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Vitronectin and proliferative intraocular disorders. I. A colocalisation study of the serum spreading factor, vitronectin, and fibronectin in traction membranes from patients with proliferative vitreoretinopathy.

Abstract
The presence of a scaffold for cellular spreading and proliferation is a precondition for the development of traction membranes in proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR). This study shows the presence of the serum spreading factor, vitronectin, in the extracellular matrix of periretinal membranes removed during vitreoretinal surgery. By means of a double label immunofluorescence protocol, a partial colocalisation of vitronectin with fibronectin at the magnification of light microscopy can be detected. Fibronectin is a high-molecular glycoprotein with multiple biological functions including the mediation of cell attachment and migration. Both proteins share a special cell recognition site which could be a target for experimental pharmacological approaches to PVR. Preliminary studies of vitreous aspirates using electrophoresis and Western blotting indicate that vitronectin may play a more important role in post-traumatic PVR as compared to PVR following rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.
AuthorsM Weller, P Wiedemann, M Bresgen, K Heimann
JournalInternational ophthalmology (Int Ophthalmol) Vol. 15 Issue 2 Pg. 93-101 (Mar 1991) ISSN: 0165-5701 [Print] Netherlands
PMID1708748 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Fibronectins
  • Glycoproteins
  • Vitronectin
Topics
  • Blotting, Western
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Eye Diseases (metabolism)
  • Fibronectins (metabolism)
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique
  • Glycoproteins (metabolism)
  • Humans
  • Retinal Diseases (metabolism)
  • Vitreous Body (metabolism)
  • Vitronectin

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