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1Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Ophthalmology and Visual Science Key Laboratory, No. 1 Dongjiaominxiang, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China, drpeixueting@126.com.
Purpose:
The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of HtrA serine peptidase 1 (HTRA1) in the proliferation and migration of cells of the human retinal pigment epithelial cell line ARPE-19, and the possible mechanisms involved.
Methods:
ARPE-19 cells were transduced by a recombinant lentiviral vector carrying HTRA1-shRNA to knockdown HTRA1 expression. Subsequent HTRA1 gene and HTRA1 protein levels in these cells and control cells were detected by quantitative real-time PCR and Western blot, respectively. Changes in cell proliferation and migration associated with the inhibition of HTRA1 expression were assessed, as well as changes in the mRNA levels of transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGFB1), bone morphogenetic protein 4 (BMP4), and bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP2).
Results:
The recombinant lentivirus carrying HTRA1-shRNA was successfully generated, as evidenced by reduced levels of HTRA1 mRNA and HTRA1 protein in ARPE-19 cells. The knockdown of HTRA1 in ARPE-19 cells was associated with reduced cellular proliferation and migration, and increased mRNA levels of TGF-β1, BMP4, and BMP2.
Conclusions:
Silence of the HTRA1 gene was associated with significantly higher levels of TGF-β1, BMP4, and BMP2 mRNA and reduction in the proliferation and migration of ARPE-19 cells.
