Retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is a specialized structure essential for proper vision, which is constantly exposed to oxidative damage. With aging, this damage accumulates within the RPE cells, causing various diseases, including age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Numerous antioxidant substances are used to prevent this process in humans, including lutein. This study aims to determine the differences in the expression patterns of pyroptosis genes in senescent human retinal pigment epithelial cell line ARPE-19 exposed to lutein. Changes in the expression of pyroptosis-related genes were assessed by oligonucleotide microarrays, and the results were validated by real-time RT-qPCR. The microarray analysis showed seven transcripts were differentially expressed both in the HO-treated cells versus the controls and in the lutein/HO-treated cells compared to the HO-treated cells (FC > 2.0). Depending on the used lutein, HO, or co-treatment of ARPE-19 cells, statistically significant differences in the expression of , , , and genes were confirmed by the RT-qPCR ( < 0.05). A STRING database analysis showed that the proteins encoded by the analyzed genes form a strong interaction network ( < 0.001). These data indicate that lutein modulates the expression level of pyroptosis-related genes, which may be useful for the development of new methods preventing pyroptosis pathway activation in the future.
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