Higashide Megumi, Furuhashi Masato, Watanabe Megumi, Itoh Kaku, Suzuki Soma, Umetsu Araya, Tsugeno Yuri, Ida Yosuke, Hikage Fumihito, Ohguro Hiroshi
Departments of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-8556, Japan.
Departments of Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo 060-8556, Japan.
Life (Basel). 2022 Mar 23;12(4):467. doi: 10.3390/life12040467.
This study reports on the pathological significance of the vitreous fatty acid-binding protein (Vt-FABP) 4 and 5, and vascular endothelial growth factor A (Vt-VEGFA) in patients with retinal vascular diseases (RVDs) including proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) and retinal vein occlusion (RVO). Subjects with PDR (n = 20), RVO (n = 10), and controls (epiretinal membrane, n = 18) who had undergone vitrectomies were enrolled in this study. The levels of Vt-FABP4, Vt-FABP5, and Vt-VEGFA were evaluated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA). Retinal circulation levels were measured by a laser-speckle flow analyzer (LSFA) and other relevant data were collected. The Vt-FABP5 levels were significantly (p < 0.05) elevated in patients with RVDs compared to control patients. This elevation was more evident in patients with RVO than with PDR. Log Vt-FABP5 was significantly correlated negatively or positively with all the LSFA retinal circulation indexes or Log triglycerides (r = 0.31, p = 0.031), respectively. However, the elevations in the Vt-FABP4 and Vt-VEGFA levels were more evident in the PDR group (p < 0.05) and these factors were correlated positively with Log fasting glucose and negatively with some of the LSFA retinal circulation indexes. Multivariable regression analyses indicated that the LSFA blood flows of the optic disc at baseline was an independent effector with Log Vt-FABP5 other than several possible factors including age, gender, Log triglycerides, Log Vt-FABP4 and Log Vt-VEGFA. These current findings suggest that Vt-FABP5 is involved in the pathogenesis of RVD in a manner that is different from that for Vt-FABP4 and Vt-VEGFA, presumably by regulating retinal circulation.
本研究报告了玻璃体脂肪酸结合蛋白(Vt-FABP)4和5以及血管内皮生长因子A(Vt-VEGFA)在包括增殖性糖尿病视网膜病变(PDR)和视网膜静脉阻塞(RVO)在内的视网膜血管疾病(RVD)患者中的病理意义。本研究纳入了接受玻璃体切除术的PDR患者(n = 20)、RVO患者(n = 10)以及对照组(视网膜前膜,n = 18)。通过酶联免疫吸附测定(ELISA)评估Vt-FABP4、Vt-FABP5和Vt-VEGFA的水平。用激光散斑血流分析仪(LSFA)测量视网膜循环水平,并收集其他相关数据。与对照患者相比,RVD患者的Vt-FABP5水平显著升高(p < 0.05)。这种升高在RVO患者中比在PDR患者中更明显。Log Vt-FABP5分别与所有LSFA视网膜循环指数或Log甘油三酯显著负相关或正相关(r = 0.31,p = 0.031)。然而,Vt-FABP4和Vt-VEGFA水平的升高在PDR组中更明显(p < 0.05),并且这些因素与Log空腹血糖呈正相关,与一些LSFA视网膜循环指数呈负相关。多变量回归分析表明,除年龄、性别、Log甘油三酯、Log Vt-FABP4和Log Vt-VEGFA等几个可能因素外,基线时视盘的LSFA血流是与Log Vt-FABP5相关的独立影响因素。目前的这些发现表明,Vt-FABP5以不同于Vt-FABP4和Vt-VEGFA的方式参与RVD的发病机制,可能是通过调节视网膜循环。