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Abstract #3399 Published in IGR 4-2

Apoptosis of bovine trabecular meshwork cells induced by dexamethasone

Gu Y; Zeng S; Qiu P; Peng D; Yan G
Chinese Journal of Ophthalmology 2002; 38: 302-304


OBJECTIVE: To investigate apoptosis of bovine trabecular meshwork cells induced by dexamethasone. METHODS: In the incubation method of system in vitro, dexamethasone (1-500 mg/L) was added to the syncretic culture solution of third to fifth generation of bovine trabecular meshwork cells. After one to 14 days, the culture solution was observed by phase-contrast microscopy, fluorescence microscopy and transmission electron microscopy, and was studied by DNA laddering and flow cytometric analysis. RESULTS: Dexamethasone (125-500 mg/L) induced apoptosis of trabecular meshwork cells in a dose-time-dependent manner. CONCLUSIONS: Apoptosis of cultured bovine trabecular meshwork cells can be induced by dexamethasone, which may be one of the pathogenic mechanisms of steroid-induced glaucoma. LA: Chinese

Dr. Y. Gu, Department of Pharmacology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510089, China. guyajuan@163.net


Classification:

2.5 Meshwork (Part of: 2 Anatomical structures in glaucoma)
4 Tissue culture of ocular cells



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