Abstract
The authors used histochemical analysis to determine whether increased vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) immunoreactivity in diabetic retinal vessels is related to increased vascular permeability, as indicated by human serum albumin (HSA) immunostaining, or to presumed retinal hypoxia as demonstrated by decreased vascularity. A correlation between VEGF and HSA in cryosections with angiopathic changes in the adenosine diphosphatase (ADPase) flat-embedded fellow retinas was sought. Because VEGF is a heparin-binding protein, the relation between VEGF and heparan sulfate proteoglycan (HSPG) immunoreactivities was also investigated. Cryopreserved eyes from 18 diabetic and 9 nondiabetic subjects removed after death were sectioned and immunohistochemical analysis was performed with antibodies against VEGF, HSA, HSPG, vWf (von Willebrand factor), and collagen IV. The fellow retinas were prepared by our ADPase flat-embedding technique to determine the degree of diabetic retinopathy. The number of positive vessels for each antibody and antibody localizations were determined by light microscopy. The average number of VEGF-stained vessels in diabetic retinas was significantly higher than in nondiabetic retinas (P = 0.04). In diabet...Continue Reading
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