Drug discovery and development for cataract prevention
Therapeutics against diabetic eye disease
Presbyopia
Publications
Marchitti SA, Bateman B, Petrash JM, Vasiliou V: Mouse models of the cornea and lens—Understanding ocular disease. In Animal Models of Eye Research (Tsonis PA, ed); Elsevier, 2008.
Chang Q and Petrash JM: Disruption of aldo-keto reductase genes leads to elevated markers of oxidative stress and inositol auxotrophy in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biochem Biophys Acta (Molec Cell Res) 1783:237-245, 2008
Reddy GB, Satyanarayana A, Balakrishna N, Ayyagari R, Padma M, Viswanath K, Petrash JM: Erythrocyte aldose reductase activity and sorbitol levels in diabetic retinopathy. Molec Vis 14:593-601, 2008.
Saraswat M, Muthenna P, Suryanarayana P, Petrash JM, Reddy GB: Dietary sources of aldose reductase inhibitors: Prospects for alleviating diabetic complications. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 17,558-565, 2008
Barton KA, Hsu C-D, Petrash JM: Interactions between small heat shock protein alpha crystallin and galectin-related inter-fiber protein (GRIFIN) in the ocular lens. Biochemistry (in press), 2009.
Shi Y, Barton K, de Maria A, Petrash JM, Shiels A, Bassnett S: The stratified syncytium of the vertebrate lens. J Cell Sci (in press), 2009.
Barton KA, Hsu C-D, Petrash JM: Interactions between small heat shock protein alpha crystallin and galectin-related inter-fiber protein (GRIFIN) in the ocular lens. Biochemistry 48:3956-3966, 2009
Shi Y, Barton K, de Maria A, Petrash JM, Shiels A, Bassnett S: The stratified syncytium of the vertebrate lens. J Cell Sci 122:1607-1615, 2009
Bhagyalaxmi SG, Srivivas PNBS, Barton K, Kumar KR, Vidyvathi M, Petrash JM, Reddy GB, Padma M: A novel mutation (F71L) in alphaA-crystallin associated with age-related cataract results in defective chaperone-like function despite unaltered structure. Biochim Biophys Acta 1792:974-981, 2009
Srivastava S, Vladykovskaya E, Barski OA, Spite M, Kaiserova K, Petrash JM, Chung SS, Hunt G, Dawn B, Bhatnagar A: Aldose Reductase Protects Against Early Atherosclerotic Lesion Formation in Apolipoprotein E-Null Mice. Circ Res 105:793-802, 2009
Petrash JM. Aging and age-related diseases of the ocular lens and vitreous body. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2013 Dec 13;54(14):ORSF54-9. PubMed PMID: 24335070
Yandrapu SK, Upadhyay AK, Petrash JM, Kompella UB. Nanoparticles in porous microparticles prepared by supercritical infusion and pressure quench technology for sustained delivery of bevacizumab. Mol Pharm. 2013 Dec 2;10(12):4676-86. PubMed PMID: 24131101
Muthenna P, Suryanarayana P, Gunda SK, Petrash JM, Reddy GB: Inhibition of aldose reductase by dietary antioxidant curcumin: Mechanism of inhibition, specificity and significance. FEBS Lett 583:3637-3642, 2009
Lanaspa MA, Ishimoto T, Li N, Cicerchi C, Orlicky DJ, Ruzycki P, Rivard C, Inaba S, Roncal-Jimenez CA, Bales ES, Diggle CP, Asipu A, Petrash JM, Kosugi T, Maruyama S, Sanchez-Lozada LG, McManaman JL, Bonthron DT, Sautin YY, Johnson RJ. Endogenous fructose production and metabolism in the liver contributes to the development of metabolic syndrome. Nat Commun. 2013;4:2434. PubMed PMID: 24022321
Kahook MY, Liu L, Ruzycki P, Mandava N, Carpenter JF, Petrash JM, Ammar DA (2009) High molecular weight adducts in repackaged Bevacizumab. Retina (in press)
Huang SP, Palla S, Ruzycki P, Varma A, Harter T, Reddy GB, Petrash JM (2010) Aldo-keto reductases in the eye. J Ophthal (in press)
Huang SP, Palla S, Ruzycki P, Varma A, Harter T, Reddy GB, Petrash JM: Aldo-keto reductases in the eye. J Ophthal 2010:521204, 2010. PMID 20628518.
