PMID- 27158602 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20160509 LR - 20201001 IS - 2222-3959 (Print) IS - 2227-4898 (Electronic) IS - 2222-3959 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 3 DP - 2016 TI - Expression and effect of proline hydroxylase domain 2 in retina of diabetic rats. PG - 357-62 LID - 10.18240/ijo.2016.03.05 [doi] AB - AIM: To observe the expression of proline hydroxylase domain 2 (PHD2) in the retina of diabetic rats and investigate the relationship between PHD2 and relevant intraocular vascular proliferation factors. METHODS: Sixty male specific pathogen free (SPF) Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into two groups: the diabetic group and the control group. The rats in the diabetic group were intraperitoneally injected with 60 mg/kg (0.60 mL/100g) of streptozotocin to induce a diabetic rat model. The rats in the control group were injected with an equal volume of sodium citrate buffer solution by the same method. Hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining and immumofluorescence (IF) method were adopted to observe the pathological changes of retinal tissues and the expression of PHD2, glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) by 8wk. RT-PCR method was applied to detect the expressions of mRNA of PHD2, VEGF and GFAP. The relationship between PHD2 and other vascular proliferation factors was analyzed. RESULTS: HE staining showed that there was the retinal tissue edema in the diabetic group, and the arrangement was in disorder, and proliferation could be seen. IF staining: in the retina of normal rats, PHD2 was not expressed, GFAP and VEGF were mainly expressed in astrocytes; while in the diabetic rats, PHD2, GFAP and VEGF staining showed strong positivity in all retinal layers, mainly in neurogliocytes. PHD2 was co-expressed with VEGF and GFAP. The mRNA expression levels of PHD2, GFAP and VEGF in the diabetic group were obviously higher than that in the control group,respectively 1.83 times, 1.75 times and 2.08 times. The difference had statistical significance (P<0.01). CONCLUSION: The high expression of PHD2 in the retina of early-stage diabetic rats might result from secretion of neurogliocytes induced by local high-concentration blood glucose, thus promoting the expression of VEGF and GFAP. PHD2 plays an important role during the occurrence of diabetic retinopathy. FAU - Li, Zhen AU - Li Z AD - Department of Ophthalmology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, Hubei Province, China. FAU - Xing, Yi-Qiao AU - Xing YQ AD - Department of Ophthalmology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, Hubei Province, China. FAU - Cui, Wei AU - Cui W AD - Department of Ophthalmology, Inner Mongolia People's Hospital, Hohhot 010017, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. FAU - Lu, Qiang AU - Lu Q AD - Department of Ophthalmology, Inner Mongolia People's Hospital, Hohhot 010017, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160318 PL - China TA - Int J Ophthalmol JT - International journal of ophthalmology JID - 101553860 PMC - PMC4844037 OTO - NOTNLM OT - diabetic retinopathy OT - proline hydroxylase domain 2 OT - retinal neovascularization EDAT- 2016/05/10 06:00 MHDA- 2016/05/10 06:01 PMCR- 2016/03/18 CRDT- 2016/05/10 06:00 PHST- 2015/12/24 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/02/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/05/10 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/05/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/05/10 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2016/03/18 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijo-09-03-357 [pii] AID - 10.18240/ijo.2016.03.05 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Ophthalmol. 2016 Mar 18;9(3):357-62. doi: 10.18240/ijo.2016.03.05. eCollection 2016.