title: Enhanced expression of adhesion molecules of the retinal vascular endothelium in spontaneous diabetic rats.
abstract: Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty (OLETF) rats are a spontaneously diabetic strain with clinical features resembling those of human noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. These rats show increased leukocyte entrapment in the retina. The present study was designed to investigate the immunolocalization of intercellular adhesion molecules-1 (ICAM-1) and P-selectin in the retinas of OLETF rats. Four 72-week-old male OLETF rats and 4 age- and sex-matched Long-Evans Tokushima Otsuka (LETO) control rats were used. Western blot analysis and immunohistochemical study were performed using an anti-P-selectin monoclonal antibody (mAb) and an anti-ICAM-1 mAb. Western blot analysis showed increased expression of both ICAM-1 and P-selectin in the retinas of OLETF rats. Immunohistochemically, OLETF rats expressed greater amounts of ICAM-1 and P-selectin in the retinal vascular endothelium than did LETO rats. These findings demonstrated the upregulation of ICAM-1 and P-selectin in the retina of OLETF rats. The enhanced expression of these adhesion molecules might participate in the pathogenesis of early diabetic microangiopathy in the retina.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Nagoya City University Medical School, Nagoya, Japan. mnozaki@med.nagoya-cu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Miho
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nozaki
authors.forename: Yuichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ogura
authors.forename: Yoshifumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirabayashi
authors.forename: Yoshitsugu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saishin
authors.forename: Shoichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shimada
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000378:metabolism*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D019007:P-Selectin / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D020334:Rats, Inbred OLETF / Q000235:genetics; D020318:Rats, Long-Evans; D012171:Retinal Vessels / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D019007:P-Selectin; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1