Butyrate or phenylbutyrate and could be novel types of prophylactic and therapeutic treatments for pterygium. - GreenMedInfo Summary
Suppression of fibrosis in human pterygium fibroblasts by butyrate and phenylbutyrate.
Int J Ophthalmol. 2017 ;10(9):1337-1343. Epub 2017 Sep 18. PMID: 28944189
Yuka Koga
AIM: To evaluate the antifibrogenic effects of butyrate or phenylbutyrate, a chemical derivative of butyrate, in human pterygium fibroblasts.
METHODS: Human pterygium fibroblasts obtained from patient pterygium tissue were treated with butyrate or phenylbutyrate for 48h. Expression ofα-smooth muscle actin, collagen I, collagen III and matrix metalloproteinase-1 mRNA was measured by quantitative real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, and acetylated histone was evaluated by Western blotting.
RESULTS: Butyrate inhibitedα-smooth muscle actin, type III collagen and matrix metalloproteinase-1 expressions, and phenylbutyrate inhibited types I and III collagen and matrix metalloproteinase-1 expressions without changing cell viability as well as both of these increased histone acetylation. These results suggested thatbutyrate and phenylbutyrate suppress fibrosis through a mechanism involving histone deacetylase inhibitor.
CONCLUSION: This indicates that butyrate or phenylbutyrate have antifibrogenic effects in human pterygium fibroblasts and could be novel types of prophylactic and/or therapeutic drugs for pterygium, especially phenylbutyrate, which does not have the unpleasant smell associated with butyrate.