Oxygen modulates the release of urokinase and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 by retinal pigment epithelial cells

Erichsen, Jonathan Thor ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1545-9853, Jarvis-Evans, J., Khaliq, A. and Boulton, Michael Edwin 2001. Oxygen modulates the release of urokinase and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 by retinal pigment epithelial cells. The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology 33 (3) , pp. 237-247. 10.1016/S1357-2725(01)00009-7

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Abstract

The aims of this study were to examine the effect of oxygen, in the presence or absence of exogenous growth factors, on the release of plasminogen activators and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 by cultured human retinal pigment epithelial cells. Antigen and activity levels of urokinase, tissue plasminogen activator and plasminogen activator inhibitor were measured in conditioned media after cells were exposed to three different oxygen environments: hypoxia, normoxia and hyperoxia. Overall proteolytic balance was determined by zymography. The effects of exogenous basic fibroblast growth factor and transforming growth factor-beta were also examined. it was found that retinal pigment epithelial cells released urokinase, tissue plasminogen activator and plasminogen activator inhibitor in measurable quantities. After 48 h, urokinase levels were highest at normoxia, reaching 7.2ng/106 cells (±2.0 SEM), whereas plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 levels were highest at hyperoxia, reaching 67.5ng/106 cells (±3.7 SEM). Tissue plasminogen activator levels were minimal (<0.5ng/106 cells) and unaffected by both oxygen and growth factors. Overall proteolytic activity was also greatest at normoxia. Fibroblast growth factor stimulated urokinase production dose-dependently, but plasminogen activator inhibitor only minimally. Transforming growth factor-beta stimulated plasminogen activator inhibitor production dose-dependently but urokinase only at higher concentrations. These results suggest that both oxygen tension and growth factors may interact to modulate the proteolytic properties of the human retinal pigment epithelium.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Optometry and Vision Sciences
Subjects:	R Medicine > RE Ophthalmology
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Oxygen; Plasminogen activator; Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1; Retinal pigment epithelial cells
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	1357-2725
Last Modified:	18 Oct 2022 14:32
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/17922

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