Abstract
Purpose: To examine how circulating immune mediators in vivo may affect gene and protein expression at the RPE/choroid interface.
Methods: Young mice were systemically infected with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) or continuously infused with IFN-γ. RPE/choroid was isolated and analyzed with whole-transcriptome gene expression microarrays. Selected gene expression findings were validated at the protein level.
Results: Both the systemic immune activation from virus infection and the sterile systemically increased level of IFN-γ resulted in increased expression of chemokine ligands, chemokine receptors, and early complement components in isolates of RPE/choroid. These findings were largely absent from LCMV-infected mice deficient in either the interferon α/β receptor or IFN-γ.
Conclusions: Together, these findings demonstrate that acute systemic immune activation results in a local response at the RPE/choroid interface that may include chemokine-dependent recruitment of inflammatory cells and engagement of the complement system. This may represent a link between the systemic low-grade inflammation and the retinal pathology observed in several multifactorial entities such as aging, AMD, and diabetes.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Tidsskrift | Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science |
Vol/bind | 60 |
Udgave nummer | 1 |
Sider (fra-til) | 192-201 |
Antal sider | 10 |
ISSN | 0146-0404 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - 2019 |