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(Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 2005;46:343-348.)
© 2005 by The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Inc.
DOI:  10.1167/iovs.04-0153
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Preventing Stem Cell Incorporation into Choroidal Neovascularization by Targeting Homing and Attachment Factors

Nilanjana Sengupta,1 Sergio Caballero,1 Robert N. Mames,2 Adrian M. Timmers,1,3 Daniel Saban,1 and Maria B. Grant1

1From the Program in Stem Cell Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; and 2The Retina Center, Gainesville, Florida.

PURPOSE. The primary cause of vision loss in people more than 50 years of age in developed nations is age-related macular degeneration (ARMD). The wet form of ARMD is characterized by choroidal neovascularization (CNV). A prior study has shown that adult hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) contribute to approximately 50% of newly formed vasculature in CNV. Stromal-derived factor (SDF)-1 is involved with homing of HSCs from bone marrow to target tissue. Vascular endothelial cadherin (VE-cadherin, or CD144) is involved in endothelial cell adhesion. Preventing homing and/or adhesion of progenitor cells to damaged choroid could reduce CNV.

METHODS. Adult C57BL/6J mice were lethally irradiated, and then received a transplant of purified c-kit+Sca-1+ HSCs from the bone marrow of green fluorescent protein (gfp) homozygous donor mice. Bruch’s membrane rupture by laser photocoagulation was used to induce CNV. Animals were injected subretinally with anti-SDF-1, anti-CD144, or control, before or after laser photocoagulation. The eyes were enucleated, and the neural retinas were separated from the RPE/choroid/sclera complex. All tissues were flatmounted and qualitatively and quantitatively assessed by fluorescence microscopy.

RESULTS. CNV lesions from eyes treated with anti-CD144 showed significantly less incorporation of gfp+ cells compared with those treated with anti-SDF-1. Antibody treatment generally reduced the degree of gfp+ stem cell recruitment and incorporation into the CNV lesions, compared with the control. Treatment with either antibody also significantly reduced the size of the CNV lesions.

CONCLUSIONS. These results indicate that homing and adhesion of progenitor cells to CNV may be targeted differentially or in combination to prevent CNV.




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