scholarly journals Mitochondrial DNA Damage and Repair in RPE Associated with Aging and Age-Related Macular Degeneration

2011 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 3521 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haijiang Lin ◽  
Haifeng Xu ◽  
Fong-Qi Liang ◽  
Hao Liang ◽  
Praveena Gupta ◽  
...  
2010 ◽  
Vol 51 (11) ◽  
pp. 5470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pabalu P. Karunadharma ◽  
Curtis L. Nordgaard ◽  
Timothy W. Olsen ◽  
Deborah A. Ferrington

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (10) ◽  
pp. 2374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Kaarniranta ◽  
Elzbieta Pawlowska ◽  
Joanna Szczepanska ◽  
Aleksandra Jablkowska ◽  
Janusz Blasiak

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a complex eye disease that affects millions of people worldwide and is the main reason for legal blindness and vision loss in the elderly in developed countries. Although the cause of AMD pathogenesis is not known, oxidative stress-related damage to retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is considered an early event in AMD induction. However, the precise cause of such damage and of the induction of oxidative stress, including related oxidative effects occurring in RPE and the onset and progression of AMD, are not well understood. Many results point to mitochondria as a source of elevated levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in AMD. This ROS increase can be associated with aging and effects induced by other AMD risk factors and is correlated with damage to mitochondrial DNA. Therefore, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) damage can be an essential element of AMD pathogenesis. This is supported by many studies that show a greater susceptibility of mtDNA than nuclear DNA to DNA-damaging agents in AMD. Therefore, the mitochondrial DNA damage reaction (mtDDR) is important in AMD prevention and in slowing down its progression as is ROS-targeting AMD therapy. However, we know far less about mtDNA than its nuclear counterparts. Further research should measure DNA damage in order to compare it in mitochondria and the nucleus, as current methods have serious disadvantages.


Author(s):  
Jacek P. Szaflik ◽  
Katarzyna Janik-Papis ◽  
Ewelina Synowiec ◽  
Dominika Ksiazek ◽  
Magdalena Zaras ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 2996-3010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janusz Blasiak ◽  
Sylwester Glowacki ◽  
Anu Kauppinen ◽  
Kai Kaarniranta

Eye ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 595-596
Author(s):  
R M Andrews ◽  
B J McNeela ◽  
P Reading ◽  
P G Griffiths ◽  
P F Chinnery ◽  
...  

1998 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 617-623 ◽  
Author(s):  
F.V. Pallardó ◽  
M. Asensi ◽  
J. García de la Asunciôn ◽  
V. Antón ◽  
A. Lloret ◽  
...  

Nutrients ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federica Cioffi ◽  
Rosalba Senese ◽  
Pasquale Lasala ◽  
Angela Ziello ◽  
Arianna Mazzoli ◽  
...  

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