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Fibronectin regulates growth factor signaling and cell differentiation in primary lens cells.

ABSTRACT: Lens epithelial cells are bound to the lens extracellular matrix capsule, of which laminin is a major component. After cataract surgery, surviving lens epithelial cells are exposed to increased levels of fibronectin, and so we addressed whether fibronectin influences lens cell fate, using DCDML cells as a serum-free primary lens epithelial cell culture system. We found that culturing DCDMLs with plasma-derived fibronectin upregulated canonical TGF? signaling relative to cells plated on laminin. Fibronectin-exposed cultures also showed increased TGF? signaling-dependent differentiation into the two cell types responsible for posterior capsule opacification after cataract surgery, namely myofibroblasts and lens fiber cells. Increased TGF? activity could be identified in the conditioned medium recovered from cells grown on fibronectin. Other experiments showed that plating DCDMLs on fibronectin overcomes the need for BMP in fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-induced lens fiber cell differentiation, a requirement that is restored when endogenous TGF? signaling is inhibited. These results demonstrate how the TGF?-fibronectin axis can profoundly affect lens cell fate. This axis represents a novel target for prevention of late-onset posterior capsule opacification, a common but currently intractable complication of cataract surgery.

SUBMITTER: VanSlyke JK

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6262776 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Fibronectin regulates growth factor signaling and cell differentiation in primary lens cells.

VanSlyke Judy K JK Boswell Bruce A BA Musil Linda S LS

Journal of cell science 20181120 22

Lens epithelial cells are bound to the lens extracellular matrix capsule, of which laminin is a major component. After cataract surgery, surviving lens epithelial cells are exposed to increased levels of fibronectin, and so we addressed whether fibronectin influences lens cell fate, using DCDML cells as a serum-free primary lens epithelial cell culture system. We found that culturing DCDMLs with plasma-derived fibronectin upregulated canonical TGFβ signaling relative to cells plated on laminin. ...[more]

PMID: 30404825

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Fibronectin regulates growth factor signaling and cell differentiation in primary lens cells.

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Fibronectin regulates growth factor signaling and cell differentiation in primary lens cells.

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