Interleukin-2 induces corneal neovascularization in A/J mice.
Mitogen-stimulated lymphocytes induce a highly reproducible form of corneal neovascularization (CNV) in inbred mice. To determine if supernatants derived from stimulated lymphocytes and their constituent mediators were also angiogenic, we injected conditioned medium (CM) from mitogen-stimulated lymphocytes, control non-conditioned medium, recombinant interleukin-2 (rIL-2), or control bovine serum albumin (BSA), a component of rIL-2, into the corneas of syngeneic A/J mice. Control, nonconditioned medium was not angiogenic. While the other injections all induced some CNV, the CM and rIL-2 both induced a significantly greater area of CNV than BSA (p less than 0.05). The area of CNV induced by the CM was greater than that induced by IL-2 (p = 0.03). These data show that IL-2, which stimulates vascular endothelial cells in vitro and is elaborated during corneal immune reactions in vivo, is one of the potential mediators of immunologically mediated CNV.
Epstein
R J
RJ
Department of Ophthalmology, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia.
Hendricks
R L
RL
Stulting
R D
RD
D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003208:Concanavalin A; D003315:Cornea / Q000098:blood supply*; D003470:Culture Media / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000502:physiology*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine / Q000008:administration & dosage
D003470:Culture Media; D007376:Interleukin-2; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D003208:Concanavalin A; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine