Li, H;
Ezra, DG;
Burton, MJ;
Bailly, M;
(2013)
Doxycycline Prevents Matrix Remodeling and Contraction by Trichiasis-Derived Conjunctival Fibroblasts.
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
, 54
(7)
pp. 4675-4682.
10.1167/iovs.13-11787.
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Abstract
Purpose.: Trachoma is a conjunctival scarring disease, which is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. Elimination of blinding trachoma is being held back by the high rate of trichiasis recurrence following surgery. There is currently no treatment available to suppress the profibrotic state and reduce recurrence. Although the mechanisms underlying trichiasis development are unknown, the profibrotic phenotype has been linked to matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) expression. Doxycycline, a well-known tetracycline antibiotic, can act as a broad MMP inhibitor and has showed some success in preventing fibrosis in various clinical contexts. The purpose of this work was to assess the antiscarring properties of doxycycline in an in vitro model of trichiasis fibroblast–mediated tissue contraction. / Methods.: Primary cultures of fibroblasts were established from conjunctival samples obtained from normal donors or during surgery for trachomatous trichiasis. The effect of doxycycline on matrix contraction was investigated in our standard collagen gel contraction model. Cell morphology and matrix integrity were assessed using confocal reflection microscopy. Quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction and a FRET-based assay were used to measure MMP expression and activity, respectively. / Results.: Doxycycline treatment successfully suppressed the contractile phenotype of trichiasis fibroblasts, matrix degradation, and significantly altered the expression of MMP1, MMP9, and MMP12 associated with the profibrotic phenotype. / Conclusions.: In view of the results presented here and the wider use of doxycycline in clinical settings, we propose that doxycycline might be useful as a treatment to prevent recurrence following trichiasis surgery.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Doxycycline Prevents Matrix Remodeling and Contraction by Trichiasis-Derived Conjunctival Fibroblasts |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1167/iovs.13-11787 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/iovs.13-11787 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | science & technology, life sciences & biomedicine, ophthalmology, ophthalmology, doxycycline, trichiasis, contraction, mmps, glaucoma filtration surgery, controlled clinical-trial, trachomatous trichiasis, gene-expression, metalloproteinases, inhibition, cytokine, matrix-metalloproteinase-9, 5-fluorouracil, neutrophils |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Institute of Ophthalmology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1396536 |
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