التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Connective tissue growth factor promotes retinal pigment epithelium mesenchymal transition via the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway. |
| المؤلفون: |
Wang, Yafen, Chang, Tianfang, Wu, Tong, Ye, Wei, Wang, Yusheng, Dou, Guorui, Du, Hongjun, Hui, Yannian, Guo, Changmei |
| المصدر: |
Molecular Medicine Reports; May2021, Vol. 23 Issue 5, pN.PAG-N.PAG, 1p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
CONNECTIVE tissue growth factor, RHODOPSIN, PROLIFERATIVE vitreoretinopathy, EPITHELIAL-mesenchymal transition, EPITHELIUM, IMMUNOSTAINING |
| مستخلص: |
Proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) is a disease leading to the formation of contractile preretinal membranes (PRMs) and is one of the leading causes of blindness. Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) has been identified as a possible key determinant of progressive tissue fibrosis and excessive scarring. Therefore, the present study investigated the role and mechanism of action of CTGF in PVR. Immunohistochemical staining was performed to detect the expression of CTGF, fibronectin and collagen type III in PRMs from patients with PVR. The effects and mechanisms of recombinant human CTGF and its upstream regulator, TGF-β1, on epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and the synthesis of extracellular matrix (ECM) by retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells were investigated using reverse transcription-quantitative PCR, western blotting and a [3H]proline incorporation assay. The data indicated that CTGF, fibronectin and collagen type III were highly expressed in PRMs. In vitro, CTGF significantly decreased the expression of the epithelial markers ZO-1 and E-cadherin and increased that of the mesenchymal markers fibronectin, N-cadherin and α-smooth muscle actin in a concentration-dependent manner. Furthermore, the expression of the ECM protein collagen type III was upregulated by CTGF. However, the trends in expression for the above-mentioned markers were reversed after knocking down CTGF. The incorporation of [3H]proline into RPE cells was also increased by CTGF. In addition, 8-Bromoadenosine cAMP inhibited CTGF-stimulated collagen synthesis and transient transfection of RPE cells with a CTGF antisense oligonucleotide inhibited TGF-β1-induced collagen synthesis. The phosphorylation of PI3K and AKT in RPE cells was promoted by CTGF and TGF-β1 and the latter promoted the expression of CTGF. The results of the present study indicated that CTGF may promote EMT and ECM synthesis in PVR via the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway and suggested that targeting CTGF signaling may have a therapeutic or preventative effect on PVR. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
