Abstract:
:Scleritis is a severe and destructive inflammatory eye disease characterized by extensive extracellular matrix degradation. As in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), tissue destruction in scleritis may be mediated in part by matrix metalloproteinases such as collagenase (MMP-1) and stromelysin (MMP-3) which are normally kept in balance by endogenous inhibitors, such as tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase (TIMP-1). To test this hypothesis, in situ hybridization was used to localize MMP-1, MMP-3 and TIMP-1 mRNA in diseased and normal scleral tissue using digoxigenin labelled probes. Strong expression of MMP-3 and TIMP-1 mRNA, but not MMP-1, was observed in the diseased scleral tissue. Infiltrating inflammatory cells such as macrophages and scleral fibroblasts were the primary source of MMP-3 and TIMP-1 expression. There was also relatively less TIMP-1 compared with MMP-3 mRNA expression in the inflammatory cells in scleritis tissue. In order to study regulation of metalloproteinase expression in ocular cells the authors established human scleral fibroblasts (HSF) in primary culture. Northern blot analysis was performed on total RNA extracted from HSF grown in serum free media. MMP-1 MMP-3 and TIMP-1 were constitutively expressed in these cells. Stimulation of HSF with pro-inflammatory cytokines likely to be present in scleritis, such as interleukin-1 (IL-1) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF), significantly induced MMP-3 and TIMP-1 mRNA expression. Using culture supernatants derived from the same cytokine stimulated scleral fibroblast the authors were able to detect MMP-3 protein production by Western blot analysis. They conclude that matrix metalloproteinase-3 mRNAs are present in scleritis tissue and may be induced by cytokines produced in the inflammatory process.
journal_name
Ocul Immunol Inflammjournal_title
Ocular immunology and inflammationauthors
Girolamo ND,McCluskey PJ,Lloyd A,Wakefield Ddoi
10.3109/09273949509069111subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1995-01-01 00:00:00pages
181-94issue
3eissn
0927-3948issn
1744-5078journal_volume
3pub_type
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