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Pang R, Lin D, Di X, Liu X, Gao L, Chen J, Jia Y, Cao K, Ren T, Cheng Y, Wang Y, Wang J, Wang N. Reference values for trans-laminar cribrosa pressure difference and its association with systemic biometric factors. Eye (Lond) 2023; 37:2240-2245. [PMID: 36481959 PMCID: PMC10366086 DOI: 10.1038/s41433-022-02323-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Revised: 10/18/2022] [Accepted: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To provide reference values of trans-laminar cribrosa pressure difference (TLCPD) and reveal the association of TLCPD with systemic biometric factors. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 526 quasi-healthy subjects (including 776 eyes) who required lumbar puncture for medical reasons were selected from 4915 neurology inpatients from 2019 to 2022. Patients with any diseases affecting intraocular pressure (IOP) or intracranial pressure (ICP) were excluded. The ICPs of all subjects were obtained by lumbar puncture in the left lateral decubitus position. IOP was measured in the seated position by a handheld iCare tonometer prior to lumbar puncture. TLCPD was calculated by subtracting ICP from IOP. Systemic biometric factors were assessed within 1 h prior to TLCPD measurement. RESULTS The TLCPD (mean ± standard deviation) was 4.4 ± 3.6 mmHg, and the 95% reference interval (defined as the 2.5th-97.5th percentiles) of TLCPD was -2.27 to 11.94 mmHg. The 95% reference intervals for IOP and ICP were 10-21 and 6.25-15.44 mmHg, respectively. IOP was correlated with ICP (r = 0.126, p < 0.001). TLCPD was significantly negatively correlated with body mass index (r = -0.086, p = 0.049), whereas it was not associated with age, gender, height, weight, blood pressure, pulse, or waist and hip circumference. CONCLUSIONS This study provides reference values of TLCPD and establishes clinically applicable reference intervals for normal TLCPD. Based on association analysis, TLCPD is higher in people with lower BMI.
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- Ruiqi Pang
- Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
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- Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
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Karimi A, Razaghi R, Rahmati SM, Girkin CA, Downs JC. Relative Contributions of Intraocular and Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressures to the Biomechanics of the Lamina Cribrosa and Laminar Neural Tissues. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2022; 63:14. [PMID: 36255364 PMCID: PMC9587471 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.63.11.14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Purpose The laminar region of the optic nerve head (ONH), thought to be the site of damage to the retinal ganglion cell axons in glaucoma, is continuously loaded on its anterior and posterior surfaces by dynamic intraocular pressure (IOP) and orbital cerebrospinal fluid pressure (CSFP), respectively. Thus, translaminar pressure (TLP; TLP = IOP-CSFP) has been proposed as a glaucoma risk factor. Methods Three eye-specific finite element models of the posterior human eye were constructed, including full 3D microstructures of the load-bearing lamina cribrosa (LC) with interspersed laminar neural tissues (NTs), and heterogeneous, anisotropic, hyperelastic material formulations for the surrounding peripapillary sclera and adjacent pia. ONH biomechanical responses were simulated using three combinations of IOP and CSFP loadings consistent with posture change from sitting to supine. Results Results show that tensile, compressive, and shear stresses and strains in the ONH were higher in the supine position compared to the sitting position (P < 0.05). In addition, LC beams bear three to five times more TLP-driven stress than interspersed laminar NT, whereas laminar NT exhibit three to five times greater strain than supporting LC (P < 0.05). Compared with CSFP, IOP drove approximately four times greater stress and strain in the LC, NT, and peripapillary sclera, normalized per mm Hg pressure change. In addition, IOP drove approximately three-fold greater scleral canal expansion and anterior-posterior laminar deformation than CSFP per mm Hg (P < 0.05). Conclusions Whereas TLP has been hypothesized to play a prominent role in ONH biomechanics, the IOP and CSFP effects are not equivalent, as IOP-driven stress, strain, and deformation play a more dominant role than CSFP effects.
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- Alireza Karimi
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
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Shalaby WS, Ahmed OM, Waisbourd M, Katz LJ. A Review of Potential Novel Glaucoma Therapeutic Options Independent of Intraocular Pressure. Surv Ophthalmol 2021; 67:1062-1080. [PMID: 34890600 DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2021.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2021] [Revised: 12/01/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Glaucoma, a progressive optic neuropathy characterized by retinal ganglion cell degeneration and visual field loss, is the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Intraocular pressure (IOP) is presently the only modifiable risk factor demonstrated to slow or halt disease progression; however, glaucomatous damage persists in almost 50% of patients despite significant IOP reduction. Many studies have investigated the non-IOP-related risk factors that contribute to glaucoma progression as well as interventions that can prevent or delay glaucomatous neurodegeneration and preserve vision throughout life, independently of IOP. A vast number of experimental studies have reported effective neuroprotection in glaucoma, and clinical studies are ongoing attempting to provide strong evidence of effectiveness of these interventions. In this review, we look into the current understanding of the pathophysiology of glaucoma and explore the recent advances in non-IOP related strategies for neuroprotection and neuroregeneration in glaucoma.
