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- Title
Time-specific blockade of PDGFR with Imatinib (Glivec®) causes cataract and disruption of lens fiber cells in neonatal mice.
- Authors
Yin-Pin Zhou; Yang-Tao He; Cheng-Li Chen; Jun Ji; Jian-Qin Niu; Han-Zhi Wang; Shi-Feng Li; Lan Huang; Feng Mei; Zhou, Yin-Pin; He, Yang-Tao; Chen, Cheng-Li; Ji, Jun; Niu, Jian-Qin; Wang, Han-Zhi; Li, Shi-Feng; Huang, Lan; Mei, Feng
- Abstract
This study aimed at investigating the response of lens epithelial cells in postnatal mice to Imatinib (Glivec®, a potent inhibitor of platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR)) treatment. Mouse eyes were sampled 10 days after administration of Imatinib (0.5 mg·g(-1)·day(-1)) for 3 days, at either 7, 14, or 21 days postpartum. Structural changes of lens were revealed by routine H.E. staining. Levels of proliferation and apoptosis were revealed by BrdU incorporation and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) assay, respectively, and immunofluorescent staining with anti-PDGFRα antibody was carried out on the sections of eyeball. PDGFRα and p-PDGFRαprotein levels were evaluated by Western blot. Our results indicated that administration of Imatinib led to blockade of PDGFR signaling. Formation of cataracts was found only in those mice where treatment started from 7 days postpartum (P7), but was not observed in those samples from P14 nor P21. Fiber cells were disorganized in cataract lens core as observed histologically, and migration of epithelial cells was also inhibited. No apoptosis was detected with the TUNEL method. Our results indicated blockade of PDGFR at the neonatal stage (P7) would lead to cataracts and lens fiber cells disorganization, suggesting that PDGFR signaling plays a time-specific and crucial role in the postnatal development of lens in the mouse, and also may provide a new approach to produce a congenital cataract animal model.
- Subjects
PLATELET-derived growth factor; IMATINIB; EPITHELIAL cells; CATARACT; MICE; ANIMAL experimentation; ANIMAL populations; APOPTOSIS; BENZAMIDE; BIOLOGICAL models; CELL physiology; CELL receptors; CELL motility; CELLULAR signal transduction; CRYSTALLINE lens; GENETIC techniques; HETEROCYCLIC compounds; TIME; PROTEIN kinase inhibitors
- Publication
Virchows Archiv: European Journal of Pathology, 2011, Vol 458, Issue 3, p349
- ISSN
0945-6317
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00428-010-1024-3