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Wang S, Tong S, Jin X, Li N, Dang P, Sui Y, Liu Y, Wang D. Single-cell RNA sequencing analysis of the retina under acute high intraocular pressure. Neural Regen Res 2024; 19:2522-2531. [PMID: 38526288 PMCID: PMC11090430 DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.389363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2023] [Revised: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/26/2024] Open
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JOURNAL/nrgr/04.03/01300535-202419110-00032/figure1/v/2024-03-08T184507Z/r/image-tiff High intraocular pressure causes retinal ganglion cell injury in primary and secondary glaucoma diseases, yet the molecular landscape characteristics of retinal cells under high intraocular pressure remain unknown. Rat models of acute hypertension ocular pressure were established by injection of cross-linked hyaluronic acid hydrogel (Healaflow®). Single-cell RNA sequencing was then used to describe the cellular composition and molecular profile of the retina following high intraocular pressure. Our results identified a total of 12 cell types, namely retinal pigment epithelial cells, rod-photoreceptor cells, bipolar cells, Müller cells, microglia, cone-photoreceptor cells, retinal ganglion cells, endothelial cells, retinal progenitor cells, oligodendrocytes, pericytes, and fibroblasts. The single-cell RNA sequencing analysis of the retina under acute high intraocular pressure revealed obvious changes in the proportions of various retinal cells, with ganglion cells decreased by 23%. Hematoxylin and eosin staining and TUNEL staining confirmed the damage to retinal ganglion cells under high intraocular pressure. We extracted data from retinal ganglion cells and analyzed the retinal ganglion cell cluster with the most distinct expression. We found upregulation of the B3gat2 gene, which is associated with neuronal migration and adhesion, and downregulation of the Tsc22d gene, which participates in inhibition of inflammation. This study is the first to reveal molecular changes and intercellular interactions in the retina under high intraocular pressure. These data contribute to understanding of the molecular mechanism of retinal injury induced by high intraocular pressure and will benefit the development of novel therapies.
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- Shaojun Wang
- Division of Ophthalmology, The Third Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Division of Ophthalmology, The Third Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Division of Ophthalmology, The Third Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Division of Ophthalmology, The Third Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Division of Ophthalmology, The Third Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Division of Ophthalmology, The Third Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Beijing Rehabilitation Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Division of Ophthalmology, The Third Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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Macular Pigment and Open-Angle Glaucoma in the Elderly: The Montrachet Population-Based Study. J Clin Med 2022; 11:jcm11071830. [PMID: 35407436 PMCID: PMC8999647 DOI: 10.3390/jcm11071830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/23/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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(1) Background: To compare macular pigment optical density (MPOD) and its spatial distribution between eyes with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and control eyes in an elderly population. (2) Methods: The Montrachet study (Maculopathy Optic Nerve and nutrition neurovAsCular and HEarT) is a population-based study including participants aged 75 years and over. All participants had a slit lamp examination, fundus photographs, and a questionnaire about their medical past history and smoking status. Optic disc spectral domain optical coherence tomography was also performed. All glaucoma-suspected patients were convocated to have a new full examination. We only retained one eye with POAG for analysis in the glaucoma group and one eye without optic neuropathy in the control participants group. MPOD measurements were performed with the two-wavelength autofluorescence method (488 and 514 nm). (3) Results: Overall, 601 eyes had MPOD measurements among 1153 participants. Among the 601 eyes, 48 had POAG. The mean age for the glaucoma and control participants was 84.01 ± 4.22 years and 81.94 ± 3.61 years, respectively (p < 0.001). In the multivariable analysis, we could not find any association between POAG and MPOD at 0.5° (p = 0.336). We found no significant difference regarding MP spatial distribution between the two groups (p = 0.408). (4) Conclusion: In this elderly population-based study, eyes with POAG and control eyes without optic neuropathy did not differ in terms of MPOD and MP spatial distribution.