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Key Words
- AMD, Age-related macular degeneration
- BDNF, Brain derived neurotrophic factor
- CNTF, Ciliary neurotrophic factor
- GDNF, Glial‐derived neurotrophic factor
- Glaucoma
- IOP, Intraocular pressure
- LoGTS, Low-Pressure Glaucoma Treatment Study
- MRI, Magnetic resonance imaging
- MSCs, Mesenchymal stem cells
- NGF, Nerve growth factor
- NTG, Normal tension glaucoma
- OCTA, Optical coherence tomography angiography
- PBM, hotobiomodulation
- PDGF, Platelet derived growth factor
- POAG, Primary open angle glaucoma
- RGCs, Retinal ganglion cells
- TNF-α, Tumor necrosis factor- α
- bFGF, Basic fibroblast growth factor
- gene therapy
- intracranial pressure
- intraocular pressure
- neuroprotection
- ocular blood flow
- oxidative stress
- retinal ganglion cells
- stem cell therapy
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- Wesam Shamseldin Shalaby
- Glaucoma Research Center, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, Tanta Medical School, Tanta University, Tanta, Gharbia, Egypt
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- Glaucoma Research Center, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Glaucoma Research Center, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
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- Glaucoma Research Center, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Kick GR, Meiman EJ, Sabol JC, Whiting REH, Ota-Kuroki J, Castaner LJ, Jensen CA, Katz ML. Visual system pathology in a canine model of CLN5 neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis. Exp Eye Res 2021; 210:108686. [PMID: 34216614 PMCID: PMC8429270 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2021.108686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2021] [Revised: 06/17/2021] [Accepted: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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CLN5 neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis is a hereditary neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive neurological decline, vision loss and seizures. Visual impairment in children with CLN5 disease is attributed to a progressive decline in retinal function accompanied by retinal degeneration as well as impaired central nervous system function associated with global brain atrophy. We studied visual system pathology in five Golden Retriever littermates homozygous for the CLN5 disease allele previously identified in the breed. The dogs exhibited signs of pronounced visual impairment by 21-22 months of age. Electroretinogram recordings showed a progressive decline in retinal function primarily affecting cone neural pathways. Altered visual evoked potential recordings indicated that disease progression affected visual signal processing in the brain. Aside from several small retinal detachment lesions, no gross retinal abnormalities were observed with in vivo ocular imaging and histologically the retinas did not exhibit apparent abnormalities by 23 months of age. However, there was extensive accumulation of autofluorescent membrane-bound lysosomal storage bodies in almost all retinal layers, as well as in the occipital cortex, by 20 months of age. In the retina, storage was particularly pronounced in retinal ganglion cells, the retinal pigment epithelium and in photoreceptor cells just interior to the outer limiting membrane. The visual system pathology of CLN5-affected Golden Retrievers is similar to that seen early in the human disease. It was not possible to follow the dogs to an advanced stage of disease progression due to the severity of behavioral and motor disease signs by 23 months of age. The findings reported here indicate that canine CLN5 disease will be a useful model of visual system disease in CLN5 neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis. The baseline data obtained in this investigation will be useful in future therapeutic intervention studies. The findings indicate that there is a fairly broad time frame after disease onset within which treatments could be effective in preserving vision.
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- Grace Robinson Kick
- Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Laboratory, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65212, USA
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- Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Laboratory, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65212, USA
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- Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Laboratory, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65212, USA
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- Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Laboratory, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65212, USA
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- Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Laboratory, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65212, USA
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- Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Laboratory, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65212, USA
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- Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Laboratory, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65212, USA.
