State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Guangzhou, China.
Mol Vis. 2023 Oct 2;29:160-168. eCollection 2023.
To determine the expression levels of and in diabetic retinopathy (DR).
We obtained peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and vitreous samples from 77 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: 52 with DR and 25 without DR, and 27 healthy control subjects. Western blot analysis and qRT-PCR were performed to evaluate the expression of and in their PBMCs. The levels of , , and in the vitreous fluid were determined by ELISA. Immunohistochemistry was performed to detect the expression of and 2 in proliferative DR (PDR) and the control subjects.
The expression of and was markedly downregulated in DR patients, which was negatively correlated with the increased expression of and . Additionally, we observed decreased expression of and in the fibrovascular membranes of PDR patients.
The downregulated expression of and in PDR patients reveals a potential pathogenic association; more extended studies could verify them as potential therapeutic targets.
检测糖尿病视网膜病变(DR)患者中 和 的表达水平。
收集 77 例 2 型糖尿病患者(52 例 DR 和 25 例非 DR)和 27 例健康对照者的外周血单个核细胞(PBMC)和玻璃体样本。采用 Western blot 分析和 qRT-PCR 检测 PBMC 中 和 的表达。采用 ELISA 法检测玻璃体中 、 和 的水平。免疫组化法检测增生性 DR(PDR)患者和对照组中 和 2 的表达。
DR 患者中 和 的表达明显下调,与 和 的表达增加呈负相关。此外,我们还观察到 PDR 患者的纤维血管膜中 和 的表达减少。
PDR 患者中 和 的表达下调提示其可能与发病机制相关;进一步的研究可以验证其作为潜在治疗靶点的可能性。