Lee CA, Li G, Patel MD, Petrash JM, Benetz BA, Veenstra A, Amengual J, Von Lintig J, Burant C, Tang J, Kern TS. Diabetes-induced impairment in visual function in mice: contributions of p38 MAPK, RAGE, leukocytes, and aldose reductase. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2013 Aug 6. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 23920367
Hegde KR, Kowluru RA, Mohr S, Nagaraj RH, Petrash JM: New horizons in research on diabetic complications of the eye: special emphasis on diabetic cataracts and retinopathy. J Ophthal 2010:979040. PMID 21049002.
Tang J, Du Y, Petrash JM, Sheibani N, Kern TS. Deletion of aldose reductase from mice inhibits diabetes-induced retinal capillary degeneration and superoxide generation. PLoS One. 2013;8(4):e62081. PubMed PMID: 23614016
Srinivas P, Narahari A, Petrash JM, Swamy MJ, Reddy GB: Importance of eye lens ?-crystallin heteropolymer with 3:1 aA to aB ratio: stability, aggregation, and modifications. IUBMB Life 62:693-702, 2010. PMID: 20836128
Salabei JK, Li X-P, Petrash JM, Bhatnagar A, Barski OA: Functional expression of novel human and murine AKR1B genes. Chem Biol Interact, 2011. [Epub ahead of print] PMID 21276782.
Ruiz FX, Moro A, Gallego O, Ardevol A, Rovira C, Petrash JM, Pares X, Farres J. Human and rodent aldo-keto reductases from the AKR1B subfamily and their specificity with retinaldehyde. Chem Biol Interact, [Epub ahead of print] 2011. PMID 21329680.
Srivastava SK, Yadav UCS, Aramati RBM, Saxena A, Tammali R, Ansari N, Bhatnagar A, Petrash JM, Srivastava S, Ramana KV: Aldose reductase inhibition suppresses oxidative stress-induced inflammatory disorders Chem Biol Interact, [Epub ahead of print] 2011. PMID 21354119, 2011.
Énzsöly A, Markó K, Tábi T, Szöko É, Zelkó R, Tóth M, Petrash JM, Mátyus P, Németh J. Lack of association between VAP-1/SSAO activity and corneal neovascularization in a rabbit model. J Neural Transm. 2013 Jun;120(6):969-75. PubMed PMID: 23397320
Chang KC, Laffin B, Ponder J, Enzsöly A, Németh J, LaBarbera DV, Petrash JM. Beta-glucogallin reduces the expression of lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammatory markers by inhibition of aldose reductase in murine macrophages and ocular tissues. Chem Biol Interact. 2013 Feb 25;202(1-3):283-7. PubMed PMID: 23247009
Mueller NH, Ammar DA, Petrash JM. Cell penetration peptides for enhanced entry of aB-crystallin into lens cells. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2013 Jan 2;54(1):2-8. PubMed PMID: 23150610
Reddy GB, Muthenna P, Akileshwari C, Saraswat M, Petrash JM: Inhibition of aldose reductase and sorbitol accumulation by dietary rutin. Curr Sci 2011: 101, 1191-1197.
Validandi V, Reddy VS, Srivivas PN, Mueller NH, Bhagyalaxmi SG, Padma T, Petrash JM, Reddy GB: Temperature-dependent structural and functional properties of a mutant (F71L) alphaA-crystallin: molecular bais for early onset of age-related cataract. FEBS Lett 2011: 585,3884-3889
Snow A, Shieh B, Chang KC, Pal A, Lenhart P, Ammar D, Ruzycki P, Palla S, Reddy GB, Petrash JM. Aldose reductase expression as a risk factor for cataract. Chem Biol Interact. 2014 Dec 22. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25541468
Chang KC, Snow A, LaBarbera DV, Petrash JM. Aldose reductase inhibition alleviates hyperglycemic effects on human retinal pigment epithelial cells. Chem Biol Interact. 2014 Oct 18. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25451566
Lanaspa MA, Ishimoto T, Cicerchi C, Tamura Y, Roncal-Jimenez CA, Chen W, Tanabe K, Andres-Hernando A, Orlicky DJ, Finol E, Inaba S, Li N, Rivard CJ, Kosugi T, Sanchez-Lozada LG, Petrash JM, Sautin YY, Ejaz AA, Kitagawa W, Garcia GE, Bonthron DT, Asipu A, Diggle CP, Rodriguez-Iturbe B, Nakagawa T, Johnson RJ. Endogenous fructose production and fructokinase activation mediate renal injury in diabetic nephropathy. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2014 Nov;25(11):2526-38. PubMed PMID: 24876114
87. Puppala M, Ponder J, Suryanarayana P, Reddy GB, Petrash JM, LaBarbera DV: The isolation and characterization of beta-glucogallin as a novel aldose reductase inhibitor from Emblica officinalis. PLoS One 7(4): e31399.