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Dupanloup A, Osinchuk S. Relationship between the ratio of optic nerve sheath diameter to eyeball transverse diameter and morphological characteristics of dogs. Am J Vet Res 2021; 82:667-675. [PMID: 34296941 DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.82.8.667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the feasibility of ocular ultrasonography for measurement of the ratio of optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) to eyeball transverse diameter (ETD) in dogs with various morphologies and to evaluate the interobserver reliability of the ONSD/ETD ratio and its correlation with various morphological variables. ANIMALS 45 healthy dogs of various breeds. PROCEDURES Height, head circumference, body weight, body condition score, intraocular pressure, and blood pressure were recorded for each dog. Unsedated dogs underwent bilateral ocular ultrasonography once. A veterinarian and board-certified ophthalmologist who were unaware of subject signalment independently reviewed the ultrasonographic videos and selected 1 image for each eye on which the ETD and ONSD were measured. The ONSD/ETD ratio was calculated and compared between the 2 observers. Correlations between the ONSD/ETD ratio and various physiologic and morphological variables were assessed. RESULTS 172 ONSD/ETD ratios were recorded. The ONSD/ETD ratio was calculated for at least 1 eye for 44 of the 45 (98%) dogs. Mean ± SD time required to complete the ultrasonographic examination was 90 ± 30 seconds (range, 15 seconds to 3 minutes). The mean ± SD ONSD/ETD ratio was 0.17 ± 0.01 (range, 0.15 to 0.20). The ONSD/ETD ratio did not differ significantly between the left and right eyes or the 2 observers and was not correlated with any of the variables assessed. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE Ocular ultrasonography was a rapid, noninvasive, and reliable method for measurement of the ONSD/ETD ratio. The ONSD/ETD ratio did not appear to be influenced by dog morphology.
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- Adrien Dupanloup
- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5B4, Canada
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- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5B4, Canada
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Gupta S, Singh A, Mahalingam K, Selvan H, Gupta P, Pandey S, Somarajan BI, Gupta V. Myopia and glaucoma progression among patients with juvenile onset open angle glaucoma: A retrospective follow up study. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt 2021; 41:475-485. [DOI: 10.1111/opo.12805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Accepted: 02/01/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Shikha Gupta
- Glaucoma Services Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi India
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- Glaucoma Services Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi India
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- Glaucoma Services Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi India
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- Glaucoma Services Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi India
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- Glaucoma Services Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi India
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- Department of Biostatistics All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi India
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- Glaucoma Services Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi India
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- Glaucoma Services Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi India
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Wu HJ, Kuchtey J, Kuchtey RW. Increased Susceptibility to Glaucomatous Damage in Microfibril Deficient Mice. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2021; 61:28. [PMID: 32797197 PMCID: PMC7441341 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.61.10.28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Purpose To test whether mice with microfibril deficiency due to the Tsk mutation of fibrillin-1 (Fbn1Tsk/+) have increased susceptibility to pressure-induced retinal ganglion cell (RGC) degeneration. Methods Intraocular pressure (IOP) elevation was induced in Fbn1Tsk/+ and wild type (wt) mice by injecting microbeads into the anterior chamber. Mice were then followed up for four months, with IOP measurements every three to six days. Retinas were stained for Brn3a to determine RGC number. Optic nerve cross-sections were stained with p-phenylene diamine to determine nerve area, axon number, and caliber and thickness of the pia mater. Results Microbead injection induced significant IOP elevation that was significantly less for Fbn1Tsk/+ mice compared with wt. The optic nerves and optic nerve axons were larger, and the elastic fiber-rich pia mater was thinner in Fbn1Tsk/+ mice. Microbead injection resulted in reduced optic nerve size, thicker pia mater, and a slight decrease in axon size. Fbn1Tsk/+ mice had significantly greater loss of RGCs and optic nerve axons compared with wt (14.8% vs. 5.8%, P = 0.002, and 17.0% vs. 7.5%, P = 0.002, respectively). Conclusions Fbn1Tsk/+mice had altered optic nerve structure as indicated by larger optic nerves, larger optic nerve axons and thinner pia mater, consistent with our previous findings. Despite lower IOP elevation, Fbn1Tsk/+mice had greater loss of RGCs and optic nerve axons, suggesting increased susceptibility to IOP-induced optic nerve degeneration in microfibril-deficient mice.
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- Hang-Jing Wu
- Vanderbilt Eye Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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- Vanderbilt Eye Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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- Vanderbilt Eye Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States.,Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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Wang YX, Panda-Jonas S, Jonas JB. Optic nerve head anatomy in myopia and glaucoma, including parapapillary zones alpha, beta, gamma and delta: Histology and clinical features. Prog Retin Eye Res 2020; 83:100933. [PMID: 33309588 DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2020.100933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2020] [Revised: 11/22/2020] [Accepted: 11/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The optic nerve head can morphologically be differentiated into the optic disc with the lamina cribrosa as its basis, and the parapapillary region with zones alpha (irregular pigmentation due to irregularities of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and peripheral location), beta zone (complete RPE loss while Bruch's membrane (BM) is present), gamma zone (absence of BM), and delta zone (elongated and thinned peripapillary scleral flange) within gamma zone and located at the peripapillary ring. Alpha zone is present in almost all eyes. Beta zone is associated with glaucoma and may develop due to a IOP rise-dependent parapapillary up-piling of RPE. Gamma zone may develop due to a shift of the non-enlarged BM opening (BMO) in moderate myopia, while in highly myopic eyes, the BMO enlarges and a circular gamma zone and delta zone develop. The ophthalmoscopic shape and size of the optic disc is markedly influenced by a myopic shift of BMO, usually into the temporal direction, leading to a BM overhanging into the intrapapillary compartment at the nasal disc border, a secondary lack of BM in the temporal parapapillary region (leading to gamma zone in non-highly myopic eyes), and an ocular optic nerve canal running obliquely from centrally posteriorly to nasally anteriorly. In highly myopic eyes (cut-off for high myopia at approximately -8 diopters or an axial length of 26.5 mm), the optic disc area enlarges, the lamina cribrosa thus enlarges in area and decreases in thickness, and the BMO increases, leading to a circular gamma zone and delta zone in highly myopic eyes.
