The Impact of the Timing of Dosing on the Severity of UNC569-Induced Ultrastructural Changes in the Mouse Retina.

Toxicologic Pathology
Ayako SayamaKazuhiko Mori

Abstract

Mer proto-oncogene tyrosine kinase (MerTK), expressed in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), regulates the phagocytosis of shed photoreceptor outer segments. To investigate the influence of dosing time on MerTK inhibitor UNC569-induced retinal toxicity, UNC569 at 100 mg/kg was orally administered to male mice at 2 different Zeitgeber times (ZT5.5 or ZT22) for 28 days. Electron microscopy was conducted at ZT2 after the final dosing. Additionally, the visual cycle components (11-cis-retinal, all-trans-retinal, all-trans-retinol, and 11-cis-retinol), which play an important role in maintaining retinal homeostasis, were quantified by liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry. Under electron microscopic examination, the number of phagosomes and phagolysosomes in the RPE increased in both the ZT5.5 and ZT22 administered groups, while endoplasmic reticulum dilatation in the RPE and chromatin aggregation of photoreceptor nuclei were observed only in the ZT22 administered group. No change was observed in any of the visual cycle components. These results suggest that the timing of the dosing in relation to the physiological MerTK phosphorylation affected the severity of changes in the RPE, leading to the apoptosis of th...Continue Reading

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