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(American Journal of Pathology. 2005;166:61-71.)
© 2005 American Society for Investigative Pathology

Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Knockout Confers Resistance to Corneal Epithelial Barrier Disruption in Experimental Dry Eye

Stephen C. Pflugfelder*, William Farley*, Lihui Luo*, Lucy Zhuo Chen*, Cintia S. de Paiva*, Lisa C. Olmos*, De-Quan Li* and M. Elizabeth Fini{dagger}

From the Department of Ophthalmology,* Ocular Surface Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; and the Department of Ophthalmology,{dagger} University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida

Altered corneal epithelial barrier function is the cause for ocular irritation and visual morbidity in dry eye disease. Increased matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 activity has been observed in the tear fluid of dry eye patients. To determine the pathogenic role of MMP-9 in the corneal epithelial disease of dry eye, the effects of experimentally induced dry eye on corneal epithelial morphology and barrier function were compared in MMP-9 knockout mice and their wild-type littermates. Dry eye was created through cholinergic blockade and exposure to a desiccating environment. The tear fluid MMP-9 concentration increased in response to dryness in wild-type mice. Corneal epithelial permeability to three different-sized molecules increased in dry eye wild-type mice, but not in MMP-9 knockout mice. Topical administration of active MMP-9 to dry eye MMP-9 knockout mice significantly increased corneal epithelial permeability. Compared to MMP-9 knockout mice, wild-type mice showed greater desquamation of differentiated apical corneal epithelial cells that expressed the tight junction protein occludin in response to dryness. This was accompanied by an increase in lower sized (50 kd) occludin in the corneal epithelia of wild-type mice. These findings could be replicated in cultured human corneal epithelial cells that were treated with active MMP-9. These studies indicate that increased MMP-9 activity on the ocular surface in response to dryness disrupts corneal epithelial barrier function. This appears to be because of accelerated loss of tight junction bearing superficial corneal epithelial cells, perhaps by proteolytic cleavage of occludin.




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