Role of glycolysis in retinal vascular endothelium, glia, pigment epithelium, and photoreceptor cells and as therapeutic targets for related retinal diseases
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Li-Jie Dong. Tianjin Key Laboratory of Retinal Functions and Diseases, Tianjin International Joint Research and Development Centre of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, Eye Institute and School of Optometry, Tianjin Medical University Eye Hospital, Tianjin 300384, China. aitaomubang@126.com

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    Glycolysis produces large amounts of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) in a short time. The retinal vascular endothelium feeds itself primarily through aerobic glycolysis with less ATP. But when it generates new vessels, aerobic glycolysis provides rapid and abundant ATP support for angiogenesis, and thus inhibition of glycolysis in endothelial cells can be a target for the treatment of neovascularization. Aerobic glycolysis has a protective effect on Müller cells, and it can provide with a target for visual protection and maintenance of the blood-retinal barrier. Under physiological conditions, the mitochondria of RPE can use lactic acid produced by photoreceptor cells as an energy source to provide ATP for survival. In pathological conditions, because RPE cells avoid their oxidative damage by increasing glycolysis, a large number of glycolysis products accumulate, which in turn has a toxic effect on photoreceptor cells. This shows that stabilizing the function of RPE mitochondria may become a target for the treatment of diseases such as retinal degeneration. The decrease of aerobic glycolysis leads to the decline of photoreceptor cell function and impaired vision; therefore, aerobic glycolysis of stable photoreceptor cells provides a reliable target for delaying vision loss. It is of great significance to study the role of glycolysis in various retinal cells for the targeted treatment of ocular fundus diseases.

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Ting-Ting Yang, Hui Li, Li-Jie Dong. Role of glycolysis in retinal vascular endothelium, glia, pigment epithelium, and photoreceptor cells and as therapeutic targets for related retinal diseases. Int J Ophthalmol, 2021,14(9):1302-1309

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  • Received:April 01,2021
  • Revised:June 16,2021
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  • Online: August 23,2021
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