• Tianjin Medical University Eye Hospital, Eye Institute, The School of Optometry & Ophthalmology, Tianjin 300384, China (Chen Li, now working at the Department of Ophthalmology, Shaoyang First People′s Hospital, Shaoyang 422000, China);
ChenSong, Email: chensong9999@126.com
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Objective To observe the immunological regulation effects of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (hUCMSC) on glucose-damaged rhesus retinal vascular endothelial cells (RF/6A). Methods hUCMSC and RF/6A were co-culture according to 1:1 ratio in the co-culture system (Transwell plates), hUCMSC cells were added to upper chamber, while the lower chamber containing 25mmol/L glucose and RF/6A. There were three groups including RF/6A blank control group, high glucose treated RF/6A group, and high glucose treated RF/6A with hUCMSC co-culture group. MTT was used to measure the RF/6A cell viability. Western blot was used to to detect protein level of Foxp3. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to detect the concentration of interleukin (IL)-17. Results MTT assay revealed that at the first day, the survival rate of the three groups had no significant difference (F=0.030, P > 0.05). On day 3 and day 7, the cell viability of the high glucose group was significantly lower than that of the control group (t=36.072, 27.890; P < 0.05), the cell viability of the high glucose treated RF/6A with hUCMSC co-culture group was higher than that of high glucose group (t=36.072, 19.650; P < 0.05).Western blot analysis showed that Foxp3 in high glucose RF/6A group was significantly lower than that in the control group at day 7 after culture (t=7.826, P < 0.05) and high glucose RF/6A with hUCMSC group (t=19.936, P < 0.05). ELISA showed that IL-17 in the high glucose group, high glucose with hUCMSC co-culture group was significantly higher than that of the control group (F=1 267.503, P < 0.05), while IL-17 in the hUCMSC co-culture group was significantly lower than that in high glucose group (t=17.386, P < 0.05). Conclusion hUCMSC can regulate the expression of Foxp3 and IL-17 to increase the proliferative ability of RF/6A, which was suppressed by high glucose.

Citation: ChenLi, ChenSong, ZhangWei, JiangJianhong, WangJian, WuBin, HengGuanghui, YangJing, MaYingxue. The immunological regulation effects of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells on RF/6A cultured in high glucose. Chinese Journal of Ocular Fundus Diseases, 2016, 32(6): 611-614. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1005-1015.2016.06.011 Copy