Bile Duct Ligation Impairs Function and Expression of Mrp1 at Rat Blood-Retinal Barrier via Bilirubin-Induced P38 MAPK Pathway Activations
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Bile Duct Ligation Impairs Function and Expression of Mrp1 at Rat Blood-Retinal Barrier via Bilirubin-Induced P38 MAPK Pathway Activations
Abstract
Liver injury is often associated with hepatic retinopathy, resulting from accumulation of retinal toxins due to blood-retinal barrier (BRB) dysfunction. Retinal pigment epithelium highly expresses MRP1/Mrp1. We aimed to investigate whether liver injury affects the function and expression of retinal Mrp1 using bile duct ligation (BDL) rats. Retinal distributions of fluorescein and 2,4-dinitrophenyl-S-glutathione were used for assessing Mrp1 function. BDL significantly increased distributions of the two substrates and bilirubin, downregulated Mrp1 protein, and upregulated phosphorylation of p38 and MK2 in the retina. BDL neither affected the retinal distribution of FITC-dextran nor expressions of ZO-1 and claudin-5, demonstrating intact BRB integrity. In ARPE-19 cells, BDL rat serum or bilirubin decreased MRP1 expression and enhanced p38 and MK2 phosphorylation. Both inhibiting and silencing p38 significantly reversed the bilirubin- and anisomycin-induced decreases in MRP1 protein. Apparent permeability coefficients of fluorescein in the A-to-B direction (Papp, A-to-B) across the ARPE-19 monolayer were greater than Papp, B-to-A. MK571 or bilirubin significantly decreased Papp, A-to-B of fluorescein. Bilirubin treatment significantly downregulated Mrp1 function and expression without affecting integrity of BRB and increased bilirubin levels and phosphorylation of p38 and MK2 in rat retina. In conclusion, BDL downregulates the expression and function of retina Mrp1 by activating the p38 MAPK pathway due to increased bilirubin levels.
Keywords: bile duct ligation; bilirubin; blood–retinal barrier; liver injury; multidrug resistance-associated protein 1; p38 MAPK.
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The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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