Chang KC, Ponder J, Labarbera DV, Petrash JM. Aldose reductase inhibition prevents endotoxin-induced inflammatory responses in retinal microglia. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2014 May 2;55(5):2853-61. PubMed PMID: 24677107
Laffin B and Petrash JM: Expression of the aldo-keto reductases AKR1B1 and AKR1B10 in human cancers. Front Pharmacol. 2012; 3:104. PMID 22685431.
Li L, Chang KC, Zhou Y, Shieh B, Ponder J, Abraham AD, Ali H, Snow A, Petrash JM, LaBarbera DV. Design of an amide N-glycoside derivative of ß-glucogallin: a stable, potent, and specific inhibitor of aldose reductase. J Med Chem. 2014 Jan 9;57(1):71-7. PubMed PMID: 24341381
Samuels IS, Lee CA, Petrash JM, Peachey NS, Kern TS: Exclusion of aldose reductase as a mediator of ERG deficits in a mouse model of diabetic eye disease. Vis Neurosci 2012: 29:267-274. PMID 23101909
Rao VR, Muthenna P, Shankaraiah G, Akileshwari C, Babu KH, Suresh G, Babu KS, Chandra Kumar RS, Prasad KR, Yadav PA, Petrash JM, Reddy GB, Rao JM: Synthesis and biological evaluation of new piplartine analogues as potent aldose reductase inhibitors (ARIs). Eur J Med Chem 2012: 57:344-361. PMID:23124161
Akileshwari C, Muthenna P, Nastasijevic B, Joksic G, Petrash JM, Reddy GB: Inhibition of aldose reductase by Gentiana lutea extracts. Exp Diabetes Res 2012: 2012:147965. PMID 22844269
Chang KC, Laffin B, Ponder J, Enzoly A, Nemeth J, LaBarbera DV, Petrash JM: Beta-glucogallin reduces the expression of lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammatory markers by inhibition of aldose reductase in murine macrophages and ocular tissues. Chem Biol Interact 2012: PMID: 23247009
Mueller NH, Ammar DA, Petrash JM: Cell penetration peptides for enhanced entry of aB-crystallin into lens cells. Invest Ophthal Vis Sci 2012: PMID 23150610
Christopher KL, Pedler MG, Shieh B, Ammar DA, Petrash JM, Mueller NH. Alpha-crystallin-mediated protection of lens cells against heat and oxidative stress-induced cell death. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2014 Feb;1843(2):309-15. PubMed PMID: 24275510
Lee CA, Li G, Patel MD, Petrash JM, Benetz BA, Veenstra A, Amengual J, von Lintig J, Burant CJ, Tang J, Kern TS. Diabetes-induced impairment in visual function in mice: contributions of p38 MAPK, rage, leukocytes, and aldose reductase. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2014 May 2;55(5):2904-10. PubMed PMID: 23920367
Goswami DG, Tewari-Singh N, Dhar D, Kumar D, Agarwal C, Ammar DA, Kant R, Enzenauer RW, Petrash JM, Agarwal R. Nitrogen Mustard-Induced Corneal Injury Involves DNA Damage and Pathways Related to Inflammation, Epithelial-Stromal Separation, and Neovascularization. Cornea. 2016 Feb;35(2):257-66. PubMed PMID: 26555588
Mueller NH, Fogueri U, Pedler MG, Montana K, Petrash JM, Ammar DA. Impact of Subunit Composition on the Uptake of a-Crystallin by Lens and Retina. PLoS One. 2015;10(9):e0137659. PubMed PMID: 26355842
Chang KC, Petrash JM. Aldose Reductase Mediates Transforming Growth Factor ß2 (TGF-ß2)-Induced Migration and Epithelial-To-Mesenchymal Transition of Lens-Derived Epithelial Cells. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2015 Jul;56(8):4198-210. PubMed PMID: 26132779
Diego JL, Bidikov L, Pedler MG, Kennedy JB, Quiroz-Mercado H, Gregory DG, Petrash JM, McCourt EA. Effect of human milk as a treatment for dry eye syndrome in a mouse model. Mol Vis. 2016 Sep 9;22:1095-1102. PubMed PMID: 27667918
Chang KC, Li L, Sanborn TM, Shieh B, Lenhart P, Ammar D, LaBarbera DV, Petrash JM. Characterization of Emodin as a Therapeutic Agent for Diabetic Cataract. J Nat Prod. 2016 May 27;79(5):1439-44. PubMed PMID: 27140653
Nagaraj RH, Nahomi RB, Mueller NH, Raghavan CT, Ammar DA, Petrash JM. Therapeutic potential of a-crystallin. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2016 Jan;1860(1 Pt B):252-7. PubMed PMID: 25840354
