Differential Effects of TGFβ and Vitreous on the Transformation of Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells

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作者：
Parapuram, Sunil K. [1 ]
Chang, Binyue [1 ]
Li, Lei [1 ]
Hartung, Ren A. [1 ]
Chalam, Kakarla V. [3 ]
Nair-Menon, Joyce U. [1 ]
Hunt, D. Margaret [1 ,2 ]
Hunt, Richard C. [1 ,2 ]
机构：
[1] Univ S Carolina, Sch Med, Dept Pathol Microbiol & Immunol, Columbia, SC 29208 USA
[2] Univ S Carolina, Sch Med, Dept Ophthalmol, Columbia, SC 29208 USA
[3] Univ Florida, Dept Ophthalmol, Jacksonville, FL USA
来源：
INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE | 2009年 / 50卷 / 12期
基金：
美国国家卫生研究院;
关键词：
GROWTH-FACTOR-BETA; PROLIFERATIVE VITREORETINOPATHY; MESENCHYMAL TRANSITIONS; SUBRETINAL MEMBRANES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; RISK-FACTORS; SNAIL GENES; EXPRESSION; RPE; FIBRONECTIN;
D O I：
10.1167/iovs.09-3621
中图分类号：
R77 [眼科学];
学科分类号：
100212 ;
摘要：
PURPOSE. In proliferative vitreoretinopathy retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells undergo epithelial-mesenchymal transformation (EMT). Vitreous and transforming growth factor-beta (TGF beta) have been implicated in this EMT. The role of TGF beta in the vitreous-mediated transformation of low-passage human RPE cells was investigated. METHODS. Cells were treated with vitreous or TGF beta 2. SB431542 was used to inhibit TGF beta signaling. Morphology was investigated using phase-contrast or confocal microscopy. Motility was measured using a monolayer-wounding assay. Invasion was determined using basement membrane matrix-based assays. Gene expression was measured by quantitative PCR, immunohistochemistry, or immunoblotting. RESULTS. Changes in phosphorylation or cellular localization of Smad -2, -3, or -4 indicated a TGF beta-like activity in vitreous. Cortical actin filaments in untreated cells were replaced by stress fibers after TGF beta treatment, but peripheral actin aggregates were seen in vitreous-treated cells. SB431542 did not block the morphologic change induced by vitreous. Vitreous-treated cells exhibited increased motility and invasion, whereas TGF beta-treated cells did not. However, SB431542 decreased vitreous-meditated changes in motility and invasion. The levels of mRNA for genes indicative of myofibroblast differentiation (alpha-SMA and CTGF) were increased by treatment with TGF beta but suppressed by vitreous. TGF beta or vitreous caused increased expression of Snail1. CONCLUSIONS. Vitreous or TGF beta caused a fibroblast-like morphology and induced Snail1, a marker of EMT. TGF beta activity in vitreous was necessary but not sufficient for the vitreous-induced motile, invasive phenotype. However, differences in the cytoskeletal organization and in the expression of CTGF and alpha-SMA suggested that TGF beta-treatment caused differentiation along a myofibroblast pathway, whereas vitreous treatment suppressed myofibroblast formation. (Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2009;50:5965-5974) DOI:10.1167/iovs.09-3621
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