Local production of fibronectin by ectopic human retinal cells |
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Authors: | P Hiscott H A Waller I Grierson M G Butler D Scott |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Pathology, Institute of Ophthalmology, 17-25 Cayton Street, EC1V 9AT London, UK;(2) Department of Clinical Science, Institute of Ophthalmology, 17-25 Cayton Street, EC1V 9AT London, UK;(3) Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 17-25 Cayton Street, EC1V 9AT London, UK |
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Abstract: | Summary The distribution of fibronectin mRNA and fibronectin in adult human retina and epiretinal membranes was investigated by in situ hybridisation and immunohistochemical techniques. The cells in normal adult retina contained little or no fibronectin mRNA and the retina only showed fibronectin immunoreactivity in retinal vessels. The cells in detached neuroretina did not contain fibronectin message but the vitreoretinal interface of the detached retina exhibited variable fibronectin immunoreactivity. Retinal glia, retinal pigment epithelium and fibroblast-like cells in membranes at the vitreoretinal juncture (epiretinal membranes) showed variable labelling with the fibronectin mRNA probe and all the membranes immunostained for fibronectin. No difference could be detected between membrane cell types in the intensity of labelling with the mRNA probe or for fibronectin immunoreactivity. The results indicate that cells in situ in attached and detached adult human retina do not produce fibronectin. Although fibronectin at the vitreoretinal juncture in retinal detachment is probably partly derived from plasma fibronectin resulting from breakdown of the blood-retinal barrier, ectopic retinal cells produce fibronectin and contribute to the glycoprotein in epiretinal membranes. |
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Keywords: | Retina Proliferative vitreoretinopathy Epiretinal membrane Fibronectin In situ hybridisation Immunohistochemistry Man |
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