title: [Quantitative determination of 5 vitreal proteins in the normal vitreous body and proliferative retinal diseases].
abstract: While progress in vitreoretinal surgery has been very rapid in recent years, our understanding of the biochemistry of normal and pathological vitreous is still limited. Therefore, we developed non-competitive ELISA techniques for the quantification of five vitreal proteins which, together with vitreal collagen (300 mg/l), account for more than 70% of the total vitreal protein. Physiological levels of the individual proteins were determined as follows: albumin 293 +/- 18 mg/l, IgG 34 +/- 3 mg/l, transferrin 74 +/- 7 mg/l, alpha 1-antitrypsin 14 +/- 3 mg/l, alpha 1-acid glycoprotein 4 +/- 0.7 mg/l. Mean values for these proteins were also obtained in vitreous aspirates from patients with traumatic proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) (n = 10), idiopathic PVR (n = 10) and proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) (n = 15). Significant differences were found for total vitreal protein and alpha 1-antitrypsin between the control groups and the three vitreoretinal disorders, between the PDR and control group for transferrin, and between both types of PVR and controls for alpha 1-acid glycoprotein. Given the high plasma levels of the individual proteins quantified in this study and the uniform rise in total vitreal protein, a disturbancee of blood-retinal and blood-vitreal barriers seems to be an essential features of proliferative intraocular disorders. No disease-specific change in the protein pattern could be detected for the three disorders examined.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Netzhaut- und Glaskörperchirurgie, Universitäts-Augenklinik, Köln.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Clausen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Weller
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Hilgers
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Heimann
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wiedemann
mesh_terms: D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005136:Eye Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015861:Retinal Neovascularization / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014821:Vitrectomy; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D005136:Eye Proteins
vernacular_title: Quantitative Bestimmung von fünf Glaskörperproteinen im normalen Glaskörper und bei proliferativen Netzhauterkrankungen.