title: The advanced glycation endproduct pentosidine induces the expression of PDGF-B in human retinal pigment epithelial cells.
abstract: Advanced glycation endproducts have been implicated in a number of diabetic and aging changes. Some of these effects occur in part through induction of cytokines such as platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), which is expressed by the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). In this study, cultures of RPE were evaluated for PDGF expression after treatment with pentosidine, a well characterized advanced glycation endproduct. Northern analysis provided evidence for the increased expression of a 3.7 kb PDGF-B transcript over unstimulated controls in the established ARPE-19 cell line. Western analysis demonstrated increased PDGF-BB protein in conditioned medium compared to controls of ARPE-19 cells. In addition, two different early passage cultures of RPE showed increased PDGF-BB protein after pentosidine treatment compared to unstimulated controls. The enhanced production of PDGF-BB could play a role in the maintenance of the RPE-Bruch's membrane complex and influence changes associated with diabetes and aging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-8794, USA.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Handa
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Reiser
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsunaga
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Hjelmeland
mesh_terms: D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000378:metabolism*; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000077214:Becaplermin; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006801:Humans; D008239:Lysine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000378:metabolism*; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D020574:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D020574:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis; D000077214:Becaplermin; D001120:Arginine; C062187:pentosidine; D008239:Lysine