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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
14
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-7-24
pubmed:abstractText
Diabetic retinopathy is known to be worsened when hypoglycemia occurs, however the pathogenic mechanisms are not defined. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is increased in ocular fluid with diabetic retinopathy and linked with development of retinopathy. In this study, we examined whether glucose deficiency could up-regulate VEGF levels in retinal pigmented cells. Exposure to glucose deprived medium induced 30% up-regulation of VEGF mRNA. In hypoxia, as one of the most well-known inducer of VEGF, its up-regulation mechanism is mainly due to increase of transcription of VEGF gene via hypoxia response element in 5'-untranslated region (5'-UTR). We examined the role of 5'-UTR and 3'-UTR of VEGF gene in glucose deprived conditions using luciferase assay system. 5'-UTR containing reporter vector did not show increase of activity in glucose deprived conditions in contrast to the result in oxygen deprived condition. Both 5'-UTR and 3'-UTR containing vector demonstrated significant increase of activity in glucose deficient conditions compared with 5'-UTR containing vector. These findings suggest 3'-UTR of VEGF gene is important for increasing mRNA level in glucose deprived condition.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0024-3205
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
23
pubmed:volume
71
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1607-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12137907-3' Untranslated Regions, pubmed-meshheading:12137907-Actins, pubmed-meshheading:12137907-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12137907-Cattle, pubmed-meshheading:12137907-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:12137907-Culture Media, pubmed-meshheading:12137907-Endothelial Growth Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12137907-Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:12137907-Luciferases, pubmed-meshheading:12137907-Lymphokines, pubmed-meshheading:12137907-Oxygen, pubmed-meshheading:12137907-Pigmentation, pubmed-meshheading:12137907-Protein Biosynthesis, pubmed-meshheading:12137907-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:12137907-Retina, pubmed-meshheading:12137907-Up-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:12137907-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A, pubmed-meshheading:12137907-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Vascular endothelial growth factor gene expression in a retinal pigmented cell is up-regulated by glucose deprivation through 3' UTR.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't