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Kurysheva NI, Maslova EV, Trubilina AV, Ardzhevnishvili TD, Fomin AV. [Macular blood flow in glaucoma]. Vestn Oftalmol 2018; 133:29-38. [PMID: 28524137 DOI: 10.17116/oftalma2017133229-37] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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AIM to assess macular blood flow in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) patients using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A). MATERIAL AND METHODS The study included 65 POAG patients and 22 age-matched healthy volunteers. Using OCT-A, blood flow parameters (Flow Area, Flow Index, and Vessel Density) were assessed in the para- and perifovea (0.6-2.5 mm and 2.5-5.5 mm, respectively) at the level of both superficial and deep vascular pexuses. Statistical analysis was performed with SPSS version 21 and MASS library of the R language. RESULTS All the studied parameters were decreased in glaucoma patients as compared to healthy participants: Index superficial parafovea was 0.03±0.01 and 0.04±0.01 (p<0.001), respectively; Index superficial perifovea - 0.02±0.01 and 0.04±0.01 (p<0.001), respectively; Flow superficial parafovea area - 1.57±0.85 mm2 and 2.53±0.53 mm2 (p<0.001), respectively; Index deep parafovea - 0.02±0.02 and 0.03±0.01 (p<0.001), respectively; Index deep perifovea - 0.01 ±0.01 and 0,03±0.01 (p<0.001), respectively; and Flow deep parafovea area 1.02±0.9 mm2 and 1.97±0.82 mm2 (p<0.001), respectively. The differences were statistically significant between glaucoma patients and the controls, but not between glaucoma patients at different disease stages. CONCLUSION Decreased OCT-A parameters in non-advanced glaucoma indicate an early reduction of blood supply to the macula and explain the involvement of the latter in the pathological process in POAG.
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- N I Kurysheva
- Consultative and Diagnostic Department of the Ophthalmology Center of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency of Russia, A.I. Burnazyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center of FMBA, Institute of Improvement of Professional Skill of the FMBA of Russia, 15 Gamalei St., Moscow, Russian Federation, 123098
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- Consultative and Diagnostic Department of the Ophthalmology Center of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency of Russia, A.I. Burnazyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center of FMBA, Institute of Improvement of Professional Skill of the FMBA of Russia, 15 Gamalei St., Moscow, Russian Federation, 123098
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- Consultative and Diagnostic Department of the Ophthalmology Center of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency of Russia, A.I. Burnazyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center of FMBA, Institute of Improvement of Professional Skill of the FMBA of Russia, 15 Gamalei St., Moscow, Russian Federation, 123098
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- Consultative and Diagnostic Department of the Ophthalmology Center of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency of Russia, A.I. Burnazyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center of FMBA, Institute of Improvement of Professional Skill of the FMBA of Russia, 15 Gamalei St., Moscow, Russian Federation, 123098
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- Research Institute of Eye Diseases, 11 A, B, Rossolimo St., Moscow, Russian Federation, 119021
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Vidal-Sanz M, Galindo-Romero C, Valiente-Soriano FJ, Nadal-Nicolás FM, Ortin-Martinez A, Rovere G, Salinas-Navarro M, Lucas-Ruiz F, Sanchez-Migallon MC, Sobrado-Calvo P, Aviles-Trigueros M, Villegas-Pérez MP, Agudo-Barriuso M. Shared and Differential Retinal Responses against Optic Nerve Injury and Ocular Hypertension. Front Neurosci 2017; 11:235. [PMID: 28491019 PMCID: PMC5405145 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2017.00235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2017] [Accepted: 04/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Glaucoma, one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide, affects primarily retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) and their axons. The pathophysiology of glaucoma is not fully understood, but it is currently believed that damage to RGC axons at the optic nerve head plays a major role. Rodent models to study glaucoma include those that mimic either ocular hypertension or optic nerve injury. Here we review the anatomical loss of the general population of RGCs (that express Brn3a; Brn3a+RGCs) and of the intrinsically photosensitive RGCs (that express melanopsin; m+RGCs) after chronic (LP-OHT) or acute (A-OHT) ocular hypertension and after complete intraorbital optic nerve transection (ONT) or crush (ONC). Our studies show that all of these insults trigger RGC death. Compared to Brn3a+RGCs, m+RGCs are more resilient to ONT, ONC, and A-OHT but not to LP-OHT. There are differences in the course of RGC loss both between these RGC types and among injuries. An important difference between the damage caused by ocular hypertension or optic nerve injury appears in the outer retina. Both axotomy and LP-OHT induce selective loss of RGCs but LP-OHT also induces a protracted loss of cone photoreceptors. This review outlines our current understanding of the anatomical changes occurring in rodent models of glaucoma and discusses the advantages of each one and their translational value.
