Abstract | PURPOSE: METHODS: Bovine corneal endothelial (BCE) cells were treated with VEGF (50 ng/ml) and/or Bevacizumab (0.1-2 mg/ml) for 72 h. Cell proliferation was measured with the water soluble tetrazolium salts (WST-1) assay. Morphological changes were recorded by bright-field microscopy of cells. Cytotoxicity in response to Bevacizumab was evaluated by trypan blue exclusion, as well as annexin V/ propidium iodide (PI) staining. RESULTS:
Bevacizumab was not cytotoxic at the concentrations tested and the percentage of Bevacizumab-treated cells staining positively for both PI and Annexin V was less than 1%. The anti-proliferative effects of Bevacizumab on BCE cells were dose-dependent; a dose of 1.5 mg/ml or 2 mg/ml produced a 33% (p=0.005) or 47% (p=0.001) decrease in cell proliferation compared to controls. Similar results were obtained in cells treated with a combination of Bevacizumab and VEGF. VEGF (50 ng/ml) had no significant effect on cell proliferation compared to controls. Morphology of cells was unchanged after treatment with Bevacizumab and/or VEGF compared to controls. CONCLUSIONS:
Bevacizumab was safe and not toxic to BCE cells at concentrations commonly used in clinical practice.
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Authors | Raluca Rusovici, Monali Sakhalkar, Kakarla V Chalam |
Journal | Molecular vision
(Mol Vis)
Vol. 17
Pg. 3339-46
( 2011)
ISSN: 1090-0535 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 22219629
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Angiogenesis Inhibitors
- Annexin A5
- Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
- Bevacizumab
- Trypan Blue
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Topics |
- Angiogenesis Inhibitors
(pharmacology)
- Animals
- Annexin A5
- Anterior Chamber
(blood supply)
- Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
(pharmacology)
- Bevacizumab
- Cattle
- Cell Proliferation
(drug effects)
- Cell Survival
(drug effects)
- Cells, Cultured
- Cornea
(drug effects, metabolism, pathology)
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Endothelial Cells
(drug effects, metabolism, pathology)
- Glaucoma, Neovascular
(drug therapy, pathology)
- Humans
- Microscopy
- Neovascularization, Pathologic
- Trypan Blue
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
(antagonists & inhibitors, pharmacology)
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