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Influence of sex hormones and genetic predisposition in dry eye in Sjèogren's syndrome
Title
Influence of sex hormones and genetic predisposition in dry eye in Sjèogren's syndrome: a new clue to the immunopathogenesis of dry eye disease.
Creator
Mostafa, Safinaz, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Department of Biological Sciences
Abstract/Description
Sjèogren's syndrome (S) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by ocular and oral dryness and primarily affects post menopausal women. In the present study we investigated the time course of lymphocytic infiltration, apoptosis, caspase-3 activity and different cytokines levels in the lacrimal glands of both genetically predisposed and control mice to elucidate immunopathological mechanism leading to dry eye. The results of our experiments showed that ovariectomy accelerated...
Show moreSjèogren's syndrome (S) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by ocular and oral dryness and primarily affects post menopausal women. In the present study we investigated the time course of lymphocytic infiltration, apoptosis, caspase-3 activity and different cytokines levels in the lacrimal glands of both genetically predisposed and control mice to elucidate immunopathological mechanism leading to dry eye. The results of our experiments showed that ovariectomy accelerated pathological findings of SS by increasing lympocytic infiltration, cytokine production, lacrimal gland cell death and cleaved caspase-3 activity, and these effects were more pronounced and persistent in the genetically predisposed mouse model of SS. In addition, we observed that lymphocytic infiltration occurred earlier compared to apoptosis which may perpetuate immune mediated destruction of lacrimal epithelial cells. Furthermore, treatment with physioloigical doses of 17-B Estradiol (E2) or DIhydrotestosterone (DHT) prevented all these pathological events observed after ovariectomy.
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Date Issued
2011
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3353086
Subject Headings
Dry eye syndromes, Immunological aspects, Sjèogren's syndrome, Immunological aspects, Disease susceptibility, Human genome, Medical genetics
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UP-regulation of inflammatory cytokines in the lacrimal glands of a predisposed mouse model of Sjèogren's syndrome (SS)
Title
UP-regulation of inflammatory cytokines in the lacrimal glands of a predisposed mouse model of Sjèogren's syndrome (SS): the influence of sex hormones and a newly proposed mechanism for SS.
Creator
Czerwinski, Stefanie P.C., Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Science
Abstract/Description
Sjèogren's Syndrome (SS) is a chronic, inflammatory autoimmune disease affecting mostly the exocrine cells of lacrimal and salivary glands, leading to diminished secretory function and resulting in keratoconjunctivitis sicca (dry eye disease) and/or stomatitis sicca (dry mouth disease). Despite several decades of studies focusing on autoimmune diseases and dry eye diseases, the exact etiology and mechanisms of SS remain unknown. Besides the fact that SS is often unreported, unrecognized and...
Show moreSjèogren's Syndrome (SS) is a chronic, inflammatory autoimmune disease affecting mostly the exocrine cells of lacrimal and salivary glands, leading to diminished secretory function and resulting in keratoconjunctivitis sicca (dry eye disease) and/or stomatitis sicca (dry mouth disease). Despite several decades of studies focusing on autoimmune diseases and dry eye diseases, the exact etiology and mechanisms of SS remain unknown. Besides the fact that SS is often unreported, unrecognized and untreated, today's therapies rely exclusively on treating the symptoms after disease progression; there exists neither prevention therapy nor cure for SS. In addition, SS has been diagnosed predominantly in post-menopausal women with the female to male ratio reaching 9:1, suggesting a role of ovarian sex hormones in the pathogenesis of SS. However, not all postmenopausal women develop SS, indicating the contribution of other factors such as a genetic background to the onset of SS. In the present study, ovariectomized (OVX) NOD.B10.H2b mice provide a model of menopause with a genetic predisposition to SS, as compared to non-predisposed C57BL/10 mice. Both strands of mice were either sham operated, OVX, OVX and treated with 17(Sb (Bestradiol (E2), or OVX and treated with dihydrotestosterone (DHT). Lacrimal glands were collected 3, 7, 21, and 30 days after surgery and processed for RNA analysis by rt-qPCR and protein assays by ELISA to evaluate cytokine expression and concentrations of IL- 1\U+fffd\, TNF-a, IFN-(Sd(B, IL-10, and IL-4 on a timeline. Overall, our results showed a significant increase in IL-1\U+fffd\ TNF-a, IL-10, and IL-4 expression and levels in the lacrimal glands of OVX NOD.B10.H2b mice as compared to sham operated animals, and treatment with E2 or DHT at time of OVX prevented the increase in cytokine expression and levels.
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Date Issued
2013
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3360770
Subject Headings
Cytokines, Mice as laboratory animals, Dry eye syndromes, Immunological aspects, Sjèogren's syndrome, Immunological aspects, Medical genetics, Molecular immunology
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