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- Manuel Vidal-Sanz
- Departamento de Oftalmología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Murcia and Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria Virgen de la ArrixacaMurcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Oftalmología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Murcia and Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria Virgen de la ArrixacaMurcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Oftalmología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Murcia and Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria Virgen de la ArrixacaMurcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Oftalmología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Murcia and Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria Virgen de la ArrixacaMurcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Oftalmología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Murcia and Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria Virgen de la ArrixacaMurcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Oftalmología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Murcia and Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria Virgen de la ArrixacaMurcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Oftalmología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Murcia and Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria Virgen de la ArrixacaMurcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Oftalmología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Murcia and Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria Virgen de la ArrixacaMurcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Oftalmología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Murcia and Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria Virgen de la ArrixacaMurcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Oftalmología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Murcia and Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria Virgen de la ArrixacaMurcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Oftalmología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Murcia and Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria Virgen de la ArrixacaMurcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Oftalmología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Murcia and Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria Virgen de la ArrixacaMurcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Oftalmología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Murcia and Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria Virgen de la ArrixacaMurcia, Spain
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PURPOSE To examine choroidal thickness in open-angle glaucoma. METHODS The hospital-based case series study included a study group with patients with open-angle glaucoma and a control group. Choroidal thickness was measured by enhanced depth imaging by spectral domain optical coherence tomography. RESULTS The study group included 39 patients (71 eyes) and the control group consisted of 189 patients (228 eyes) with no significant difference between both groups in age (P=0.16) and refractive error (P=0.07). Choroidal thickness in the foveal region (P=0.18), at a distance of 1000 μm from the fovea (P=0.39), 2000 μm from the fovea (P=0.46), and 2500 μm from the fovea (P=0.53) did not vary significantly between both groups. In multivariable analysis with adjustment for age and refractive error, choroidal thickness at the fovea [P=0.12; regression coefficient B: minus-8.60; 95% confidence interval (CI): -19.3, 2.1], at a horizontal distance of 1000 μm from the fovea (P=0.30; regression coefficient B: -4.98; 95% CI: -14.3, 4.4), 2000 μm from the fovea (P=0.20; regression coefficient B: -20.9; 95% CI: -53.2, 11.3), and 2500 μm from the fovea (P=0.45; regression coefficient B: -2.70; 95% CI: -9.67, 4.27) was not significantly associated with the diagnosis of glaucoma. In binary regression analysis with adjustment for age and refractive error, presence of glaucoma was significantly associated neither with subfoveal choroidal thickness [P=0.12; odds ratio (OR): 0.997; 95% CI: 0.993, 1.001] nor with choroidal thickness at a horizontal distance of 1000 μm from the fovea (P=0.47; OR: 0.998; 95% CI: 0.993, 1.002), 2000 μm from the fovea (P=0.23; OR: 0.997; 95% CI: 0.993, 1.002), or 2500 μm from the fovea (P=0.46; OR: 0.998; 95% CI: 0.992, 1.004). CONCLUSIONS After adjusting for age and refractive error, open-angle glaucoma was not significantly associated with a marked thinning or a thickening of the choroid in the foveal and parafoveal region.
