Dietary Supplement Enriched in Antioxidants and Omega-3 Promotes Glutamine Synthesis in Müller Cells: A Key Process against Oxidative Stress in Retina
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Animals
2.2. Müller Cells Culture
2.3. Treatment and Experimental Conditions
2.4. Experimental Design
2.5. Glutamate and Glutamine Dosages
2.6. Cell Viability Test
2.7. Glucose Consumption
2.8. Western Blotting
2.9. Quantitative RT-PCR
2.10. Expression Arrays
2.11. Fatty Acid Composition
2.12. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Effects of Nutritional Supplementation on Müller Cells Basal Conditions
3.2. Effects of Sub-Lethal Oxidative Stress on Müller Cells Glutamate/Glutamate Metabolic Cycle with or without Nutritional Supplementation
3.3. Effects of Nutritional Supplementation on Müller Cells Stress Markers
4. Discussion
4.1. Dietary Supplementation Modifies Glutamate/Glutamine Metabolic Cycle in Far of Glutamine Synthesis
4.2. Synergic Effect of the Nutritional Supplementation Compounds on Glutamine Enhancement
4.3. Dietary Supplementation Induced a Glutamine Buffering to Delay Oxidative Stress Impact: High Glutamine Level as a Key Target for Retinal Neuroprotection
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Ardourel, M.; Felgerolle, C.; Pâris, A.; Acar, N.; Ramchani Ben Othman, K.; Ueda, N.; Rossignol, R.; Bazinet, A.; Hébert, B.; Briault, S.; et al. Dietary Supplement Enriched in Antioxidants and Omega-3 Promotes Glutamine Synthesis in Müller Cells: A Key Process against Oxidative Stress in Retina. Nutrients 2021, 13, 3216. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13093216
Ardourel M, Felgerolle C, Pâris A, Acar N, Ramchani Ben Othman K, Ueda N, Rossignol R, Bazinet A, Hébert B, Briault S, et al. Dietary Supplement Enriched in Antioxidants and Omega-3 Promotes Glutamine Synthesis in Müller Cells: A Key Process against Oxidative Stress in Retina. Nutrients. 2021; 13(9):3216. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13093216
Chicago/Turabian StyleArdourel, Maryvonne, Chloé Felgerolle, Arnaud Pâris, Niyazi Acar, Khaoula Ramchani Ben Othman, Natsuko Ueda, Rafaelle Rossignol, Audrey Bazinet, Betty Hébert, Sylvain Briault, and et al. 2021. "Dietary Supplement Enriched in Antioxidants and Omega-3 Promotes Glutamine Synthesis in Müller Cells: A Key Process against Oxidative Stress in Retina" Nutrients 13, no. 9: 3216. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13093216