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Objective:To investigate the effect of lithium chloride (LiCl) on the gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC) in human Tenon capsule fibroblasts (HTFs) and its underlying mechanism.Methods:The Tenon capsule tissue of a patient who underwent strabismus surgery in Dezhou People's Hospital in April 2019 was collected and cut into tissue blocks of dimensions 1 mm×1 mm×1 mm.Primary culture and subculture were carried out, and the 4th-generation HTFs were taken for experiment.HTFs were divided into the control group and LiCl treatment group and were cultured with cell medium without or with 80 mmol/L LiCl for another 48 hours according to grouping.The cell scratch and dye labeling technique were used to label the coupling index and evaluate the GJIC function.The expression and localization of Cx43 in HTFs were detected by immunofluorescence staining.The expression levels of Cx43 mRNA and protein were detected by real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR and Western blot, respectively.The study protocol was approved by an Ethics Committee of Dezhou People's Hospital (No.2019-023). Written informed consent was obtained from the subject.Results:The cultured spindle-shaped HTFs grew adhering to the wall showing radial monolayer or vortexlike, and the cytoplasm was vimentin positive.Results of dye tracer experiment of cell scratch showed that the cell coupling index of LiCl treatment group was 9.04±0.53, which was significantly higher than 4.94±0.39 of the control group ( t=-18.79, P<0.01). Immunofluorescence staining showed that the Cx43 fluorescence was dotted in the cell membrane between adjacent cells in the control group, and Cx43 staining was obviously enhanced in the LiCl treatment group.The results of real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR showed that with relative expression level of Cx43 mRNA in the control group set to 1, the relative expression level of Cx43 in the LiCl treatment group was significantly increased to 1.97±0.23, showing a statistical significance between them ( t=-14.426, P<0.01). Western blot showed that the relative expression level of Cx43 protein was 0.871±0.057 in the LiCl treatment group, which was significantly higher than 0.446±0.028 in the control group ( t=-11.682, P<0.01). Conclusions:LiCl can enhance the GJIC function between HTFs by upregulating the expression levels of Cx43 mRNA and protein, suggesting that the enhanced GJIC function by LiCl may be one of the mechanisms of its inhibition on HTFs proliferation.
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Objective To investigate the effects of artesunate (Art) on cell proliferation and apoptosis of human Tenon's capsule fibroblasts (HTFs),and discuss the countermeasures of bleb scarfing in glaucoma.Methods In vitro,HTFs were cultivated and applicated by different concentrations (50 μg · mL-1,100 μg · mL-1,150 μg ·mL-1,200 μg · mL-1) of Art for 48 hours.The effect of Art on cell proliferation was assessed by MTT method.The rate of apoptosis induced by Art was determined by flow cytometry.Western Blot was performed to detect the relative expression levels of Bax and Bcl-2 after Art was treated.Results After treated with Art for 48 hours,compared with blank control group,Art (50 μg · mL-1,100 μg · mL-1,150 μg · mL-1,200 μg · mL-1) group exhibited notable anti-proliferative effect on HTFs with concentration-dependence (all P ＜ 0.05).The results of flow cytometry showed that the apoptosis rates (8.80％ ±0.88％,11.60％ ±0.56％,16.30％ ±1.03％,23.40％ ±1.62％) of HTFs were significantly enhanced with the increase of Art concentration (all P ＜ 0.05).The relative expression levels of Bax were obviously high with the increase of Art concentration,while Bcl-2 levels were significantly low with the increase of Art concentration (all P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Art can inhibit the proliferation and induce cell apoptosis of HTFs possibly by enhancing the expression of Bax and reducing the expression of Bcl2.Art may be a potential drug in preventing fibrous scar formation after glaucoma filtration surgery.
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Abstract? AlM: To investigate the inhibition effect of bevacizumab on human Tenon capsule fibroblasts ( HTFs ) and discuss the countermeasures of bleb scarringscarring in glaucoma surgery countermeasures.? METHODS: Adopted cell recovery method and followed the aseptic principles, we performed the culture of HTFs which came from the Central Laboratory of Shaanxi People's Hospital cell library. Wound Healing assay:We scraped a cell-free zone on the cell surface when the cells reached confluence at 80%. The control group was added to serum-free DMEM medium. The HTFs of bevacizumab group were stimulated with 1mg/mL concentrations without DEME for 0, 24, 48, and 72h. The scratch width was observed and measured.? RESULTS: HTFs were long fusiform shape under microscope, the nucleus is in the center of the cell with larger nucleus, abundant cytoplasm, were arranged in a whorled growth out of shape, strong ability to proliferate, conform to general forms of fibroblast. The morphological and biological characteristics of cells after cryopreservation and resuscitation remain unchanged. Wound healing assay: 0h, equal to the initial width of the two groups, 24h when the migration distance of the two groups of cells are basically the same, 48h when the control group cell migration distance is greater than that in the bevacizumab processing group, 72h when the control group scratches basichealing, bevacizumab treated cells migrate closer than 48h no significant change, and a lot of cells died.?CONCLUSlON:Cell recovery method can successfully cultured HTFs, which was stability on morphology and biological properties, laying the cellular basis for experimental research. Fibroblast itself has a strong ability to migrate, outside - derived bevacizumab can inhibit HTFs migration evidently and it will cause excessive cell death when. Bevacizumab has certain extent inhibitory effect on HTFs migration, and it is likely to become one of the important drugs for creating bleb scarring after glaucoma surgery in the future.