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Siah WF, Loughman J, O'Brien C. Lower Macular Pigment Optical Density in Foveal-Involved Glaucoma. Ophthalmology 2015; 122:2029-37. [PMID: 26249732 DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2015.06.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2015] [Revised: 06/11/2015] [Accepted: 06/17/2015] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To evaluate the relationship between macular pigment optical density (MPOD) and structural parameters of the macula and optic nerve head in glaucomatous eyes. DESIGN A cross-sectional analysis of the baseline data collected during the Macular Pigment and Glaucoma Trial (ISRCTN registry number: 56985060). PARTICIPANTS Eighty-eight subjects (48 male, 40 female) with a diagnosis of open-angle glaucoma and a median age of 67 years (interquartile range, 13; range, 36-84 years) were enrolled in this trial. METHODS The MPOD at 0.25°, 0.5°, and 1° retinal eccentricity was measured using a customized heterochromatic flicker photometry technique. Glaucoma-related structural parameters were captured using RTVue Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT). Statistical significance was set at P < 0.01, and P values ranging from 0.01 to 0.05 were considered borderline significant. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The MPOD and its relationship to the macula and optic nerve head topography in glaucomatous eyes. RESULTS The MPOD peaked centrally at 0.25° of retinal eccentricity (mean ± standard deviation, 0.23±0.14) and decreased at more peripheral eccentricities. For the overall group, borderline significant correlations were observed between MPOD and a range of topographic measures, including inferior peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness, inferior ganglion cell complex (GCC) thickness, foveal inner retinal thickness, cup-to-disc area ratio, and optic disc rim area. Glaucomatous eyes with GCC loss involving the foveal zone on FD-OCT imaging (n = 52) had lower MPOD at 0.25°, 0.5°, and 1° of retinal eccentricity compared with those without foveal GCC involvement (P < 0.001, for all). Those with foveal GCC loss also had greater glaucoma severity, and this was evident by lower GCC and RNFL thickness, greater cup-to-disc area ratio, and lower optic disc rim area (P < 0.001 for all). CONCLUSIONS Our observations indicate that MPOD is lower in glaucomatous eyes with foveal GCC involvement relative to those without foveal involvement. A longitudinal evaluation of MPOD and structural change among patients with glaucoma is required to elucidate the nature of any causal relationship that might exist between MPOD and foveal damage in glaucoma.
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- We Fong Siah
- Institute of Ophthalmology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin, Ireland.
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- Optometry Department, School of Physics, College of Sciences and Health, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland; Faculty of Health Sciences, African Vision Research Institute, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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- Institute of Ophthalmology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin, Ireland
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Vidal-Sanz M, Valiente-Soriano FJ, Ortín-Martínez A, Nadal-Nicolás FM, Jiménez-López M, Salinas-Navarro M, Alarcón-Martínez L, García-Ayuso D, Avilés-Trigueros M, Agudo-Barriuso M, Villegas-Pérez MP. Retinal neurodegeneration in experimental glaucoma. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 2015; 220:1-35. [PMID: 26497783 DOI: 10.1016/bs.pbr.2015.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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In rats and mice, limbar tissues of the left eye were laser-photocoagulated (LP) and ocular hypertension (OHT) effects were investigated 1 week to 6 months later. To investigate the innermost layers, retinas were examined in wholemounts using tracing from the superior colliculi to identify retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) with intact retrograde axonal transport, melanopsin immunodetection to identify intrinsically photosensitive RGCs (m(+)RGC), Brn3a immunodetection to identify most RGCs but not m(+)RGCs, RECA1 immunodetection to examine the inner retinal vessels, and DAPI staining to detect all nuclei in the GC layer. The outer retinal layers (ORLs) were examined in cross sections analyzed morphometrically or in wholemounts to study S- and L-cones. Innervation of the superior colliculi was examined 10 days to 14 weeks after LP with orthogradely transported cholera toxin subunit B. By 2 weeks, OHT resulted in pie-shaped sectors devoid of FG(+)RGCs or Brn3a(+)RGCs but with large numbers of DAPI(+)nuclei. Brn3a(+)RGCs were significantly greater than FG(+)RGCs, indicating the survival of large numbers of RGCs with their axonal transport impaired. The inner retinal vasculature showed no abnormalities that could account for the sectorial loss of RGCs. m(+)RGCs decreased to approximately 50-51% in a diffuse loss across the retina. Cross sections showed focal areas of degeneration in the ORLs. RGC loss at 1m diminished to 20-25% and did not progress further with time, whereas the S- and L-cone populations diminished progressively up to 6m. The retinotectal projection was reduced by 10 days and did not progress further. LP-induced OHT results in retrograde degeneration of RGCs and m(+)RGCs, severe damage to the ORL, and loss of retinotectal terminals.