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- Ya Xing Wang
- Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Key Laboratory, Beijing, China.
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- Institute for Clinical and Scientific Ophthalmology and Acupuncture Jonas & Panda, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Clinical and Scientific Ophthalmology and Acupuncture Jonas & Panda, Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty Mannheim of the Ruprecht-Karis-University, Mannheim, Germany
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Oikawa K, Ver Hoeve JN, Teixeira LBC, Snyder KC, Kiland JA, Ellinwood NM, McLellan GJ. Sub-region-Specific Optic Nerve Head Glial Activation in Glaucoma. Mol Neurobiol 2020; 57:2620-2638. [PMID: 32266645 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-020-01910-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2019] [Accepted: 03/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Glaucoma, a multifactorial neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive loss of retinal ganglion cells and their axons in the optic nerve, is a leading cause of irreversible vision loss. Intraocular pressure (IOP) is a risk factor for axonal damage, which initially occurs at the optic nerve head (ONH). Complex cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of glaucomatous optic neuropathy remain unclear. Here we define early molecular events in the ONH in an inherited large animal glaucoma model in which ONH structure resembles that of humans. Gene expression profiling of ONH tissues from rigorously phenotyped feline subjects with early-stage glaucoma and precisely age-matched controls was performed by RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) analysis and complementary bioinformatic approaches applied to identify molecular processes and pathways of interest. Immunolabeling supported RNA-seq findings while providing cell-, region-, and disease stage-specific context in the ONH in situ. Transcriptomic evidence for cell proliferation and immune/inflammatory responses is identifiable in early glaucoma, soon after IOP elevation and prior to morphologically detectable axon loss, in this large animal model. In particular, proliferation of microglia and oligodendrocyte precursor cells is a prominent feature of early-stage, but not chronic, glaucoma. ONH microgliosis is a consistent hallmark in both early and chronic stages of glaucoma. Molecular pathways and cell type-specific responses strongly implicate toll-like receptor and NF-κB signaling in early glaucoma pathophysiology. The current study provides critical insights into molecular pathways, highly dependent on cell type and sub-region in the ONH even prior to irreversible axon degeneration in glaucoma.
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- Kazuya Oikawa
- Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1300 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
- McPherson Eye Research Institute, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1300 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
- McPherson Eye Research Institute, Madison, WI, USA
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- McPherson Eye Research Institute, Madison, WI, USA
- Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
- McPherson Eye Research Institute, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1300 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1300 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706, USA.
- McPherson Eye Research Institute, Madison, WI, USA.
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The Influence of Translaminar Pressure Gradient and Intracranial Pressure in Glaucoma: A Review. J Glaucoma 2019; 29:141-146. [DOI: 10.1097/ijg.0000000000001421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Mirra S, Marfany G, Garcia-Fernàndez J. Under pressure: Cerebrospinal fluid contribution to the physiological homeostasis of the eye. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2019; 102:40-47. [PMID: 31761444 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2019.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Accepted: 11/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a waterly, colorless fluid contained within the brain ventricles and the cranial and spinal subarachnoid spaces. CSF physiological functions range from hydromechanical protection of the central nervous system (CNS) to CNS modulation of developmental processes and regulation of interstitial fluid homeostasis. Optic nerve (ON) is surrounded by CSF circulating in the subarachnoid spaces and is exposed to both CSF (CSFP) and intra ocular (IOP) pressures, which converge at the lamina cribrosa (LC) as two opposite forces. The trans-lamina cribrosa pressure gradient (TLPG) is defined as IOP - CSFP and its alterations (due either to an elevation in IOP or a reduction in ICP) could result in structural damaging of the ON, including glaucomatous changes. The purpose of this review is to update the readers on the CSF contribution in controlling the functions/dysfunctions of ON by regulating homeostasis at LC. We also highlight emerging parallelisms regarding the expression of cilia-related genes in the regulation of common functions of body fluids in both brain and eye structures.
