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EXPERIMENTAL EYE RESEARCH
Volume 72, Issue 1, Pages 87-92Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1006/exer.2000.0932
Keywords
discoidin domain receptor (DDR); receptors; apoptosis; cornea; keratocytes; RT-PCR; immunocytochemistry; proliferation; mitosis; Western blotting
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- NEI NIH HHS [EY10056] Funding Source: Medline
- NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE [R01EY010056] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Discoidin domain receptor (DDR) 1 and 2 have recently been found to serve as receptors for several collagen types. These receptors have been found to modulate cell proliferation and metalloprotease expression in response to collagen stimulation. The purpose of this study was to examine expression of DDR1 and DDR2 in the cornea and to determine the effect of several collagen types on proliferation and response to pro-apoptotic cytokines by corneal fibroblasts. DDR1 and DDR2 mRNAs were detected by RT-PCR, Proteins were detected by immunocytochemistry and immunoprecipitation with Western blotting. Cell proliferation in response to acetic acid-solubilized collagen type I, II, IV, IX or X was determined by cell counting. The effect of these collagen types on Fas-stimulating antibody-induced cell death was determined by trypan blue assay, DDR1 and DDR2 mRNAs were detected in each major human cell type of the cornea. Both were also detected in ex vivo human corneal epithelium. DDR1 and DDR2 proteins were detected in all three major cell types in culture and in human corneal tissue. Collagen types I, II, IV, IX and X stimulated proliferation, but had no effect on Fas-mediated apoptosis, of corneal fibroblasts. DDR1 and DDR2 tyrosine kinase receptors are expressed in the cornea. Collagen-stimulated mitosis of corneal fibroblasts in culture is likely mediated by the DDR receptors. Collagen had effect on Fas-mediated apoptosis of corneal fibroblasts. (C) 2000 Academic Press.
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