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- Manuel Vidal-Sanz
- Departamento de Oftalmología, Universidad de Murcia and Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria Virgen de la Arrixaca (IMIB-Arrixaca), Murcia, Spain.
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- Departamento de Oftalmología, Universidad de Murcia and Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria Virgen de la Arrixaca (IMIB-Arrixaca), Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Oftalmología, Universidad de Murcia and Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria Virgen de la Arrixaca (IMIB-Arrixaca), Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Oftalmología, Universidad de Murcia and Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria Virgen de la Arrixaca (IMIB-Arrixaca), Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Oftalmología, Universidad de Murcia and Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria Virgen de la Arrixaca (IMIB-Arrixaca), Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Oftalmología, Universidad de Murcia and Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria Virgen de la Arrixaca (IMIB-Arrixaca), Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Oftalmología, Universidad de Murcia and Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria Virgen de la Arrixaca (IMIB-Arrixaca), Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Oftalmología, Universidad de Murcia and Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria Virgen de la Arrixaca (IMIB-Arrixaca), Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Oftalmología, Universidad de Murcia and Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria Virgen de la Arrixaca (IMIB-Arrixaca), Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Oftalmología, Universidad de Murcia and Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria Virgen de la Arrixaca (IMIB-Arrixaca), Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Oftalmología, Universidad de Murcia and Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria Virgen de la Arrixaca (IMIB-Arrixaca), Murcia, Spain
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Ortín-Martínez A, Salinas-Navarro M, Nadal-Nicolás FM, Jiménez-López M, Valiente-Soriano FJ, García-Ayuso D, Bernal-Garro JM, Avilés-Trigueros M, Agudo-Barriuso M, Villegas-Pérez MP, Vidal-Sanz M. Laser-induced ocular hypertension in adult rats does not affect non-RGC neurons in the ganglion cell layer but results in protracted severe loss of cone-photoreceptors. Exp Eye Res 2015; 132:17-33. [PMID: 25576772 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2015.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2014] [Revised: 11/19/2014] [Accepted: 01/07/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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To investigate the long-term effects of laser-photocoagulation (LP)-induced ocular hypertension (OHT) in the innermost and outermost (outer-nuclear and outer segment)-retinal layers (ORL). OHT was induced in the left eye of adult rats. To investigate the ganglion cell layer (GCL) wholemounts were examined at 1, 3 or 6 months using Brn3a-immunodetection to identify retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) and DAPI-staining to detect all nuclei in this layer. To study the effects of LP on the ORL up to 6 months, retinas were: i) fresh extracted to quantify the levels of rod-, S- and L-opsin; ii) cut in cross-sections for morphometric analysis, or; iii) prepared as wholemounts to quantify and study retinal distributions of entire populations of RGCs (retrogradely labeled with fluorogold, FG), S- and L-cones (immunolabeled). OHT resulted in wedge-like sectors with their apex on the optic disc devoid of Brn3a(+)RGCs but with large numbers of DAPI(+)nuclei. The levels of all opsins diminished by 2 weeks and further decreased to 20% of basal-levels by 3 months. Cross-sections revealed focal areas of ORL degeneration. RGC survival at 15 days represented approximately 28% and did not change with time, whereas the S- and L-cone populations diminished to 65% and 80%, or to 20 and 35% at 1 or 6 months, respectively. In conclusion, LP induces in the GCL selective RGCs loss that does not progress after 1 month, and S- and L-cone loss that progresses for up to 6 months. Thus, OHT results in severe damage to both the innermost and the ORL.
