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In order to elucidate the effect of dexamethasone on the expression of transforming growth factor-betal (TGF-β1) in ciliary pigment epithelial (CPE) cells cultured in vitro, rabbit CPE cells were cultured in vitro, treated with DMEM medium containing 0,1×10−8, 5×10−8, 10×10−8 and 50×10−8 mol/L dexamethasone respectively for 5 days. The TGF-β1 expression was detected by immunohistochemistry Supervision methods and analyzed semi-quantitatively by HMIAS-2000 image system. As opposed toin vivo, rabbit CPE cells expressed TGF-β1 under cultured circumstance in vitro. The gray scales of the positive yellow staining in the groups of 1×10−8, 5×10−8, 10×10−8 and 50×10−8 mol/L dexamethasone were 136.57±4.43, 140.20±6.10, 142.98±2.99, 146.80±1.68 and 150.05±1.94 respectively. When the concentrations of dexamethasone were equal to or higher than 5×10−8 mol/L and, the expression of TGF-β1 was inhibited. 10−7 mol/L dexamethasone showed a significant inhibition. It was suggested that CPE cells possess the potential ability of synthesizing and expressing TGF-β1. The inhibition of TGF-β1 expression by dexamethasone may be beneficial to the treatment of proliferative vitroretinopathy, also exert some influence on the secretion of aqueous humor and ciliary inflammation.
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XIONG Xinchun, male, born in 1966, Associate Professor
This project was supported by grants from the Education Ministry (No. 1999363) and the Foundation of Science and Technology Committee of Hubei (No. 2004AA301C37).
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Xinchun, X., Zulian, X., Juan, M. et al. Inhibitory effect of dexamethasone on TGF-β1 expression of rabbit ciliary pigment epithelia culturedin Vitro . J. Huazhong Univ. Sci. Technol. [Med. Sci.] 26, 369–371 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02829579
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