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(Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 2004;45:287-295.)
© 2004 by The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Inc.
DOI:  10.1167/iovs.03-0540
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Oncofetal Fibronectin in Diabetic Retinopathy

Zia A. Khan,1 Mark Cukiernik,1 John R. Gonder,2 and Subrata Chakrabarti1

1From the Departments of Pathology and 2Ophthalmology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.

PURPOSE. Imbalance between extracellular matrix protein synthesis and degradation is a key feature of diabetic retinopathy. Fibronectin, a predominant constituent of the extracellular matrix, has been shown to undergo alternative splicing to produce embryonic isoforms in various pathologic conditions, such as fibrotic diseases and tumorigenesis. Two such isoforms, oncofetal fibronectin variants that are characterized by the inclusion of the oncofetal domains A and B, were the focus of the present study.

METHODS. The expression of oncofetal fibronectin variants was determined in human vitreous samples obtained from patients undergoing vitrectomy for proliferative diabetic retinopathy and nondiabetes-associated ocular conditions such as macular hole. In addition, an animal model of chronic diabetes and cultured endothelial cells was used to elucidate the mechanistic basis for this aberrant expression of oncofetal fibronectin.

RESULTS. Expression of fibronectin containing the oncofetal domain B was upregulated in the vitreous of patients with diabetic retinopathy.

CONCLUSIONS. Use of a well-established animal model of chronic diabetic complications and cultured endothelial cells showed that diabetes-induced upregulation of oncofetal fibronectin is, in part, dependent on hyperglycemia-induced transforming growth factor-ß1 and endothelin-1. Furthermore, the data suggest that oncofetal fibronectin is involved in endothelial cell proliferation.




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