| Autor: |
Karthikka Palanisamy, Coral Karunakaran, Rajiv Raman, Subbulakshmi Chidambaram |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2019 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
BMC Research Notes, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1756-0500 |
| DOI: |
10.1186/s13104-019-4333-x |
| Popis: |
Abstract Objective The microenvironment of outer retina is largely regulated by retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and choroid. Damage to either of these layers lead to the development of age related macular degeneration (AMD). A simplified cell culture model that mimics the RPE/Bruch’s membrane (BM) and choroidal layers of the eye is a prerequisite for elucidating the molecular mechanism of disease progression. Results We have isolated primary retinal pigment epithelial cells (hRPE) and human primary choroidal endothelial cells (hCEC) from donor eyes to construct a bilayer of hCEC/hRPE on transwell inserts. Secretion of VEGF in the insert grown bilayer was significantly higher (22 pg/ml) than hCEC monolayer (3 pg/ml). To mimic the disease condition the model was treated with 100 ng/ml of VEGF, which increased the permeability of bilayer for 20 kDa FITC dextran while addition of bevacizumab, a humanized anti-VEGF drug, reversed the effect. To conclude the transwell insert based human primary hCEC/hRPE bilayer model would be an ideal system for studying the disease mechanisms and the crosstalk between RPE and choroid. This model will also be useful in screening small molecules and performing drug permeability kinetics. |
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