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INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE
Volume 52, Issue 1, Pages 588-593Publisher
ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-5746
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- National Eye Institute [EY017185, P30 EY008126]
- Knights Templar Eye Foundation
- Research to Prevent Blindness Robert E. McCormick Scholar Award
- RPB
- Leslie and Judy Smith Discovery Grant
- NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE [R01EY017185, P30EY008126] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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PURPOSE. To investigate the role of tight junction (TJ)-associated signaling pathways in the proliferation of uveal melanoma. METHODS. Human uveal melanoma cell lines overexpressing the TJ molecule blood vessel epicardial substance (Bves) were generated. The effects of Bves overexpression on TJ protein expression, cell proliferation, and cell cycle distribution were quantified. In addition, localization and transcription activity of the TJ-associated protein ZO-1-associated nucleic acid binding protein (ZONAB) were evaluated using immunofluorescence and bioluminescence reporter assays to study the involvement of Bves signaling in cell proliferation-associated pathways. RESULTS. Bves overexpression in uveal melanoma cell lines resulted in increased expression of the TJ proteins occludin and ZO-1, reduced cell proliferation, and increased sequestration of ZONAB at TJs and reduced ZONAB transcriptional activity. CONCLUSIONS. TJ proteins are present in uveal melanoma, and TJ-associated signaling pathways modulate cell signaling pathways relevant to proliferation in uveal melanoma. (Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2011;52:588-593) DOI:10.1167/iovs.10-5746
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