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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 315, Issue 4, Pages 928-934Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.01.146
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thrombospondin-1; epithelial wound healing; cornea; extracellular matrix
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To investigate a role of thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1), a multifunctional extracellular matrix protein, in corneal epithelial wound healing, we analyzed the expression of TSP-1 in the normal and wounded mouse corneal epithelia and the effect of exogenous TSP-1 on the wound healing. In immunohistochemical analyses of unwounded corneas, TSP- I was only detectable in endothelial cells. In contrast, TSP-1 appeared on the wounded corneal surface and on the corneal stroma, at 30 min and 8-16h, respectively, after making an abrasion on the corneal epithelium. This expression of TSP-1 disappeared after 36-48 h, when re-epithelialization was completed. The TSP-1 mRNA level in the wounded corneas increased as much as three fold compared with that in the unwounded corneas. In organ culture, exogenous TSP-1 stimulated the re-epithelialization of corneal epithelial wounds whereas anti-TSP-1 antibody significantly inhibited the re-epithelialization. These findings suggest the possibility that epithelial defects in the corneas stimulate the expression of TSP-1 in the wound area, resulting in the accelerated re-epithelialization of the cornea. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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