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- Serena Mirra
- Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics, Faculty of Biology, and Institut de Biomedicina (IBUB), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), Spain.
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- Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics, Faculty of Biology, and Institut de Biomedicina (IBUB), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), Spain.
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- Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics, Faculty of Biology, and Institut de Biomedicina (IBUB), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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Swampillai AJ, Booth AP. Manifestation of papilloedema secondary to intracranial hypertension following trabeculectomy in juvenile open angle glaucoma. Can J Ophthalmol 2019; 54:e186-e188. [PMID: 31358165 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2018.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2018] [Accepted: 11/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Royal Eye Infirmary, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Plymouth, U.K
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Tong J, Kedar S, Ghate D, Gu L. Indirect Traumatic Optic Neuropathy Induced by Primary Blast: A Fluid–Structure Interaction Study. J Biomech Eng 2019; 141:2733245. [DOI: 10.1115/1.4043668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Current knowledge of traumatic ocular injury is still limited as most studies have focused on the ocular injuries that happened at the anterior part of the eye, whereas the damage to the optic nerve known as traumatic optic neuropathy (TON) is poorly understood. The goal of this study is to understand the mechanism of the TON following the primary blast through a fluid–structure interaction model. An axisymmetric three-dimensional (3D) eye model with detailed orbital components was developed to capture the dynamics of the eye under the blast wave. Our numerical results demonstrated a transient pressure elevation in both vitreous and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). A high strain rate over 100 s−1 was observed throughout the optic nerve during the blast with the most vulnerable part located at the intracanalicular region. The optic nerve deforming at such a high strain rate may account for the axonal damage and vision loss in patients subjected to the primary blast. The results from this work would enhance the understanding of indirect TON and provide guidance in the design of protective eyewear against such injury.
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- Junfei Tong
- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0656 e-mail:
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- Stanley Truhlsen Eye Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68105-1119; Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-8440
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- Stanley Truhlsen Eye Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68105-1119
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- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0656
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Smith DW, Lee CJ, Morgan W, Gardiner BS. Estimating three-dimensional outflow and pressure gradients within the human eye. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0214961. [PMID: 30964894 PMCID: PMC6456205 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2018] [Accepted: 03/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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In this paper we set the previously reported pressure-dependent, ordinary differential equation outflow model by Smith and Gardiner for the human eye, into a new three-dimensional (3D) porous media outflow model of the eye, and calibrate model parameters using data reported in the literature. Assuming normal outflow through anterior pathways, we test the ability of 3D flow model to predict the pressure elevation with a silicone oil tamponade. Then assuming outflow across the retinal pigment epithelium is normal, we test the ability of the 3D model to predict the pressure elevation in Schwartz-Matsuo syndrome. For the first time we find the flow model can successfully model both conditions, which helps to build confidence in the validity and accuracy of the 3D pressure-dependent outflow model proposed here. We employ this flow model to estimate the translaminar pressure gradient within the optic nerve head of a normal eye in both the upright and supine postures, and during the day and at night. Based on a ratio of estimated and measured pressure gradients, we define a factor of safety against acute interruption of axonal transport at the laminar cribrosa. Using a completely independent method, based on the behaviour of dynein molecular motors, we compute the factor of safety against stalling the dynein molecule motors, and so compromising retrograde axonal transport. We show these two independent methods for estimating factors of safety agree reasonably well and appear to be consistent. Taken together, the new 3D pressure-dependent outflow model proves itself to capable of providing a useful modeling platform for analyzing eye behaviour in a variety of physiological and clinically useful contexts, including IOP elevation in Schwartz-Matsuo syndrome and with silicone oil tamponade, and potentially for risk assessment for optic glaucomatous neuropathy.
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- David W. Smith
- Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
- College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
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- Lions Eye Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
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Relative Contributions of Intracranial Pressure and Intraocular Pressure on Lamina Cribrosa Behavior. J Ophthalmol 2019; 2019:3064949. [PMID: 31007950 PMCID: PMC6441528 DOI: 10.1155/2019/3064949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2018] [Accepted: 12/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Purpose To characterize the relative contributions of intraocular pressure (IOP) and intracranial pressure (ICP) on lamina cribrosa (LC) behavior, specifically LC depth (LCD) and LC peak strain. Methods An axially symmetric finite element model of the posterior eye was constructed with an elongated optic nerve and retro-orbital subarachnoid space ensheathed by pia and dura mater. The mechanical environment in LC was evaluated with ICP ranging from 5 to 15 mmHg and IOP from 10 to 45 mmHg. LCD and LC peak strains at various ICP and IOP levels were estimated using full factorial experiments. Multiple linear regression analyses were then applied to estimate LCD and LC peak strain using ICP and IOP as independent variables. Results Both increased ICP and decreased IOP led to a smaller LCD and LC peak strain. The regression correlation coefficient for LCD was -1.047 for ICP and 1.049 for IOP, and the ratio of the two regression coefficients was -1.0. The regression correlation coefficient for LC peak strain was -0.025 for ICP and 0.106 for IOP, and the ratio of the two regression coefficients was -0.24. A stiffer sclera increased LCD but decreased LC peak strain; besides, it increased the relative contribution of ICP on the LCD but decreased that on the LC peak strain. Conclusions ICP and IOP have opposing effects on LCD and LC peak strain. While their effects on LCD are equivalent, the effect of IOP on LC peak strain is 3 times larger than that of ICP. The influences of these pressure are dependent on sclera material properties, which might explain the pathogenesis of ocular hypertension and normal-tension glaucoma.
