Ratio of the vitreous vascular endothelial growth factor and pigment epithelial-derived factor in Eales disease |
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Authors: | Narayanasamy Angayarkanni Radhakrishnan Selvi Rishi Pukhraj Jyotirmoy Biswas Shah J Bhavesh Joyce Tombran-Tink |
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Institution: | 1Biochemistry Research Department, Sankara Nethralaya, Vision Research Foundation, 18, College Road, Chennai, 600 006 India ;2Sri Bhagvan Mahavir Vitreo-Retinal Services, Medical Research Foundation, Kolkata, India ;3Ocular pathology, Medical Research Foundation, Kolkata, India ;4Department of Ophthalmology and Visual science, Yale University, New Haven, CT USA |
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Abstract: | Eales disease (ED) is an idiopathic inflammatory venous occlusion of the peripheral retina. As neovascularization is prominent in ED, this study attempts to look at the ratio of VEGF, the angiogenic factor, and PEDF, an anti-angiogenic factor in the vitreous of ED patients in comparison with the macular hole (MH) and Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (PDR). Vitreous levels of VEGF and PEDF were determined in the undiluted vitreous specimen obtained from 26 ED cases, 17 PDR, and seven patients with MH. The vitreous levels of VEGF and PEDF were estimated by ELISA. The immunohistochemistry (IHC) for VEGF and PEDF were done in the epiretinal membrane of ED and PDR case. The VEGF/PEDF ratio was found to be significantly increased in ED (p?=?0.014) and PDR (p?=?0.000) compared to MH. However the ratio was 3.5-fold higher in PDR than ED (p?=?0.009). The IHC data on the ERM specimen from ED showed the presence of VEGF and PEDF similar to PDR. The high angiogenic potential seen as the ratio of VEGF/PEDF correlates with the peak clinical onset of the disease in the age group 21–30 years and the diseases usually self-resolves above the age of 40, which is reflected by the low ratio of VEGF/PEDF. The study shows that the VEGF/PEDF ratio is significantly increased in ED though the angiogenic potential is higher in PDR than in ED. Clinically Eales Disease is known as a self-limiting disease, while PDR is a progressive disease. |
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Keywords: | VEGF PEDF Ratio Eales disease Proliferative diabetic retinopathy |
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