Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2003
Overexpression of Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-2 in pterygium body fibroblasts.
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Solomon Abraham, Grueterich Martin, Li De-Quan, Meller Daniel, Lee Sao-Bing, Tseng Scheffer C G
Аннотация
PURPOSE: To examine the expression pattern of insulin-like growth factor-binding protein (IGFBP)-2 in cultured primary pterygium fibroblasts and compare it with expression in normal conjunctival fibroblasts.
METHODS: Profile of gene expression by normal conjunctival and primary pterygium fibroblasts was performed by using a cDNA microarray. The overexpression of IGFBP-2 thus identified was further confirmed by RT-PCR and Western blot analysis of cultured cells and by immunohistochemistry on primary pterygium and normal conjunctival tissue sections.
RESULTS: A dramatically increased expression of IGFBP-2 mRNA was demonstrated in cDNA microarray membranes from two different pterygium fibroblasts. This finding was confirmed by RT-PCR in four additional different pterygium fibroblasts and by Western blot analysis of their culture supernatants. Immunohistochemistry of frozen sections from primary pterygium demonstrated increased staining in extracellular matrix of the stroma, compared with that of the normal conjunctiva. IGFBP-2 was also found in goblet cells of both normal conjunctival and pterygium epithelia.
CONCLUSIONS: The increased expression of IGFBP-2 mRNA and protein in pterygium fibroblasts is further strong evidence to support the transformed phenotype of these cells and helps explain why there is increased growth of fibrovascular tissue. This phenotype may be used as a marker to assess the malignant nature of pterygium growth and recurrence.
METHODS: Profile of gene expression by normal conjunctival and primary pterygium fibroblasts was performed by using a cDNA microarray. The overexpression of IGFBP-2 thus identified was further confirmed by RT-PCR and Western blot analysis of cultured cells and by immunohistochemistry on primary pterygium and normal conjunctival tissue sections.
RESULTS: A dramatically increased expression of IGFBP-2 mRNA was demonstrated in cDNA microarray membranes from two different pterygium fibroblasts. This finding was confirmed by RT-PCR in four additional different pterygium fibroblasts and by Western blot analysis of their culture supernatants. Immunohistochemistry of frozen sections from primary pterygium demonstrated increased staining in extracellular matrix of the stroma, compared with that of the normal conjunctiva. IGFBP-2 was also found in goblet cells of both normal conjunctival and pterygium epithelia.
CONCLUSIONS: The increased expression of IGFBP-2 mRNA and protein in pterygium fibroblasts is further strong evidence to support the transformed phenotype of these cells and helps explain why there is increased growth of fibrovascular tissue. This phenotype may be used as a marker to assess the malignant nature of pterygium growth and recurrence.