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Enlarged Optic Nerve Axons and Reduced Visual Function in Mice with Defective Microfibrils. eNeuro 2018; 5:eN-NWR-0260-18. [PMID: 30406200 PMCID: PMC6220594 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0260-18.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2018] [Accepted: 10/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Glaucoma is a leading cause of irreversible vision loss due to retinal ganglion cell (RGC) degeneration that develops slowly with age. Elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) is a significant risk factor, although many patients develop glaucoma with IOP in the normal range. Mutations in microfibril-associated genes cause glaucoma in animal models, suggesting the hypothesis that microfibril defects contribute to glaucoma. To test this hypothesis, we investigated IOP and functional/structural correlates of RGC degeneration in mice of either sex with abnormal microfibrils due to heterozygous Tsk mutation of the fibrilin-1 gene (Fbn1Tsk/+). Although IOP was not affected, Fbn1Tsk/+ mice developed functional deficits at advanced age consistent with glaucoma, including reduced RGC responses in electroretinogram (ERG) experiments. While RGC density in the retina was not affected, the density of RGC axons in the optic nerve was significantly reduced in Fbn1Tsk/+ mice. However, reduced axon density correlated with expanded optic nerves, resulting in similar numbers of axons in Fbn1Tsk/+ and control nerves. Axons in the optic nerves of Fbn1Tsk/+ mice were significantly enlarged and axon diameter was strongly correlated with optic nerve area, as has been reported in early pathogenesis of the DBA/2J mouse model of glaucoma. Our results suggest that microfibril abnormalities can lead to phenotypes found in early-stage glaucomatous neurodegeneration. Thinning of the elastic fiber-rich pia mater was found in Fbn1Tsk/+ mice, suggesting mechanisms allowing for optic nerve expansion and a possible biomechanical contribution to determination of axon caliber.
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Ramo NL, Troyer KL, Puttlitz CM. Viscoelasticity of spinal cord and meningeal tissues. Acta Biomater 2018; 75:253-262. [PMID: 29852238 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2018.05.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2018] [Revised: 05/02/2018] [Accepted: 05/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Compared to the outer dura mater, the mechanical behavior of spinal pia and arachnoid meningeal layers has received very little attention in the literature. This is despite experimental evidence of their importance with respect to the overall spinal cord stiffness and recovery following compression. Accordingly, inclusion of the mechanical contribution of the pia and arachnoid maters would improve the predictive accuracy of finite element models of the spine, especially in the distribution of stresses and strain through the cord's cross-section. However, to-date, only linearly elastic moduli for what has been previously identified as spinal pia mater is available in the literature. This study is the first to quantitatively compare the viscoelastic behavior of isolated spinal pia-arachnoid-complex, neural tissue of the spinal cord parenchyma, and intact construct of the two. The results show that while it only makes up 5.5% of the overall cross-sectional area, the thin membranes of the innermost meninges significantly affect both the elastic and viscous response of the intact construct. Without the contribution of the pia and arachnoid maters, the spinal cord has very little inherent stiffness and experiences significant relaxation when strained. The ability of the fitted non-linear viscoelastic material models of each condition to predict independent data within experimental variability supports their implementation into future finite element computational studies of the spine. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The neural tissue of the spinal cord is surrounded by three fibrous layers called meninges which are important in the behavior of the overall spinal-cord-meningeal construct. While the mechanical properties of the outermost layer have been reported, the pia mater and arachnoid mater have received considerably less attention. This study is the first to directly compare the behavior of the isolated neural tissue of the cord, the isolated pia-arachnoid complex, and the construct of these individual components. The results show that, despite being very thin, the inner meninges significantly affect the elastic and time-dependent response of the spinal cord, which may have important implications for studies of spinal cord injury.
