Yang Xiao-Xi, Chen Jian, Zhou Qing, Guo Xian-Yin, Xiao Pan, Wu Jing, Xu Jin-Tang
Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, Guangdong Province, China.
Int J Ophthalmol. 2011;4(2):143-6. doi: 10.3980/j.issn.2222-3959.2011.02.06. Epub 2011 Apr 18.
To study the effect of troglitazone on primary culture human pterygium fibroblasts (HPF).
Cell viability loss and apoptosis were quantified by cell counting kit-8, AnnexinV-FITC/PI double staining, caspases activity test and western blotting. Flow cytometry was used to detect mitochondrial membrane potential.
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPAR-γ) was positively expressed in pterygium specimens (n=5). Troglitazone showed dose-dependent inhibition of cell survival, induced phospholipids redistribution, activated caspase-3, -9, and altered mitochondrial potential. Western blot assay demonstrated the increase of Bax/Bcl-2 protein ratio.
Troglitazone induced apoptosis of HPF through a mitochondrial-dependent pathway.