. D., Busch, C., Rehak, M."Different responses of the MIO‑M1 Mueller cell line to angiotensin II under hyperglycemic or hypoxic conditions". Biomedical Reports 19.3 (2023): 62.
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Beuse, A., Deissler, H. L., Hollborn, M., Unterlauft, J. D., Busch, C., Rehak, M."Different responses of the MIO‑M1 Mueller cell line to angiotensin II under hyperglycemic or hypoxic conditions". Biomedical Reports 19, no. 3 (2023): 62. https://doi.org/10.3892/br.2023.1644