Tewari-Singh N, Croutch CR, Tuttle R, Goswami DG, Kant R, Peters E, Culley T, Ammar DA, Enzenauer RW, Petrash JM, Casillas RP, Agarwal R. Clinical progression of ocular injury following arsenical vesicant lewisite exposure. Cutan Ocul Toxicol. 2016 Dec;35(4):319-28. PubMed PMID: 27002633
Goswami DG, Tewari-Singh N, Dhar D, Kumar D, Agarwal C, Ammar DA, Kant R, Enzenauer RW, Petrash JM, Agarwal R. Nitrogen Mustard-Induced Corneal Injury Involves DNA Damage and Pathways Related to Inflammation, Epithelial-Stromal Separation, and Neovascularization. Cornea. 2016 Feb;35(2):257-66. PubMed PMID: 26555588
Snow A, Shieh B, Chang KC, Pal A, Lenhart P, Ammar D, Ruzycki P, Palla S, Reddy GB, Petrash JM. Aldose reductase expression as a risk factor for cataract. Chem Biol Interact. 2015 Jun 5;234:247-53. PubMed PMID: 25541468
Nagaraj RH, Nahomi RB, Mueller NH, Raghavan CT, Ammar DA, Petrash JM. Therapeutic potential of a-crystallin. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2016 Jan;1860(1 Pt B):252-7. PubMed PMID: 25840354
Chang KC, Snow A, LaBarbera DV, Petrash JM. Aldose reductase inhibition alleviates hyperglycemic effects on human retinal pigment epithelial cells. Chem Biol Interact. 2015 Jun 5;234:254-60. PubMed PMID: 25451566
Kennedy JB, Larochelle MB, Pedler MG, Petrash JM, Enzenauer RW. The effect of amniotic membrane grafting on healing and wound strength after strabismus surgery in a rabbit model. J AAPOS. 2017 Dec 7. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29225157
Tewari-Singh N, Goswami DG, Kant R, Ammar DA, Kumar D, Enzenauer RW, Casillas RP, Croutch CR, Petrash JM, Agarwal R. Histopathological and Molecular Changes in the Rabbit Cornea From Arsenical Vesicant Lewisite Exposure. Toxicol Sci. 2017 Dec 1;160(2):420-428. PubMed PMID: 28973427
Chang KC, Shieh B, Petrash JM. Influence of aldose reductase on epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition signaling in lens epithelial cells. Chem Biol Interact. 2017 Oct 1;276:149-154. PubMed PMID: 28137510
Chang KC, Petrash JM. Aldo-Keto Reductases: Multifunctional Proteins as Therapeutic Targets in Diabetes and Inflammatory Disease. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2018;1032:173-202. PubMed PMID: 30362099
Zhang C, Lai MB, Pedler MG, Johnson V, Adams RH, Petrash JM, Chen Z, Junge HJ. Endothelial Cell-Specific Inactivation of TSPAN12 (Tetraspanin 12) Reveals Pathological Consequences of Barrier Defects in an Otherwise Intact Vasculature. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2018 Nov;38(11):2691-2705. PubMed PMID: 30354230
Zukin LM, Pedler MG, Groman-Lupa S, Pantcheva M, Ammar DA, Petrash JM. Aldose Reductase Inhibition Prevents Development of Posterior Capsular Opacification in an In Vivo Model of Cataract Surgery. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2018 Jul 2;59(8):3591-3598. PubMed PMID: 30025084
Goswami DG, Kant R, Ammar DA, Kumar D, Enzenauer RW, Petrash JM, Tewari-Singh N, Agarwal R. Acute corneal injury in rabbits following nitrogen mustard ocular exposure. Exp Mol Pathol. 2019 Oct;110:104275. PubMed PMID: 31233733
Kalita D, Holm DG, LaBarbera DV, Petrash JM, Jayanty SS. Inhibition of a-glucosidase, a-amylase, and aldose reductase by potato polyphenolic compounds. PLoS One. 2018;13(1):e0191025. PubMed PMID: 29370193
Petrash JM. Editorial. Chem Biol Interact. 2019 May 25;305:11. PubMed PMID: 30898601
Chang KC, Shieh B, Petrash JM. Role of aldose reductase in diabetes-induced retinal microglia activation. Chem Biol Interact. 2019 Apr 1;302:46-52. PubMed PMID: 30682331
Kennedy JB, Larochelle MB, Pedler MG, Petrash JM, Enzenauer RW. The effect of amniotic membrane grafting on healing and wound strength after strabismus surgery in a rabbit model. J AAPOS. 2018 Feb;22(1):22-26.e1. PubMed PMID: 29225157
