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Tamiya, Shigeo, Wormstone, I. Michael 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6423-7766, Marcantonio, Julia M., Gavrilovic, Jelena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5312-1784 and Duncan, George
(2000)
Induction of matrix metalloproteinases 2 and 9 following stress to the lens.
Experimental Eye Research, 71 (6).
pp. 591-597.
ISSN 1096-0007
Abstract
Matrix metalloproteinase 2 and 9 (MMP-2 and 9, also known as gelatinase A and B) have been implicated in a number of eye diseases, but their possible involvement in lens pathology is yet to be determined. In the present study, we therefore investigated a possible role of matrix metalloproteinases in cataract and posterior capsule opacification. Whole porcine lenses were removed from the eye and cultured in either Eagles Minimum Essential Medium (EMEM) or EMEM supplemented with 1mM hydrogen peroxide. The medium was sampled and changed every 2 days. On some occasions a sham cataract operation was performed on cultured lenses. The resulting capsular bag was secured to a Petri dish and cultured in EMEM. Culture media from all preparations were analysed for MMP-2 and 9 activity by gelatin zymography. Media samples from lenses which maintained clarity over the 6 day culture period did not display any detectable gelatinolytic activity. However, media from cataractous lenses demonstrated a gelatinolytic band, which had similar molecular weights to the pro-form of MMP-2. In addition to this band, bands with a similar molecular weight to pro-MMP-9 and its dimeric form were also detected in samples obtained from capsular bag preparations within 24 hr. The data presented indicate that normal lenses have undetectable gelatinase activity. However, there is an associated expression of gelatinases with pathological states of the lens, and therefore gelatinase expression could play an important role in cataractogenesis and posterior capsule opacification.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Cells and Tissues |
| Depositing User: | Users 2731 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Dec 2012 12:59 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Apr 2023 23:51 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/40355 |
| DOI: | 10.1006/exer.2000.0916 |
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