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- Arturo Ortín-Martínez
- Departamento de Oftalmología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Murcia, and Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria Virgen de la Arrixaca (IMIB-Arrixaca), 30100 Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Oftalmología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Murcia, and Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria Virgen de la Arrixaca (IMIB-Arrixaca), 30100 Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Oftalmología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Murcia, and Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria Virgen de la Arrixaca (IMIB-Arrixaca), 30100 Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Oftalmología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Murcia, and Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria Virgen de la Arrixaca (IMIB-Arrixaca), 30100 Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Oftalmología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Murcia, and Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria Virgen de la Arrixaca (IMIB-Arrixaca), 30100 Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Oftalmología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Murcia, and Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria Virgen de la Arrixaca (IMIB-Arrixaca), 30100 Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Oftalmología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Murcia, and Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria Virgen de la Arrixaca (IMIB-Arrixaca), 30100 Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Oftalmología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Murcia, and Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria Virgen de la Arrixaca (IMIB-Arrixaca), 30100 Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Oftalmología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Murcia, and Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria Virgen de la Arrixaca (IMIB-Arrixaca), 30100 Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Oftalmología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Murcia, and Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria Virgen de la Arrixaca (IMIB-Arrixaca), 30100 Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Oftalmología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Murcia, and Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria Virgen de la Arrixaca (IMIB-Arrixaca), 30100 Murcia, Spain.
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Nork TM, Kim CBY, Munsey KM, Dashek RJ, Hoeve JNV. Regional choroidal blood flow and multifocal electroretinography in experimental glaucoma in rhesus macaques. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2014; 55:7786-98. [PMID: 25370515 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-14527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To test a hypothesis of regional variation in the effect of experimental glaucoma on choroidal blood flow (ChBF) and retinal function. METHODS Five rhesus macaques underwent laser trabecular destruction (LTD) to induce elevated intraocular pressure (IOP). Intraocular pressures were elevated for 56 to 57 weeks. Multifocal electroretinographic (mfERG) and multifocal visual evoked cortical potential (mfVEP) testing were performed at regular intervals before and during the period of IOP elevation. At euthanasia, the IOP was manometrically controlled at 35 (experimentally glaucomatous eye) and 15 (fellow control eye) mm Hg. Fluorescent microspheres were injected into the left ventricle. Regional ChBF was determined. RESULTS All of the experimentally glaucomatous eyes exhibited supranormal first-order kernel (K1) root mean square (RMS) early portions of the mfERG waveforms and decreased amplitudes of the late waveforms. The supranormality was somewhat greater in the central macula. Second-order kernel, first slice (K2.1) RMS mfVEP response was inversely correlated (R(2) = 0.97) with axonal loss. Total ChBF was reduced in the experimentally glaucomatous eyes. The mean blood flow was 893 ± 123 and 481 ± 37 μL/min in the control and glaucomatous eyes, respectively. The ChBF showed regional variability with the greatest proportional decrement most often found in the central macula. CONCLUSIONS This is the first demonstration of globally reduced ChBF in chronic experimental glaucoma in the nonhuman primate. Both the alteration of mfERG waveform components associated with outer retinal function and the reduction in ChBF were greatest in the macula, suggesting that there may be a spatial colocalization between ChBF and some outer retinal effects in glaucoma.