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- Nicole L Ramo
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA; Department of Clinical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
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Hua Y, Tong J, Ghate D, Kedar S, Gu L. Intracranial Pressure Influences the Behavior of the Optic Nerve Head. J Biomech Eng 2017; 139:2593203. [PMID: 27935009 DOI: 10.1115/1.4035406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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In this work, the biomechanical responses of the optic nerve head (ONH) to acute elevations in intracranial pressure (ICP) were systematically investigated through numerical modeling. An orthogonal experimental design was developed to quantify the influence of ten input factors that govern the anatomy and material properties of the ONH on the peak maximum principal strain (MPS) in the lamina cribrosa (LC) and postlaminar neural tissue (PLNT). Results showed that the sensitivity of ONH responses to various input factors was region-specific. In the LC, the peak MPS was most strongly dependent on the sclera thickness, LC modulus, and scleral canal size, whereas in the PLNT, the peak MPS was more sensitive to the scleral canal size, neural tissue modulus, and pia mater modulus. The enforcement of clinically relevant ICP in the retro-orbital subarachnoid space influenced the sensitivity analysis. It also induced much larger strains in the PLNT than in the LC. Moreover, acute elevation of ICP leads to dramatic strain distribution changes in the PLNT, but had minimal impact on the LC. This work could help to better understand patient-specific responses, to provide guidance on biomechanical factors resulting in optic nerve diseases, such as glaucoma, papilledema, and ischemic optic neuropathy, and to illuminate the possibilities for exploiting their potential to treat and prevent ONH diseases.
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- Yi Hua
- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0656
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- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0656
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- Stanley Truhlsen Eye Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68105-1119;Center for Advanced Surgical Technology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-6245
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- Stanley Truhlsen Eye Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68105-1119;Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-8440
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- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0656;Center for Advanced Surgical Technology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-6245;Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, Lincoln, NE 68588-0656 e-mail:
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Jonas JB, Kutscher JN, Panda-Jonas S, Hayreh SS. Lamina cribrosa thickness correlated with posterior scleral thickness and axial length in monkeys. Acta Ophthalmol 2016; 94:e693-e696. [PMID: 27156570 DOI: 10.1111/aos.13070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2015] [Accepted: 02/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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PURPOSE To explore associations of lamina cribrosa thickness with axial length and thickness of the posterior sclera in monkeys. METHODS Examining histological sections by light microscopy, we measured the thickness of the lamina cribrosa and posterior sclera and axial length. RESULTS The study included 28 animals (28 eyes) with a mean age of 13.3 ± 4.9 years (range: 3-24 years) and mean axial length of 18.9 ± 1.4 mm (range: 17-21 mm) (22 eyes after experimental temporary central retinal artery occlusion; four eyes after a permanent occlusion of the posterior ciliary artery; and two eyes without any intervention). Mean thickness of the lamina cribrosa was 167 ± 30 μm (range: 115-273 μm). Thinner lamina cribrosa thickness was significantly associated with longer axial length (standardized correlation coefficient beta: -0.42; p = 0.026), with thinner sclera at the posterior pole (beta: 0.56; p = 0.002) and with thinner sclera at the disc border (beta: 0.55; p = 0.002). Lamina cribrosa thickness was not significantly related to temporary central retinal artery occlusion (p = 0.14) or to permanent posterior ciliary artery occlusion (p = 0.49) or age (p = 0.46). CONCLUSIONS As in humans, lamina cribrosa thickness in non-glaucomatous monkeys got thinner with longer axial length and with thinner posterior sclera. These data may be of interest for studies on the process of emmetropization/myopization in monkeys, and they may be of interest for the studies on the biomechanics of the optic nerve head.
