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Retinal Mueller Glial Cells Trigger the Hallmark Inflammatory Process in Autoimmune Uveitis.
J. Proteome Res. 6, 2121-2131 (2007)
Spontaneous equine recurrent uveitis (ERU) is an incurable autoimmune disease affecting the eye. Although retinal-autoantigen specific T-helper 1 cells have been demonstrated to trigger disease progression and relapses, the molecular processes leading to retinal degeneration and consequent blindness remain unknown. To elucidate such processes, we studied changes in the total retinal proteome of ERU-diseased horses compared to healthy controls. Severe changes in the retinal proteome were found for several markers for blood-retinal barrier breakdown and whose emergence depended upon disease severity. Additionally, uveitic changes in the retina were accompanied by upregulation of aldose 1-epimerase, selenium-binding protein 1, alpha crystallin A chain, phosphatase 2A inhibitor (SET), and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), the latter indicating an involvement of retinal Mueller glial cells (RMG) in disease process. To confirm this, we screened for additional RMG-specific markers and could demonstrate that, in uveitic retinas, RMG concomitantly upregulate vimentin and GFAP and downregulate glutamine synthetase. These expression patterns suggest for an activated state of RMG, which further downregulate the expression of pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) and begin expressing interferon-gamma, a pro-inflammatory cytokine typical for T-helper 1 cells. We thus propose that RMG may play a fatal role in uveitic disease progression by directly triggering inflammatory processes through the expression and secretion of interferon-gamma.
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Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter
inflammation; blood-retinal barrier; Mueller glia; autoimmune disease; clinical proteomics; uveitis
Sprache
Veröffentlichungsjahr
2007
HGF-Berichtsjahr
2007
ISSN (print) / ISBN
1535-3893
e-ISSN
1535-3907
Zeitschrift
Journal of Proteome Research
Quellenangaben
Band: 6,
Heft: 6,
Seiten: 2121-2131
Verlag
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
Institut(e)
Institute of Human Genetics (IHG)
Forschungsfeld(er)
Genetics and Epidemiology
PSP-Element(e)
FE 70722
PubMed ID
17444670
WOS ID
000246893500007
Scopus ID
34250875190
Erfassungsdatum
2007-04-20