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Preventing stem cell incorporation into choroidal neovascularization by targeting homing and attachment factors.

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Sengupta, N; Caballero, S; Mames, RN; Timmers, AM; Saban, D; Grant, MB
Published in: Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci
January 2005

PURPOSE: The primary cause of vision loss in people more than 50 years of age in developed nations is age-related macular degeneration (ARMD). The wet form of ARMD is characterized by choroidal neovascularization (CNV). A prior study has shown that adult hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) contribute to approximately 50% of newly formed vasculature in CNV. Stromal-derived factor (SDF)-1 is involved with homing of HSCs from bone marrow to target tissue. Vascular endothelial cadherin (VE-cadherin, or CD144) is involved in endothelial cell adhesion. Preventing homing and/or adhesion of progenitor cells to damaged choroid could reduce CNV. METHODS: Adult C57BL/6J mice were lethally irradiated, and then received a transplant of purified c-kit+Sca-1+ HSCs from the bone marrow of green fluorescent protein (gfp) homozygous donor mice. Bruch's membrane rupture by laser photocoagulation was used to induce CNV. Animals were injected subretinally with anti-SDF-1, anti-CD144, or control, before or after laser photocoagulation. The eyes were enucleated, and the neural retinas were separated from the RPE/choroid/sclera complex. All tissues were flatmounted and qualitatively and quantitatively assessed by fluorescence microscopy. RESULTS: CNV lesions from eyes treated with anti-CD144 showed significantly less incorporation of gfp+ cells compared with those treated with anti-SDF-1. Antibody treatment generally reduced the degree of gfp+ stem cell recruitment and incorporation into the CNV lesions, compared with the control. Treatment with either antibody also significantly reduced the size of the CNV lesions. CONCLUSIONS: These results indicate that homing and adhesion of progenitor cells to CNV may be targeted differentially or in combination to prevent CNV.

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Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci

DOI

ISSN

0146-0404

Publication Date

January 2005

Volume

46

Issue

1

Start / End Page

343 / 348

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Ophthalmology & Optometry
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice
  • Luminescent Proteins
  • Laser Coagulation
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cells
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Green Fluorescent Proteins
  • Endothelium, Vascular
 

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Sengupta, N., Caballero, S., Mames, R. N., Timmers, A. M., Saban, D., & Grant, M. B. (2005). Preventing stem cell incorporation into choroidal neovascularization by targeting homing and attachment factors. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 46(1), 343–348. https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.04-0153
Sengupta, Nilanjana, Sergio Caballero, Robert N. Mames, Adrian M. Timmers, Daniel Saban, and Maria B. Grant. “Preventing stem cell incorporation into choroidal neovascularization by targeting homing and attachment factors.Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 46, no. 1 (January 2005): 343–48. https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.04-0153.
Sengupta N, Caballero S, Mames RN, Timmers AM, Saban D, Grant MB. Preventing stem cell incorporation into choroidal neovascularization by targeting homing and attachment factors. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2005 Jan;46(1):343–8.
Sengupta, Nilanjana, et al. “Preventing stem cell incorporation into choroidal neovascularization by targeting homing and attachment factors.Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, vol. 46, no. 1, Jan. 2005, pp. 343–48. Pubmed, doi:10.1167/iovs.04-0153.
Sengupta N, Caballero S, Mames RN, Timmers AM, Saban D, Grant MB. Preventing stem cell incorporation into choroidal neovascularization by targeting homing and attachment factors. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2005 Jan;46(1):343–348.

Published In

Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci

DOI

ISSN

0146-0404

Publication Date

January 2005

Volume

46

Issue

1

Start / End Page

343 / 348

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Ophthalmology & Optometry
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice
  • Luminescent Proteins
  • Laser Coagulation
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cells
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Green Fluorescent Proteins
  • Endothelium, Vascular