Analysis of gene expression in human bullous keratopathy corneas containing limiting amounts of RNA

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 40, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 3108-3115

  Spirin, Konstantin S ^a   Ljubimov, Alexander V ^a   Castellon, Raquel ^a   Wiedoeft, Oryla ^a   Marano, Matthew ^b   Sheppard, Dean ^c   Kenney, M Cristina ^a   Brown, Donald J ^a  

^a BURNS AND ALLEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Molecular Dynamics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INTEGRIN; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEIC ACID; RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOPATHY; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA ANALYSIS;

ANTIGENS, CD; BETA CATENIN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CORNEAL DISEASES; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INTEGRIN BETA CHAINS; INTEGRIN BETA4; INTEGRINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0032700292     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (54)

1. Pietu G, Alibert O, Guichard V, et al. Novel gene transcripts preferentially expressed in human muscles revealed by quantitative hybridization of a high density cDNA array. Genome Res. 1996;6:492-503.
2. Funderburgh JL, Funderburgh ML, Mann MM, Prakash S, Conrad GW. Synthesis of corneal keratan sulfate proteoglycans by bovine keratocytes in vitro. J Biol Chem. 1996;271:31431-436.
3. Fini ME, Girard MT. The pattern of metalloproteinase expression by corneal fibroblasts is altered by passage in cell culture. J Cell Sci. 1990;97:373-383.
4. Endege WO, Steinmann KE, Boardman LA, Thibodeau SN, Schlegel R. Representative cDNA libraries and their utility in gene expression profiling. Biotechniques, 1999;26:542-550.
5. Hung H-L, Song F, Gewirtz A. A method for identifying differentially expressed genes in rare populations of primary human hematopoietic cells. Leukemia. 1999;13:295-297.
6. Cursiefen C, Kuchle M, Naumann GO. Changing indications for penetrating keratoplasty: histopathology of 1,250 corneal buttons. Cornea. 1998;17:468-470.
7. Liu GJ, Okisaka S, Mizukawa A, Momose A. Histopathological study of pseudophakic bullous keratopathy developing after anterior chamber of iris-supported intraocular lens implantation. Jpn J Ophthalmol. 1993;37:414-425.
8. Numa A, Nakamura J, Takashima M, Kani K. Long-term corneal endothelial changes after intraocular lens implantation anterior vs posterior chamber lenses. Jpn J Ophthalmol. 1993;37:78-87.
9. McCartney MD, Robertson DP, Wood TO, McLaughlin BJ. ATPase pump site density in human dysfunctional corneal endothelium. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 1987;28:1955-1962.
10. Waring GO. Posterior collagenous layer of the cornea: ultrastructural classification of abnormal collagenous tissue posterior to Descemet's membrane in 30 cases. Arch Ophthalmol. 1982;100: 122-134.
11. Ljubimov AV, Burgeson RE, Butkowski RJ, et al. Extracellular matrix alterations in human corneas with bullous keratopathy. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 1996;37:997-1007.
12. Ljubimov AV, Saghizadeh M, Spirin KS, Mecham RP, Sakai LY, Kenney MC. Increased expression of fibrillin-1 in human corneas with bullous keratopathy. Cornea. 1998;17:309-314.
13. Kanazashi SI, Sharma CP, Arnaout MA. Integrin-ligand interactions: scratching the surface. Curr Opin Hematol. 1997;4:67-74.
14. Azar DT, Spurr-Michaud SJ, Tisdale AS, Gipson IK. Altered epithelial-basement membrane interactions in diabetic corneas. Arch Ophthalmol. 1992;110:537-540.
15. Zieske JD, Mason VS, Wasson ME, et al. Basement membrane assembly and differentiation of cultured corneal cells: importance of culture environment and endothelial cell interaction. Exp Cell Res. 1994;214:621-633.
16. Kurpakus MA, Stock EL, Jones JC. The role of the basement membrane in differential expression of keratin proteins in epithelial cells. Dev Biol. 1992;150:243-255.
17. Tervo K, Tervo T, van Setten GB, Virtanen I. Integrins in human corneal epithelium. Cornea. 1991;10:461-465.
18. Paallysaho T, Tervo T, Virtanen I, Tervo K. Integrins in the normal and healing corneal epithelium. Acta Ophthalmol Suppl. 1992; 202:22-25.
19. Ljubimov AV, Huang ZS, Huang GH, et al. Human corneal epithelial basement membrane and integrin alterations in diabetes and diabetic retinopathy. J Histochem Cytochem. 1998;46:1033-1041.
20. Grushkin-Lerner LS, Kewalramani R, Trinkaus-Randall V. Expression of integrin receptors on plasma membranes of primary corneal epithelial cells is matrix specific. Exp Eye Res. 1997;64:323-334.
21. 9 integrin and tenascin during epithelial regeneration after debridement in the cornea. J Histochem Cytochem. 1997;45:189-201.
22. Aberle H, Schwartz H, Kemler R. Cadherin-catenin complex: protein interactions and their implications for cadherin function. J Cell Biochem. 1996;61:514-523.
23. Hulsken J, Behrens J, Birchmeier W. Tumor-suppressor gene products in cell contacts: the cadherin-APC-armadillo connection. Curr Opin Cell Biol. 1994;6:711-716.
24. Lilien J, Balsamo J, Hoffman S, Eisenberg C. β-Catenin is a target for extracellular signals controlling cadherin function: the neurocan-GalNAcPTase connection. Curr Top Dev Biol. 1997;35:161-189.