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- T Michael Nork
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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Wang YX, Xu L, Shao L, Zhang YQ, Yang H, Da Wang J, Jonas JB, Wei WB. Subfoveal choroidal thickness and glaucoma. The Beijing Eye Study 2011. PLoS One 2014; 9:e107321. [PMID: 25210857 PMCID: PMC4161421 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2013] [Accepted: 08/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To examine subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT) in eyes with glaucoma, using enhanced depth imaging spectral domain optical coherence tomography. METHODS The population-based Beijing Eye Study 2011 included 3468 individuals with a mean age of 64.6 ± 9.8 years (range: 50-93 years). A detailed ophthalmic examination was performed including spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) with enhanced depth imaging for measurement of SFCT, and assessment of fundus photographs for presence of glaucoma. In addition, the group of patients with chronic angle-closure glaucoma (ACG) from the Beijing Eye Study (n = 37) was merged with a group of patients with chronic ACG from the Tongren hospital (n = 52). RESULTS Assessments of SFCT and glaucoma were available for 3232 (93.2%) subjects. After adjusting for age, axial length, gender, anterior chamber and lens thickness, SFCT was not significantly associated with presence of glaucoma (P = 0.08; regression coefficient B:-15.7). As a corollary, in logistic regression analysis with adjustment for age, axial length and intraocular pressure, presence of glaucoma was not significantly associated with SFCT (P = 0.20). If only open-angle glaucoma was considered, multivariate analysis revealed no significant association between SFCT and presence of open-angle glaucoma (P = 0.44). As a corollary, in logistic regression analysis, open-angle glaucoma was not significantly associated with SFCT (P = 0.91). In a similar manner if only ACG was taken into account, SFCT was not significantly associated with the presence of ACG (P = 0.27) in multivariate analysis. As a corollary in binary regression analysis, presence of ACG was not significantly associated with SFCT (P = 0.27). CONCLUSIONS In multivariate analysis with adjustment for age, axial length, gender, anterior chamber and lens thickness, neither OAG nor ACG was associated with an abnormal SFCT.
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- Ya Xing Wang
- Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty Mannheim of the Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Agrawal S, Singh V, Bhasker SK, Sharma B. Correlation of visual functions with macular thickness in primary open angle glaucoma. Oman J Ophthalmol 2013; 6:96-8. [PMID: 24082667 PMCID: PMC3779423 DOI: 10.4103/0974-620x.116640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Aim: The aim of this study was to establish a correlation between macular thickness on optical coherence tomography (OCT) and 2 visual functions (visual acuity and contrast sensitivity [CS]) in established cases of primary open angle glaucoma (POAG). Materials and Methods: A total of 50 consecutive patients of established POAG between 40 years and 70 years of age attending the glaucoma clinic of a tertiary care eye center in North India were enrolled for this cross-sectional study. Best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), CS and macular thickness by spectral-domain-OCT (Cirrus HD-OCT, CarlZeiss, Germany) were evaluated. Statistical Analysis: The groups were compared together by one factor analysis of variance and the significance of mean difference between the groups was done by Newman-Keuls test. Results: Newman-Keuls test revealed a direct relationship of macular thickness to BCVA and CS (P < 0.05). Conclusion: BCVA and CS are directly related to the macular thickness on OCT.
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- Siddharth Agrawal
- Department of Ophthalmology, King Georges' Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Marangoni D, Falsini B, Colotto A, Salgarello T, Anselmi G, Fadda A, Di Renzo A, Campos EC, Riva CE. Subfoveal choroidal blood flow and central retinal function in early glaucoma. Acta Ophthalmol 2012; 90:e288-94. [PMID: 22268459 DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2011.02340.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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PURPOSE To assess subfoveal choroidal blood flow (ChBF) in patients with early manifest glaucoma (EMG) and to compare blood flow with functional measures of central retinal integrity, standard automated perimetry (SAP) and pattern electroretinogram (PERG). METHODS Subfoveal ChBF was determined by confocal, real-time laser Doppler flowmetry in 24 patients with EMG [>-6 dB mean deviation (MD), age range: 29-77 years, visual acuity: 20/25-20/20] and 23 age-matched control subjects. All patients had a therapeutically (topical beta-blockers with or without prostaglandin analogues) controlled intraocular pressure (IOP < 20 mmHg). Subfoveal choroidal blood volume (ChBVol), velocity (ChBVel) and ChBF were determined as the average of three 60 second recordings. In all patients and controls, the PERG and SAP (Humphrey 30-2), following standardized protocols, were also recorded. RESULTS In patients with EMG, reductions in average ChBVel and ChBF were roughly equal, respectively, by 30% and 33.4% (p < 0.01), when compared to control subjects, so that there was no significant difference in ChBVol between the two groups. Pattern electroretinogram amplitudes were reduced by 46% (p < 0.01) in patients compared to controls. No correlation was found between any of the ChBF parameters and PERG amplitude, or Humphrey 30-2 MD and pattern standard deviation. CONCLUSION The results suggest a significant alteration of both ChBVel and ChBF in EMG, which does not appear to be associated with the severity of central retinal dysfunction. These findings may contribute to a better understanding of the pathophysiology of early glaucomatous damage in EMG and have implications for the treatment of this pathologic condition.
