Phosphorylation of alphaB-crystallin in epiretinal membrane of human proliferative diabetic retinopathy
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Satoru Kase. Laboratory of Ocular Cell Biology and Visual Science, Department of Ophthalmology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Nishi 7, Kita 15, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Hokkaido, Japan. kaseron@med.hokudai.ac.jp

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Supported by the Research foundation of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) (No.15K10856); Scientific Research from The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT).

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    AIM: To examine phosphorylation of alphaB-crystallin (p-?BC), a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) chaperone, and immunohistochemically investigate relationship between p-?BC, VEGF and phosphorylated p38-mitogen-activated protein kinase (p-p38 MAPK) in the epiretinal membrane of human proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR). METHODS: Eleven epiretinal membranes of PDR surgically excised were included in this study. Two normal retinas were also collected from enucleation tissues due to choroidal melanoma. Paraformaldehyde-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue sections were processed for immunohistochemistry with anti-p-?BC, VEGF, CD31, and p-p38 MAPK antibodies. RESULTS: Immunoreactivity for p-?BC was observed in all of the epiretinal membranes examined, where phosphorylation on serine (Ser) 59 showed strongest immunoreactivity in over 70% of the membranes. The immunolocalization of p-?BC was detected in the CD31-positive endothelial cells, and co-localized with VEGF and p-p38 MAPK in PDR membranes. Immunoreactivity for p-?BC, however, was undetectable in endothelial cells of the normal retinas, where p-p38 MAPK immunoreactivity was less marked than PDR membranes. CONCLUSION: Phosphorylation of ?BC, in particular, phosphorylation on Ser59 by p-p38 MAPK may play a potential role as a molecular chaperon for VEGF in the pathogenesis of epiretinal membranes in PDR.

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Yoko Dong, Zhenyu Dong, Satoru Kase, et al. Phosphorylation of alphaB-crystallin in epiretinal membrane of human proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Int J Ophthalmol, 2016,9(8):1100-1105

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  • Received:September 10,2015
  • Revised:December 24,2015
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  • Online: August 15,2016
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