I R Rodríguez1, E F Moreira, D Bok, M Kantorow. 1. National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, LRCMB, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. ignacio@helix.nih.gov
Abstract
PURPOSE: Osteonectin/SPARC is a secreted protein that has been implicated in ocular disease. Deletion of osteonectin/SPARC causes age-onset cataract in mice and the cataractous human lens has increased expression of osteonectin/SPARC. In this study, the expression and localization of osteonectin/SPARC in the monkey retina were determined as was secretion by cultured human retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells. METHODS: Adult Rhesus monkey eyes (Macaca mulatta) were dissected, and 5-mm macula and peripheral retina punches were obtained. Supernatants were collected from cultured human RPE cells. Subcellular fractionation of whole monkey retina was also performed. Osteonectin/SPARC expression and/or secretion was monitored by Northern and Western blot analyses, and localization was determined by immunocytochemistry. RESULTS: Outside of the retina osteonectin/SPARC mRNA is broadly expressed in many human tissues. Northern blot analysis shows that in the retina osteonectin/SPARC is expressed almost exclusively by the macular RPE/choroid. Western blot analysis revealed osteonectin/SPARC in both the macula and the peripheral neural retina but only in trace amounts in the RPE/choroid. In subcellular fractions of the whole retina, osteonectin/SPARC was detected, mainly in the soluble fraction but also in the membrane and nuclear fractions. Immunohistochemical analysis localized osteonectin/SPARC specifically to the outer plexiform layer. Western blot analysis of conditioned medium from human RPE cells cultured on porous substrates indicated that osteonectin/SPARC is secreted in large amounts from both the apical and basal sides of the RPE. CONCLUSIONS: Collectively these data provide evidence that osteonectin/SPARC is synthesized in the macular RPE, secreted, and subsequently transported to the outer plexiform layer. The expression pattern of osteonectin/SPARC in the subcellular retinal fractions is consistent with a soluble protein that is transported and internalized.
PURPOSE:Osteonectin/SPARC is a secreted protein that has been implicated in ocular disease. Deletion of osteonectin/SPARC causes age-onset cataract in mice and the cataractoushuman lens has increased expression of osteonectin/SPARC. In this study, the expression and localization of osteonectin/SPARC in the monkey retina were determined as was secretion by cultured human retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells. METHODS: Adult Rhesus monkey eyes (Macaca mulatta) were dissected, and 5-mm macula and peripheral retina punches were obtained. Supernatants were collected from cultured human RPE cells. Subcellular fractionation of whole monkey retina was also performed. Osteonectin/SPARC expression and/or secretion was monitored by Northern and Western blot analyses, and localization was determined by immunocytochemistry. RESULTS: Outside of the retina osteonectin/SPARC mRNA is broadly expressed in many human tissues. Northern blot analysis shows that in the retina osteonectin/SPARC is expressed almost exclusively by the macular RPE/choroid. Western blot analysis revealed osteonectin/SPARC in both the macula and the peripheral neural retina but only in trace amounts in the RPE/choroid. In subcellular fractions of the whole retina, osteonectin/SPARC was detected, mainly in the soluble fraction but also in the membrane and nuclear fractions. Immunohistochemical analysis localized osteonectin/SPARC specifically to the outer plexiform layer. Western blot analysis of conditioned medium from human RPE cells cultured on porous substrates indicated that osteonectin/SPARC is secreted in large amounts from both the apical and basal sides of the RPE. CONCLUSIONS: Collectively these data provide evidence that osteonectin/SPARC is synthesized in the macular RPE, secreted, and subsequently transported to the outer plexiform layer. The expression pattern of osteonectin/SPARC in the subcellular retinal fractions is consistent with a soluble protein that is transported and internalized.
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