25. Smith ME, Pignatelli M. The molecular histology of neoplasia: the role of the cadherin/catenin complex. Histopathology, 1997;31: 107-111.
26. Petridou S, Masur SK. Immunodetection of connexins and cadherins in corneal fibroblasts and myofibroblasts. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 1996;37:1740-1748.
27. Danjo Y, Gipson IK. Actin 'purse string' filaments are anchored by E-cadherin-mediated adherens junctions at the leading edge of the epithelial wound, providing coordinated cell movement. J Cell Sci. 1998;111:3323-3332.
28. Ljubimov AV, Burgeson RE, Butkowski RJ, Michael AF, Sun TT, Kenney MC. Human conical basement membrane heterogeneity: topographical differences in the expression of type IV collagen and laminin isoforms. Lab Invest. 1995;72:461-473.
29. Weinacker A, Ferrando R, Elliott M, Hogg J, Balmes J, Sheppard D. Distribution of integrins ανβ6 and β9β1 and their known ligands, fibronectin and tenascin, in human airways. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 1995;12:547-556.
30. Ljubimov AV, Saghizadeh M, Spirin KS, et al. Expression of tenascin-C splice variants in normal and bullous keratopathy human corneas, Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 1998;39:1135-1142.
31. Maseruka H, Ataullah SM, Zardi L, Tullo AB, Ridgway AE, Bonshek RE. Tenascin-cytotactin (TN-C) variants in pseudophakic/aphakic bullous keratopathy corneas. Eye. 1998;12:729-734.
32. Busk M, Pytela R, Sheppard D. Characterization of the integrin ανβ6 as a fibronectin-binding protein. J Biol Chem. 1992;267: 5790-5796.
33. Huang X, Wu J, Spong S, Sheppard D. The integrin ανβ6 is critical for keratinocyte migration on both its known ligand, fibronectin, and on vitronectin. J Cell Sci. 1998;111:2189-2195.
34. Prieto AL, Edelman GM, Crossin KL. Multiple integrins mediate cell attachment to cytotactin/tenascin. Proc. Natl Acad Sci USA, 1993; 90:10154-10158.
35. Munger JS, Huang X, Kawakatsu H, et al. The integrin ανβ6 binds and activates latent TGFβ1: a mechanism for regulating pulmonary inflammation and fibrosis. Cell. 1999;96:319-328.
36. Borradori L, Sonnenberg A. Hemidesmosomes: roles in adhesion, signaling and human diseases. Curr Opin Cell Biol. 1996;8:647-656.
37. Fassler R. Georges-Labouesse E, Hirsch E. Genetic analyses of integrin function in mice. Curr Opin Cell Biol. 1996;8:641-646.
38. Brakebusch C, Hirsch E, Potocnik A, Fässler R. Genetic analysis of β1 integrin function: confirmed, new and revised roles for a crucial family of cell adhesion molecules. J Cell Sci. 1997;110: 2895-2904.
39. van der Neut R, Krimpenfort P, Calafat J, Niessen CM, Sonnenberg A. Epithelial detachment due to absence of hemidesmosomes in integrin β4 null mice. Nat Genet. 1996;13:366-369.
40. Nieset JE, Redfield AR, Jin F, Knudsen KA, Johnson KR, Wheelock MJ. Characterization of the interactions of α-catenin with α-actinin and β-catenin/plakoglobin. J Cell Sci. 1997;110:1013-1022.
41. Ozawa M, Kemler R. Altered cell adhesion activity by pervanadate due to the dissociation of α-catenin from the E-cadherin-catenin complex. J Biol Chem. 1998;273:6166-6170.
42. Scott RA, Lauweryns B, Snead DM, Haynes RJ, Mahida Y, Dua HS. E-cadherin distribution and epithelial basement membrane characteristics of the normal human conjunctiva and cornea. Eye. 1997; 11:607-612.
43. Huber O, Bierkamp C, Kemler R. Cadherins and catenins in development. Curr Opin Cell Biol. 1996;8:685-691.
44. Potter E, Bergwitz C, Brabant G. The cadherin-catenin system: implications for growth and differentiation of endocrine tissues. Endocr Rev. 1999;20:207-239.
45. Hoschuetzky H, Aberle H, Kemler R. β-catenin mediates the interaction of the cadherin-catenin complex with epidermal growth factor receptor. J Cell Biol. 1994;127:1375-1380.
46. Daniel JM, Reynolds AB. Tyrosine phosphorylation and cadherin/ catenin function. Bioessays. 1997;19:883-891.
47. Rubinfeld B, Souza B, Albert I, et al. Association of the APC gene product with β-catenin. Science. 1993;262:1731-1734.
48. Su LK, Vogelstein B, Kinzler KW. Association of the APC tumor suppressor protein with catenins. Science. 1993;262:1734-1737.
49. Rubinfeld B, Albert I, Porfiri E, Fiol C, Munemitsu S, Polakis P. Binding of GSK3β to the APC-β-catenin complex and regulation of complex assembly [see comments]. Science. 1996;272:1023-1026.
50. Li Y, Bharti A, Chen D, Gong J, Kufe D. Interaction of glycogen synthase kinase 3β with the DF3/MUCI carcinoma-associated antigen and β-catcnin. Mol Cell Biol. 1998;18:7216-7224.
51. Huber O, Korn R, McLaughlin J, Ohsugi M, Herrmann BG, Kemler R. Nuclear localization of β-catenin by interaction with transcription factor LEF-1. Mech Dev. 1996;59:3-10.
52. Behrens J, von Kries JP, Kuhl M, et al. Functional interaction of β-catenin with the transcription factor LEF-1. Nature. 1996;382: 638-642.
53. Gonzalez P, Zigler JS Jr, Epstein DL, Borras T. Identification and isolation of differentially expressed genes from very small tissue samples. Biotechniques. 1999;26:884-892.
54. Franz O, Bruchhaus I, Roeder T. Verification of differential gene transcription using virtual northern blotting. Nucleic Acids Res. 1999;27:e3.