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- Dario Marangoni
- Department of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
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Gunn DJ, Gole GA, Barnett NL. Specific amacrine cell changes in an induced mouse model of glaucoma. Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2011; 39:555-63. [PMID: 21176046 DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2010.02488.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND To investigate retinal cell population changes under chronic elevated intraocular pressure in an inducible mouse model of glaucoma. METHODS Chronic unilateral ocular hypertension was induced in 40 C57BL6/J mice by ablation of the limbal episcleral veins. After 5, 20, 40 and 60 days of elevated intraocular pressure, specific retinal cell types were identified and/or quantified by immunohistochemistry for protein kinase C α, glial fibrillary acidic protein, parvalbumin and calretinin. Apoptotic cells were identified by TUNEL and cleaved caspase-3 immunohistochemistry. RESULTS Elevations in intraocular pressure in the range 22-30 mmHg were developed and sustained in mice for up to 60 days. Protein kinase C α immunoreactivity localized to bipolar cells was unchanged. We observed a rapid increase in glial fibrillary acidic protein expression in Müller cells and a progressive loss of parvalbumin-labelled ganglion cells. After 60 days of elevated intraocular pressure, calretinin-immunoreactive cell counts declined by 55.4% and 46.4% in the inner nuclear and ganglion cell layers, respectively. However, at all time points examined, the markers of cell death were only observed in the ganglion cell layer, not in the inner nuclear layer. CONCLUSIONS In addition to ganglion cell death and reactive Müller cell changes, chronic experimental elevation of intraocular pressure alters calcium-binding protein immunohistochemistry in amacrine cells. However, these changes are not indicative of amacrine cell loss but may represent early indicators of cellular distress that precede physiological dysfunction or cell death.
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- David J Gunn
- The University of Queensland, Perinatal Research Centre, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Guo L, Normando EM, Nizari S, Lara D, Cordeiro MF. Tracking longitudinal retinal changes in experimental ocular hypertension using the cSLO and spectral domain-OCT. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2010; 51:6504-13. [PMID: 20688741 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-5551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Involvement of the outer retina is controversial in glaucoma. The aim of this study was to test, first, whether the outer retina is affected in experimental ocular hypertension (OHT) and, second, whether whole retinal thickness can be used as a surrogate marker of glaucomatous change. METHODS OHT was surgically induced in 20 Dark Agouti rats. Animals were imaged using a modified Spectralis OCT (Heidelberg Engineering, Heidelberg, Germany) at baseline and at 3 and 8 weeks after OHT induction. Measurements were recorded for whole and individual retinal layer thickness in four regions-temporal, superior, nasal, and inferior-around the optic nerve head. RESULTS Whole retinal thickness in normal eyes was 172.19 ± 5.17 μm, with no significant regional differences. OHT caused a significant reduction in whole retinal thickness and the outer nuclear layer (ONL) at 3 and 8 weeks (P < 0.05), along with the expected thinning of the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL). Whole retinal thickness correlated well with RNFL (P = 0.035) and ONL (P ≤ 0.001) changes. Sensitivity of RNFL and ONL to IOP exposure appeared greater at 3 than at 8 weeks. In addition, regional profiles were significantly altered in the ONL and RNFL after OHT induction. CONCLUSIONS Adaptation of the Spectralis OCT enables tracking of structural damage in experimental rat OHT. Here the authors show evidence of glaucomatous damage in the outer retinal layers of this model with significant regional changes and highlight whole retinal thickness in the rat as a useful surrogate marker of inner and outer retinal changes. The authors believe that the OCT data can provide useful information with regard to clinical management.
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- Li Guo
- Visual Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom.
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