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Accumulation and Aberrant Modifications of α-Crystallins in Anterior Polar Cataracts

Authors
 Kyung Hoon Hwang  ;  Eunjoo H Lee  ;  Choun Ki Joo  ;  Eung Kwon Kim  ;  Sung Kun Chung  ;  Do Hyung Lee  ;  Jae Ho Kim  ;  Eek Hoon Jho 
Citation
 YONSEI MEDICAL JOURNAL, Vol.45(1) : 73-80, 2004 
Journal Title
YONSEI MEDICAL JOURNAL
ISSN
 0513-5796 
Issue Date
2004
MeSH
Adult ; Cataract/genetics* ; Cataract/metabolism ; Epithelial Cells/metabolism ; Female ; Humans ; Lens, Crystalline/metabolism ; Male ; Middle Aged ; RNA, Messenger/analysis ; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction ; alpha-Crystallin A Chain/genetics* ; alpha-Crystallin A Chain/metabolism ; alpha-Crystallin B Chain/genetics* ; alpha-Crystallin B Chain/metabolism
Keywords
Alpha-crystallins ; cataract ; lens epithelium ; modification ; two-dimensional gel electrophoresis
Abstract
Crystallins are the major proteins found in the lens, and the localization of specific crystallins is well known. Overexpression and accumulation of αB-crystallin has been observed in response to stress conditions or in certain diseases, such as brain tumors and neurodegenerative diseases. The purpose of this study was to examine whether α-crystallins are modified during pathological myofibroblastic changes in lens epithelial cells.

Lens epithelial cells attached to the anterior capsules of patients with nuclear or anterior polar cataracts were analyzed quantitatively for α-crystallin proteins and mRNAs using Western blot and RT-PCR analysis., respectively. The degree of modification of α-crystallins was determined by 2-dimensional gel electrophoresis followed by Western blotting.

Higher molecular weight protein bands that were immunoreactive to anti-αA- and anti-αB-crystallin antibodies around 45 kDa accumulated more in the anterior polar cataract samples than in those with the nuclear type of cataracts. Also monomeric αB-crystallins accumulated more in lens epithelial cells of patients with anterior polar cataracts. By comparison, no significant changes were found in the levels of the mRNAs encoding αA- and αB-crystallins in the different types of cataracts. Both αA- and αB-crystallin proteins seemed to undergo more extensive modification in anterior polar cataracts.

Conclusion. In addition to fibrotic changes, which accompany increased levels of extracellular matrix molecules, accumulation and abnormal modification of α-crystallins might be implicated in the pathogenic mechanism of this type of cataract.
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Kim, Eung Kweon(김응권) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1453-8042
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/112774
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