Glucocorticoid effects on extracellular matrix proteins and integrins in bovine trabecular meshwork cells in relation to glaucoma.

  • Authors:
    • L Zhou
    • Y Li
    • B Y Yue
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  • Published online on: February 1, 1998     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.1.2.339
  • Pages: 339-385
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Abstract

The trabecular meshwork (TM) is a specialized eye tissue essential for regulation of the aqueous humor outflow and control of the intraocular pressure. Disturbances of TM cells may lead to elevated intraocular pressure and glaucoma. This study assessed the dexamethasone effects on levels of extracellular matrix proteins and their integrin receptors in bovine TM cells. Instillation of glucocorticoids such as dexamethasone is known to result in ocular hypertension. The histologic changes induced resemble those seen in glaucoma. Examination of the effects of glucocorticoid therefore may provide insights into the pathogenesis of glaucoma. TM cells in either tissue culture or organ cultures were treated with 0 (control), 0.1, or 1 microM of dexamethasone for 72 h. Immunostaining, Western, Northern and dot blot analyses showed that dexamethasone caused an increase in levels of fibronectin and collagen type IV in tissue-cultured TM cells. Increased focal contacts were also observed but the levels of laminin and collagen type I were unaffected. The dexamethasone effect was similarly demonstrated in organ cultures, with the exception that collagen type I also was enhanced. These results suggest that dexamethasone modulates extracellular matrices in the TM. Glucocorticoid may exert its effect through such a modulation in the development of steroid glaucoma.

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Zhou L, Li Y and Yue B: Glucocorticoid effects on extracellular matrix proteins and integrins in bovine trabecular meshwork cells in relation to glaucoma.. Int J Mol Med 1: 339-385, 1998
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Zhou, L., Li, Y., & Yue, B. (1998). Glucocorticoid effects on extracellular matrix proteins and integrins in bovine trabecular meshwork cells in relation to glaucoma.. International Journal of Molecular Medicine, 1, 339-385. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.1.2.339
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Zhou, L., Li, Y., Yue, B."Glucocorticoid effects on extracellular matrix proteins and integrins in bovine trabecular meshwork cells in relation to glaucoma.". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 1.2 (1998): 339-385.
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Zhou, L., Li, Y., Yue, B."Glucocorticoid effects on extracellular matrix proteins and integrins in bovine trabecular meshwork cells in relation to glaucoma.". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 1, no. 2 (1998): 339-385. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.1.2.339