bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.30.016071; this version posted April 1, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. A2E induces the transactivation of RARs, PPARs and RXRs and its effects are counteracted by norbixin in retinal pigment epithelium cells in vitro Valérie Fontaine1 *, Mylène Fournié1, Elodie Monteiro1, Thinhinane Boumedine1, Christine Balducci2, Louis Guibout2, Mathilde Latil2, Pierre J. Dilda2, José-Alain Sahel1,3,4, Stanislas Veillet2, René Lafont2, Serge Camelo2 1 Sorbonne Université, INSERM, CNRS, Institut de la Vision, 17 Rue Moreau, F-75012 Paris, France 2 Biophytis, Sorbonne Université, BC9, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France 3 CHNO des Quinze-Vingts, DHU Sight Restore, INSERM-DGOS CIC 1423, 28 rue de Charenton, F- 75012, Paris, France 4 Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA *Corresponding author: Valérie Fontaine Email:
[email protected] Running Title: Norbixin modulates NRs activation by A2E in RPE cells Keywords: N-retinylidene-N-retinylethanolamine (A2E), angiogenesis, apoptosis, inflammation, norbixin, nuclear receptor (NR), peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR), retinoic acid receptor (RAR), retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), retinoic X receptor (RXR) ABSTRACT transactivation induced by A2E. Norbixin also N-retinylidene-N-retinylethanolamine (A2E) inhibits PPAR-g transactivation induced by its plays a central role in age-related macular high affinity ligand troglitazone. degeneration (AMD) by inducing apoptosis, Photoprotection of RPE cells by norbixin angiogenesis and inflammation. It has been correlates with maintained levels of the proposed that A2E effects are mediated at least antiapoptotic B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl2) partly via the retinoic acid receptor (RAR)-a.