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ArticleHistochemistry and cell biology2020

Interleukin-6 promotes migration and extracellular matrix synthesis in retinal pigment epithelial cells.

Tiantian Qi, Ruihua Jing, Chan Wen, Conghui Hu, Yunqing Wang, Cheng Pei, Bo Ma

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Article in Histochemistry and cell biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tiantian QiDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, Shaanxi, China.
Ruihua JingDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, Shaanxi, China.
Chan WenDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, Shaanxi, China.
Conghui HuDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, Shaanxi, China.
Yunqing WangDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, Shaanxi, China.
Cheng PeiDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, Shaanxi, China. peich71@163.com.
Bo MaDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, Shaanxi, China. mabo780723@mail.xjtu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6872-1993
First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University · CN

Funding

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities xjj2018099National Natural Science Foundation of China No.81800812Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province No.2018JQ8021Postdoctoral Natural Science Foundation 2018 M633528Xi'an Science and Technology Project Fund 201905097YX5SF31(1)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) is the most common cause of surgical failure in the rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RD) treatment. Retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cell proliferation, migration, and the synthesis of extracellular matrix (ECM) are intrinsic to the formation of a PVR membrane. High level of interleukin-6 (IL-6) has been found in the vitreous of PVR patients, while the role of IL-6 in RPE cells remaining further characterized. In the present study, we evaluated the potential regulatory effects of IL-6 on cell migration, ECM components, and transforming growth factor β2 (TGF-β2) expression in RPE cells. Furthermore, cell counting kit-8 (CCK‑8) assay was used to investigate cell proliferation activity. We found that IL-6 promoted fibronectin (Fn) and type I collagen (COL-1), TGF-β2 expression in RPE cells, also stimulate RPE cell migration effectively. Moreover, the induction of IL-6 activated the Janus kinase/signal transducers and activators of transcription (JAK/STAT3) and the nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-κB) signaling pathways significantly. Simultaneously, both JAK/STAT3 and NF-κB pathways inhibitors, WP1066 and BAY11-7082, alleviated IL-6-induced biological effects, respectively. However, it was noted that IL-6 had little effect on α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) expression. Collectively, our results reveal that IL-6 promotes RPE cell migration and ECM synthesis via activating JAK/STAT3 and NF-κB signaling pathways, which may play a crucial role in PVR formation.

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Cell MovementCells, CulturedExtracellular MatrixHumansInterleukin-6Retinal Pigment EpitheliumIL6 protein, humanInterleukin-6Extracellular matrix synthesisInterleukin-6JAK/STAT3 signaling pathwayMigrationNF-κb signaling pathwayProliferative vitreoretinopathy

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