Abstract
Prostaglandins (PGs) play important physiological and therapeutic roles in the eye. Our laboratory recently identified a novel PG transporter in the rat that we call 'PGT' (Science 268:866, 1995). We have also recently cloned the human PGT cDNA (J Clin Invest 98:1142, 1996). To determine whether PGT might play a role in human ocular tissues, we performed Northern blot analysis of RNA obtained from human ocular tissues and from the nonpigmented ciliary epithelium cell line 'ODM-2.' PGT transcripts were clearly evident in all ocular tissues. Given that the functional profile PGT expressed in vitro strongly suggests a role in PG uptake and degradation, the present results suggest that PGT may function in various regions of the human eye for purposes of terminating the signal(s) produced by locally-synthesized PGs.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | S41-S45 |
Journal | Survey of Ophthalmology |
Volume | 41 |
Issue number | SUPPL. 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1997 |
Keywords
- biological transport
- carrier proteins
- eye
- molecular cloning
- prostaglandins
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ophthalmology