BACKGROUND: The presence of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP-2, -9) and tissue inhibitor (TIMP-1, -2) activity in tear samples of pediatric type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) patients and potential correlations with clinical parameters (Schirmer testing, glycosylated hemoglobin-HB(A1C)) were investigated. METHODS: Tear samples from the right eyes of 27 type 1 DM patients and 17 healthy control subjects were included in this study. The MMP gelatinolytic activity was determined by gelatin zymography analysis using sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), while MMP and TIMP concentrations (in ng/ml) were quantified in tears of type 1 diabetic patients and healthy controls, with the use of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). RESULTS: MMP-9, TIMP-1, -2 levels, MMP-9/TIMP-1, and MMP-9/TIMP-2 ratios in the patient group were significantly elevated. There was a significant correlation between TIMP-2 and HB(A1C) values, as well as between MMP-2 and MMP-9. CONCLUSIONS: Significant correlations between TIMP-2 and HB(A1C) and between Schirmer test results and HB(A1C) were revealed. Significant increase in tear MMP and TIMP levels in pediatric type 1 diabetic patients may be suggestive of disease progression and localized pathologic remodelling. Further studies are required in order to ascertain whether MMPs and TIMPs could be employed as indicators of early disease progression.
BACKGROUND: The presence of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP-2, -9) and tissue inhibitor (TIMP-1, -2) activity in tear samples of pediatric type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) patients and potential correlations with clinical parameters (Schirmer testing, glycosylated hemoglobin-HB(A1C)) were investigated. METHODS: Tear samples from the right eyes of 27 type 1 DMpatients and 17 healthy control subjects were included in this study. The MMP gelatinolytic activity was determined by gelatin zymography analysis using sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), while MMP and TIMP concentrations (in ng/ml) were quantified in tears of type 1 diabeticpatients and healthy controls, with the use of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). RESULTS:MMP-9, TIMP-1, -2 levels, MMP-9/TIMP-1, and MMP-9/TIMP-2 ratios in the patient group were significantly elevated. There was a significant correlation between TIMP-2 and HB(A1C) values, as well as between MMP-2 and MMP-9. CONCLUSIONS: Significant correlations between TIMP-2 and HB(A1C) and between Schirmer test results and HB(A1C) were revealed. Significant increase in tear MMP and TIMP levels in pediatric type 1 diabeticpatients may be suggestive of disease progression and localized pathologic remodelling. Further studies are required in order to ascertain whether MMPs and TIMPs could be employed as indicators of early disease progression.
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