Yelena Bykhovskaya1,2, Anastasia Gromova3, Helen P Makarenkova3, Yaron S Rabinowitz1,2,4. 1. Regenerative Medicine Institute and Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai, USA. 2. Cornea Genetic Eye Institute, USA. 3. Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, USA. 4. The Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California Los Angeles, USA.
Abstract
AIM: To identify changes in the expression of genes coding for extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins in patients with non-inflammatory corneal disorder keratoconus (KC), patients with corneal scarring, and normal controls. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Total RNA extracted from corneal tissue of 13 KC patients, 2 patients with corneal scaring and 4 normal controls was analyzed using Human Extracellular Matrix & Adhesion Molecules Profiler PCR Array. Statistically significant changes in gene expression were identified using the Data Analysis software. RESULTS: Comparison of KC and control corneas with thresholds of 1.5 or greater fold change and a p-value of 0.05 or lower, revealed 21 differentially expressed genes, 16 genes were downregulated and 5 were upregulated. Among transcripts downregulated in KC patients we identified THBS1, ADAMTS1, SPP1, several collagens and integrins. We found TGFBI (BIGH3) gene was the most significantly upregulated transcript. CONCLUSION: Development of keratoconus results in deregulation of gene expression of extracellular matrix and adhesion molecules. CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Downregulation of collagens and upregulation of TGFBI repeatedly identified in KC patients may be used as clinical markers of the disease.
AIM: To identify changes in the expression of genes coding for extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins in patients with non-inflammatory corneal disorder keratoconus (KC), patients with corneal scarring, and normal controls. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Total RNA extracted from corneal tissue of 13 KC patients, 2 patients with corneal scaring and 4 normal controls was analyzed using Human Extracellular Matrix & Adhesion Molecules Profiler PCR Array. Statistically significant changes in gene expression were identified using the Data Analysis software. RESULTS: Comparison of KC and control corneas with thresholds of 1.5 or greater fold change and a p-value of 0.05 or lower, revealed 21 differentially expressed genes, 16 genes were downregulated and 5 were upregulated. Among transcripts downregulated in KC patients we identified THBS1, ADAMTS1, SPP1, several collagens and integrins. We found TGFBI (BIGH3) gene was the most significantly upregulated transcript. CONCLUSION: Development of keratoconus results in deregulation of gene expression of extracellular matrix and adhesion molecules. CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Downregulation of collagens and upregulation of TGFBI repeatedly identified in KC patients may be used as clinical markers of the disease.
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