Abstract
About 46% of total corneas obtained from donors in the French Eye Bank cannot be grafted for several reasons as loss of endothelium or other. Corneal cells express proteolytic enzymes, essentially matrix metallo-proteinase MMP-2 and MMP-9. In presence of hyaluronan and some other GAG-s their activity increases as could be shown on keratocyte cultures. Hyaluronan concentration increases during in vitro preservation and can represent a serious hasard for corneal conservation. The control of MMP-release and activation might well be one of the factors involved in graft deterioration. We could show however that only a slight fraction (≤12%) of total, relatively high endopeptidase activity of the cornea is released in the media during storing. It appears therefore that most of the proteolytic activity determined in corneal extracts remains confined to the stroma and might not represent an important risk for preservation, at least for the endothelium.
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