MFGE8 does not influence chorio-retinal homeostasis or choroidal neovascularization in vivo

  • Purpose: Milk fat globule-epidermal growth factor-factor VIII (MFGE8) is necessary for diurnal outer segment phagocytosis and promotes VEGF-dependent neovascularization. The prevalence of two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in MFGE8 was studied in two exsudative or “wet” Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) groups and two corresponding control groups. We studied the effect of MFGE8 deficiency on retinal homeostasis with age and on choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in mice. Methods: The distribution of the SNP (rs4945 and rs1878326) of MFGE8 was analyzed in two groups of patients with “wet” AMD and their age-matched controls from Germany and France. MFGE8-expressing cells were identified in Mfge8+/− mice expressing ß-galactosidase. Aged Mfge8+/− and Mfge8−/− mice were studied by funduscopy, histology, electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy of vascular corrosion casts of the choroid, and after laser-induced CNV. Results: rs1878326 was associated with AMD in the French and German group. The Mfge8 promoter is highly active in photoreceptors but not in retinal pigment epithelium cells. Mfge8−/− mice did not differ from controls in terms of fundus appearance, photoreceptor cell layers, choroidal architecture or laser-induced CNV. In contrast, the Bruch's membrane (BM) was slightly but significantly thicker in Mfge8−/− mice as compared to controls. Conclusions: Despite a reproducible minor increase of rs1878326 in AMD patients and a very modest increase in BM in Mfge8−/− mice, our data suggests that MFGE8 dysfunction does not play a critical role in the pathogenesis of AMD.

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Author:William Raoul, Lucie Poupel, David-Alexandre Tregouet, Sophie Lavalette, Serge Camelo, Nicole Keller, Sophie Krumeich, Bertrand Calippe, Xavier Guillonneau, Francine Behar-Cohen, Salomon-Yves Cohen, Holger Baatz, Christophe Combadière, Clotilde Théry, Florian Sennlaub
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-243448
DOI:https://doi.org/doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033244
ISSN:1932-6203
Pubmed Id:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22438901
Parent Title (English):PLoS One
Publisher:PLoS
Place of publication:Lawrence, Kan.
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2012/04/04
Date of first Publication:2012/03/15
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2012/04/04
Volume:7
Issue:3: e33244
Page Number:8
HeBIS-PPN:303947446
Institutes:Medizin / Medizin
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 3.0