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Proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) is the leading cause of retinal detachment failure. The mechanism of PVR development is complex and still not completely elucidated. There are no proven methods for early prevention or clinical treatment. Retinal proteins are abnormally expressed during the entire PVR disease process. Due to the limitations of research methods and techniques, we do not fully understand the retinal protein changes in PVR. This proteomics study systemically analyzed and identified differential protein expression between retinas of PVR and non-PVR (normal) eyes. Retinal samples were subjected to sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) coupled with mass spectrometry. Raw data were processed and analyzed by Maxquant software and then searched against the human UniProKB (201510) protein database. Differentially expressed proteins were selected and further validated in a human retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cell line. The effects of dysregulated proteins on cell proliferation, apoptosis, and migration were studied. Systemic proteomics analysis identified several PVR-enriched proteins. The differentially expressed proteins were analyzed by Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) annotation to find abnormal pathways involved in PVR. Retinal-specific ATP-binding cassette transporter (ABCA4) expression was one of the most increased proteins in PVR tissue. ABCA4 knockdown significantly reduced proliferation and affected the cell cycle in the human RPE cell line. ABCA4 knockdown also induced apoptosis and inhibited retinal cell migration. In conclusion, systemic proteomics analysis identified differentially expressed proteins in traumatic PVR, with ABCA4 being highly expressed. Disruption of ABCA4 expression induced apoptosis and inhibited cell proliferation and migration in a human RPE cell line.
Pubmed ID: 30738069
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Computable knowledge regarding functions of genes and gene products. GO resources include biomedical ontologies that cover molecular domains of all life forms as well as extensive compilations of gene product annotations to these ontologies that provide largely species-neutral, comprehensive statements about what gene products do. Used to standardize representation of gene and gene product attributes across species and databases.
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