糖尿病视网膜病变对大鼠循环外周血内皮祖细胞数量的影响

目的 观察糖尿病视网膜病变(DR)对循环外周血内皮祖细胞(EPCs)的影响.方法 雄性成年Wistar大鼠60只,随机分为正常对照组和糖尿病组.后者通过腹腔注射链脲佐菌素(STZ)建立DR模型.采用流式细胞仪分别计数建模后1周、1、3、6个月各组大鼠循环外周血EPCs数量,同时于各相应时间点摘除大鼠眼球行苏木精一伊红(...

Effect of diabetic retinopathy on the quantity of endothelial progenitor cells from peripheral blood in rats

Objective To observe the effect of diabetic retinopathy on endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs)from peripheral blood.Methods Sixty male Wistar rats were divided into control group and diabetes group.The rats in diabetes group were induced with streptozotocin(STZ)injection for diabetic retinopathy model.Flow cytometry was used to identify and count the number of EPCs from peripheral blood at 1 week.1,3 and 6 months after injection.All eyeballs were examined by hematoxylin and eosin (HE)staining,periodic acid-Schiffs(PAS)staining of trypsin-digested retinal vessels flat preparation and transmission electron microscope.EPCs count,and the relationship between DR morphological changes and EPCs count were compared and analyzed.Results The quantity of EPCs from peripheral blood at 1 week,1,3 and 6 months after STZ injection were 25±7,28±8,39±7,43±7 cells per 200 000 monocytes respectively,which decreased compared with the control group 45±4 cells per 200 000 monocytes(F=8.933,P＜0.0 1).The quantity of EPCs was gradually increased at 1 week,1,3 and 6 months after STZ injection,accompanied with responsive pathological changes of retinal structure and vessels.The thickness of retina at 1 week and 1 month after injection were reduced slightly.The number of retinal ganglion cells reduced,with the time passing by.Endothelial cells were edema,mitochondrial was swollen,capillary basement membrane was thicken,lumen was significant stenosis,lumen occlusion and retinal artery aneurysm were observed at 6 months after STZ injection.Conclusion The number of EPCs increases gradually throughout the development of DR.