A Simple Method for Establishing AdherentEx VivoExplant Cultures from Human Eye Pathologies for Use in Subsequent Calcium Imaging and Inflammatory Studies

Sofija Andjelic; Xhevat Lumi; Zoltán Veréb; Natasha Josifovska; Andrea Facskó; Marko Hawlina; Goran Petrovski

doi:10.1155/2014/232659

A Simple Method for Establishing AdherentEx VivoExplant Cultures from Human Eye Pathologies for Use in Subsequent Calcium Imaging and Inflammatory Studies

Sofija Andjelic, Xhevat Lumi, Zoltán Veréb, Natasha Josifovska, Andrea Facskó, Marko Hawlina, Goran Petrovski

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Abstract

A novel, simple, and reproducible method for cultivating pathological tissues obtained from human eyes during surgery was developed using viscoelastic material as a tissue adherent to facilitate cell attachment and expansion and calcium imaging of cultured cells challenged by mechanical and acetylcholine (ACh) stimulation as well as inflammatory studies. Anterior lens capsule-lens epithelial cells (aLC-LECs) from cataract surgery and proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) fibrovascular epiretinal membranes (fvERMs) from human eyes were used in the study. We hereby show calcium signaling in aLC-LECs by mechanical and acetylcholine (ACh) stimulation and indicate presence of ACh receptors in these cells. Furthermore, an ex vivo study model was established for measuring the inflammatory response in fvERMs and aLC-LECs upon TNFα treatment.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-10
Journal	Journal of immunology research
Volume	2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/232659
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - 4 Sept 2014

Keywords

viscoelastic
anterior lens capsule
lens epithelial cells
fibrovascular epiretinal membranes
proliferative diabetic retinopathy
calcium imaging
acetylcholine
mechanostimulation
inflammation
IL-6
IL-8
TNFa

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A Simple Method for Establishing AdherentEx VivoExplant Cultures from Human Eye Pathologies for Use in Subsequent Calcium Imaging and Inflammatory Studies

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