title: Enhancing effect of platelet-derived growth factors on migration of corneal endothelial cells.
abstract: To investigate the role of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) in corneal wound healing, we examined the effect of human natural PDGF, recombinant PDGF-BB, and PDGF-AA on the migration of rabbit corneal endothelial cells. In a modified Boyden chamber in fetal bovine serum-free conditions, natural PDGF and PDGF-BB, at a concentration of 1-3 or 10 ng/ml, enhanced the migration of endothelial cells, whereas at a higher concentration (10 or 30 ng/ml), this enhanced migration was suppressed; the optimal concentration range for enhancing migration was 3-10 ng/ml. PDGF-AA did not enhance the migration. Natural PDGF and PDGF-BB activity was found for up to 6 h after the beginning of culture, and was completely blocked by anti-PDGF neutralizing antibodies. A checkerboard assay demonstrated that PDGF-BB had a chemotactic effect on the corneal endothelial cell migration. These results suggest that natural PDGF and PDGF-BB, but not PDGF-AA, are involved in corneal wound healing by stimulating the migration of corneal endothelial cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Iguchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kamiyama
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kita
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Imanishi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sotozono
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000494:pharmacology; D000077214:Becaplermin; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002633:Chemotaxis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D016895:Culture Media, Serum-Free; D004728:Endothelium, Corneal / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000276:immunology / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020574:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis; D011817:Rabbits; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D016895:Culture Media, Serum-Free; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D020574:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C075278:platelet-derived growth factor A; D000077214:Becaplermin