Analysis of cytoskeletal proteins in posterior capsule opacification after implantation of acrylic and hydrogel intraocular lenses
- 1 January 2004
- journal article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
- Vol. 30 (1), 187-194
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0886-3350(03)00497-8
Abstract
To analyze selected lens cytoskeletal proteins in posterior capsule opacification (PCO) 2 weeks after intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in rabbits.Department of Ophthalmology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan.Eight 10-week-old albino rabbits were prepared and anesthetized for phacoemulsification and aspiration of the crystalline lens and implantation of an acrylic or a hydrogel IOL. Two weeks postoperatively, the rabbits were killed and the IOLs removed for immunohistochemistry. Deparaffinized tissue sections were processed with antibodies against alpha-smooth muscle actin (alpha-SMA) and beta-crystallin to observe the types of PCO with the 2 IOL types. The proteins in the PCO tissue and the normal lens were homogenized, centrifuged, and analyzed using SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) densitometric analysis and Western immunoblotting for actin and vimentin.Immunohistochemistry demonstrated a fibroblastic cell type expressing alpha-SMA and partial regeneration of epithelial cells, resulting in a lenticular structure that stained irregularly for beta-crystallin. The immunoreactivity of fibroblast-like cells to beta-crystallin appeared weaker than that of the regenerated lenticular structure. SDS-PAGE showed variability in the content of cytoskeletal proteins in the insoluble fractions of the PCO. Degradation of the cytoskeletal components was greater with the acrylic IOL than with the hydrogel IOL.Cytoskeletal proteins expressed during the formation of PCO and IOL implantation may have potential as therapeutic target proteins to improve the biocompatibility of IOLs.Keywords
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