title: Changes of extracellular matrix of rat cornea after exposure to hypoxia.
abstract: The purpose of the study was to check whether hypoxia of corneal tissue increases the collagenolytic activity due to release of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species. Rats were exposed to hypoxia 10% O(2) for 4, 14, and 21 days. The radical tissue injury was measured by the level of nitrotyrosine and changes in the lipoperoxide-related fluorophores. Collagen protein composition was analyzed by slab gel electrophoresis. The activity of gelatinolytic enzymes was studied using the zymography. The vascularization of the corneas was measured. We found no differences in the corneal tissue in the gel electrophoretic profile of collagenous proteins and gelatinolytic activity between normoxic and hypoxic rats. We did not find any sign of radical tissue injury. There were no changes in the vascularization of corneas after exposition to hypoxia. The environmental 10% hypoxia does not induce radical tissue injury and an increase of collagenolytic activity in the rat cornea.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Ophthalmology, Second Medical School, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. gabriela.czakoova@post.cz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mahelková
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Korynta
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moravová
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Novotná
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vytášek
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wilhelm
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D003094:Collagen / Q000378:metabolism; D003315:Cornea / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000378:metabolism*; D016510:Corneal Neovascularization / Q000378:metabolism*; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000378:metabolism*; D005136:Eye Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D005609:Free Radicals / Q000378:metabolism; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D020782:Matrix Metalloproteinases / Q000378:metabolism; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013997:Time Factors; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005136:Eye Proteins; D005609:Free Radicals; C002744:3-nitrotyrosine; D014443:Tyrosine; D003094:Collagen; D020782:Matrix Metalloproteinases