Hyperglycemia Alters the Protein Levels of Prominin-1 and VEGFA in the Retina of Albino Rats

The Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry : Official Journal of the Histochemistry Society
Shaima M AlmasryZeinab A Hassan

Abstract

In this study, we addressed the potential relationship between prominin-1 (prom1) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGFA) in diabetes-induced retinopathy. In total, we examined 28 retinas from 14 rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes and 30 retinas from 15 untreated control rats. ELISA was used to measure the level of prom1 and VEGFA in retinal tissue homogenates. Immunohistochemical techniques were used with antibodies directed against prom1, VEGFA, and CASP-3. After 180 days of diabetes induction, we performed light and electron microscopy studies on rat eyes to evaluate histopathological changes and to estimate the de novo metric "Diabetic Retinopathy Histopathological Index" (DRHI). These changes were then correlated to the tissue and immunoexpression levels of prom1 and VEGFA. The data showed a significant upregulation of the tissue levels and optical densities (ODs) of VEGFA and prom1 immunoreactivity in diabetic retinas compared with controls. Both the tissue levels and OD values of prom1 and VEGFA correlated significantly with each other and to the diabetic structural changes as calculated by DRHI. Taken together, these data provide new insight into the potential role of prom1 and VEGFA in the development of ...Continue Reading

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