Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-7-19
pubmed:abstractText
Retinal endothelial cells (ECs) and pericytes (PCs) were cloned and cultured from normal and diabetic rabbits to clarify the mechanism of diabetic proliferative retinopathy from the viewpoint of the interaction between ECs and PCs, and phenotypic changes of diabetic cells. PC-conditioned medium (PC-CM) from normal rabbits stimulated in vitro angiogenesis of diabetic ECs more than that of normal ECs. in vitro angiogenesis was also more stimulated in diabetic ECs than in normal ECs by basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) or transforming growth factor-beta 1, indicating that diabetic ECs are different from normal ECs in terms of angiogenic potential. One mechanism of this property of diabetic ECs was the acceleration of cell proliferation but not of cell migration, because diabetic ECs grew more rapidly but did not migrate more than normal ECs in response to PC-CM or bFGF. Moreover, PC-CM from diabetic PCs stimulated angiogenesis of normal ECs more than that from normal PCs, indicating that diabetic PCs secreted more angiogenic factor(s) than normal PCs. The angiogenic, mitogenic and migratory activities of PC-CM both from normal and diabetic PCs were similarly inhibited by an anti-bFGF antibody. Western blot analysis revealed this factor to be a bFGF-like molecule. These data indicate that the interaction between ECs and PCs and the phenotypic changes of diabetic ECs and PCs both contribute to the proliferative retinopathy in diabetes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0145-5680
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
45
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
67-77
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10099841-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10099841-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:10099841-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:10099841-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:10099841-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:10099841-Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:10099841-Diabetic Retinopathy, pubmed-meshheading:10099841-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:10099841-Endothelium, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:10099841-Fibroblast Growth Factor 2, pubmed-meshheading:10099841-Fluorescent Antibody Technique, pubmed-meshheading:10099841-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10099841-Neovascularization, Pathologic, pubmed-meshheading:10099841-Pericytes, pubmed-meshheading:10099841-Rabbits, pubmed-meshheading:10099841-Retinal Vessels, pubmed-meshheading:10099841-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:10099841-Transforming Growth Factor beta
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Angiogenic interaction between retinal endothelial cells and pericytes from normal and diabetic rabbits, and phenotypic changes of diabetic cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Second Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan. nobmor1@intmed02.m.chiba-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article