Pedler MG, Petrash JM, Subramanian PS. Prostaglandin analog effects on cerebrospinal fluid reabsorption via nasal mucosa. PLoS One. 2021;16(12):e0248545. PubMed PMID: 34971554
Goswami DG, Mishra N, Kant R, Agarwal C, Croutch CR, Enzenauer RW, Petrash MJ, Tewari-Singh N, Agarwal R. Pathophysiology and inflammatory biomarkers of sulfur mustard-induced corneal injury in rabbits. PLoS One. 2021;16(10):e0258503. PubMed PMID: 34637469
Fichtner JE, Patnaik J, Christopher KL, Petrash JM. Cataract inhibitors: Present needs and future challenges. Chem Biol Interact. 2021 Nov 1;349:109679. PubMed PMID: 34600869
Gautam D, Pedler MG, Nair DP, Petrash JM. Nanogel-Facilitated In-Situ Delivery of a Cataract Inhibitor. Biomolecules. 2021 Aug 4;11(8). PubMed PMID: 34439816
Patnaik JL, Christopher KL, Pedler MG, Shieh B, Petrash CC, Wagner BD, Mandava N, Lynch AM, Palestine AG, Petrash JM. The Protective Effect of Metformin Use on Early Nd:YAG Laser Capsulotomy. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2021 Aug 2;62(10):24. PubMed PMID: 34415985
Petrash JM, Shieh B, Ammar DA, Pedler MG, Orlicky DJ. Diabetes-Independent Retinal Phenotypes in an Aldose Reductase Transgenic Mouse Model. Metabolites. 2021 Jul 10;11(7). PubMed PMID: 34357344
Hupy ML, Pedler MG, Shieh B, Wang D, Wang XJ, Petrash JM. Suppression of epithelial to mesenchymal transition markers in mouse lens by a Smad7-based recombinant protein. Chem Biol Interact. 2021 Aug 1;344:109495. PubMed PMID: 33961834
Upadhyay AK, Mueller NH, Petrash JM, Kompella UB. Nano-assemblies enhance chaperone activity, stability, and delivery of alpha B-crystallin-D3 (aB-D3). J Control Release. 2022 Dec;352:411-421. PubMed PMID: 36272662
Petrash JM, Vasiliou V. Editorial for carbonyl metabolism. Chem Biol Interact. 2022 Aug 25;363:110006. PubMed PMID: 35662544
Goswami DG, Mishra N, Kant R, Agarwal C, Ammar DA, Petrash JM, Tewari-Singh N, Agarwal R. Effect of dexamethasone treatment at variable therapeutic windows in reversing nitrogen mustard-induced corneal injuries in rabbit ocular in vivo model. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2022 Feb 15;437:115904. PubMed PMID: 35108561
Andres-Hernando A, Orlicky DJ, Kuwabara M, Cicerchi C, Pedler M, Petrash MJ, Johnson RJ, Tolan DR, Lanaspa MA. Endogenous Fructose Production and Metabolism Drive Metabolic Dysregulation and Liver Disease in Mice with Hereditary Fructose Intolerance. Nutrients. 2023 Oct 16;15(20). PubMed PMID: 37892451
Mishra N, Kant R, Goswami DG, Petrash JM, Agarwal C, Tewari-Singh N, Agarwal R. Metabolomics for identifying pathways involved in vesicating agent lewisite-induced corneal injury. Exp Eye Res. 2023 Nov;236:109672. PubMed PMID: 37797797
Mishra N, Kant R, Kandhari K, Ammar DA, Tewari-Singh N, Pantcheva MB, Petrash JM, Agarwal C, Agarwal R. Nitrogen mustard-induced ex vivo human cornea injury model and therapeutic intervention by dexamethasone. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2023 Jul 20. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37474260
Mishra N, Kant R, Kandhari K, Tewari-Singh N, Anantharam P, Croutch CR, Pantcheva MB, Petrash JM, Araj H, Agarwal C, Agarwal R. Establishing a dexamethasone treatment regimen to alleviate sulfur mustard-induced corneal injuries in a rabbit model. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2023 Jun 14. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37316330
Ebenezar OO, Roney A, Goswami DG, Petrash JM, Sledge D, Komáromy AM, Liby KT, Tewari-Singh N. Ocular injury progression and cornea histopathology from chloropicrin vapor exposure: Relevant clinical biomarkers in mice. Exp Eye Res. 2023 May;230:109440. PubMed PMID: 36933694