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JOURNAL ARTICLE
RESEARCH SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T
Localization of collagen XVIII and endostatin in the human eye.
Current Eye Research 2005 January
PURPOSE: To investigate the localization of endostatin, a potent angiogenesis inhibitor, and its progenitor collagen XVIII in the human eye.
METHODS: Twelve normal human eyes were investigated. Immunohistochemistry of the anterior and posterior eye segment was performed using a polyclonal endostatin and collagen XVIII antibody and a monoclonal collagen XVIII antibody. Specificity of the antibodies was confirmed by Western blot analysis.
RESULTS: The antibody against collagen XVIII stained Bowman's membrane, the lens capsule, the trabecular meshwork, and all epithelial and endothelial basal membranes in the anterior and posterior eye segment. In contrast, the antibody against endostatin showed a more distinct staining pattern. Intense intracellular staining for endostatin was present in the lens epithelium and in the non-pigmented epithelium of the ciliary body. Extracellular presence of endostatin could be detected in the lens capsule and all border membranes lining the aqueous humor including the anterior surface of the iris. The choroid was unstained. In the retina, staining was restricted to the inner limiting membrane and to endothelial cells of larger vessels.
CONCLUSIONS: Our results show that there is a ring of specifically endostatin expressing structures forming a "barrier" around the anterior chamber and the vitreous. This might physiologically prevent vessels from sprouting into these avascular compartments.
METHODS: Twelve normal human eyes were investigated. Immunohistochemistry of the anterior and posterior eye segment was performed using a polyclonal endostatin and collagen XVIII antibody and a monoclonal collagen XVIII antibody. Specificity of the antibodies was confirmed by Western blot analysis.
RESULTS: The antibody against collagen XVIII stained Bowman's membrane, the lens capsule, the trabecular meshwork, and all epithelial and endothelial basal membranes in the anterior and posterior eye segment. In contrast, the antibody against endostatin showed a more distinct staining pattern. Intense intracellular staining for endostatin was present in the lens epithelium and in the non-pigmented epithelium of the ciliary body. Extracellular presence of endostatin could be detected in the lens capsule and all border membranes lining the aqueous humor including the anterior surface of the iris. The choroid was unstained. In the retina, staining was restricted to the inner limiting membrane and to endothelial cells of larger vessels.
CONCLUSIONS: Our results show that there is a ring of specifically endostatin expressing structures forming a "barrier" around the anterior chamber and the vitreous. This might physiologically prevent vessels from sprouting into these avascular compartments.
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