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- Jost B. Jonas
- Department of Ophthalmology; Medical Faculty Mannheim of the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg; Mannheim Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology; Medical Faculty Mannheim of the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg; Mannheim Germany
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- Department of Ophthalmology; Medical Faculty Mannheim of the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg; Mannheim Germany
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- Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; College of Medicine; University of Iowa; Iowa City IA USA
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Retinal venous pulsation: Expanding our understanding and use of this enigmatic phenomenon. Prog Retin Eye Res 2016; 55:82-107. [DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2016.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2016] [Revised: 06/22/2016] [Accepted: 06/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Eklund A, Jóhannesson G, Johansson E, Holmlund P, Qvarlander S, Ambarki K, Wåhlin A, Koskinen LOD, Malm J. The pressure difference between eye and brain changes with posture. Ann Neurol 2016; 80:269-76. [DOI: 10.1002/ana.24713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2016] [Revised: 06/27/2016] [Accepted: 06/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Anders Eklund
- Department of Radiation Sciences; Umeå University; Umeå Sweden
- Center for Biomedical Engineering and Physics; Umeå University; Umeå Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Science; Ophthalmology, Umeå University; Umeå Sweden
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- Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Neuroscience; Umeå University; Umeå Sweden
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- Department of Radiation Sciences; Umeå University; Umeå Sweden
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- Department of Radiation Sciences; Umeå University; Umeå Sweden
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- Department of Radiation Sciences; Umeå University; Umeå Sweden
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- Department of Radiation Sciences; Umeå University; Umeå Sweden
- Umeå Center for Functional Brain Imaging; Umeå University; Umeå Sweden
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- Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Neuroscience; Umeå University; Umeå Sweden
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- Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Neuroscience; Umeå University; Umeå Sweden
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Jonas JB, Wang N, Yang D. Translamina Cribrosa Pressure Difference as Potential Element in the Pathogenesis of Glaucomatous Optic Neuropathy. Asia Pac J Ophthalmol (Phila) 2016; 5:5-10. [PMID: 26713405 DOI: 10.1097/apo.0000000000000170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The main proven risk factor for glaucomatous optic neuropathy (GON) is an intraocular pressure (IOP) higher than the pressure sensibility of the optic nerve head allows. Fulfilling Koch postulates, numerous studies have shown that the presence of high IOP leads to GON, that lowering IOP stops the progression of GON, and that a re-increase in IOP again causes the progression of GON. There are, however, many patients with glaucoma who have statistically normal or low IOP, and despite low IOP values, they develop progressing GON. These observations led to findings that IOP is only 1 of 2 determinants of the translamina cribrosa pressure difference (TLCPD), which is the main pressure-related parameter for the physiology and pathophysiology of the optic nerve head. The second parameter influencing TLCPD is orbital cerebrospinal fluid pressure (CSFP) as the counter pressure against IOP across the lamina cribrosa. Recent experimental and clinical studies have suggested that a low CSFP could be associated with GON in normal-pressure glaucoma. These investigations included studies with an experimental long-term reduction in CSFP in monkeys, population-based studies, and clinical retrospective and prospective investigations on patients with normal-pressure glaucoma. Besides TLCPD, other ocular parameters influenced by CSFP may be choroidal thickness, retinal vein pressure and diameter, occurrence of retinal vein occlusions, and occurrence and severity of diabetic retinopathy.
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- Jost B Jonas
- From the *Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Ruprecht-Karls-University, Seegartenklinik Heidelberg, Germany; †Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Key Laboratory; and ‡Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Key Laboratory, Beijing, China
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Jonas JB, Ritch R, Panda-Jonas S. Cerebrospinal fluid pressure in the pathogenesis of glaucoma. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 2015; 221:33-47. [PMID: 26518071 DOI: 10.1016/bs.pbr.2015.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The optic nerve head forms the interface between the intraocular compartment and the retrobulbar compartment. The former is characterized by what we term intraocular pressure (IOP) and the latter by orbital cerebrospinal fluid pressure (CSFP). The trans-lamina cribrosa pressure difference (TLCPD) is defined as the difference between the pressures in the two compartments. Any change in one of them can be associated with a disturbance of homeostasis of the optic nerve head, such as papilledema or glaucomatous optic neuropathy. In particular, glaucomatous optic neuropathy may be due to either an elevated IOP and/or an abnormally low orbital CSFP, or due to a change in the time-dependent relationship between the pulse-synchronous changes in IOP and orbital CSFP. Based on the triangular relationships between IOP, CSFP, and blood pressure, glaucoma may be described as an imbalance between these three pressure parameters, eventually leading to an increased TLCPD. Because the retinal and choroidal venous blood drains through the CSFP space, elevated CSFP may be associated with dilated retinal veins, increased incidence of retinal vein occlusions, higher prevalence and severity of diabetic retinopathy, and thicker choroid.
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- Jost B Jonas
- Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty Mannheim of the Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg, Germany; Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Key Laboratory, Beijing, China.
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- Einhorn Clinical Research Center, New York Ear Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mt. Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty Mannheim of the Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg, Germany
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Facts and myths of cerebrospinal fluid pressure for the physiology of the eye. Prog Retin Eye Res 2015; 46:67-83. [DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2015.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2014] [Revised: 01/09/2015] [Accepted: 01/13/2015] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Morgan WH, Balaratnasingam C, Lind CRP, Colley S, Kang MH, House PH, Yu DY. Cerebrospinal fluid pressure and the eye. Br J Ophthalmol 2015; 100:71-7. [DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2015-306705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2015] [Accepted: 03/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Chapter 2 - Restoring Vision to the Blind: Optogenetics. Transl Vis Sci Technol 2014; 3:4. [PMID: 25653888 PMCID: PMC4314991 DOI: 10.1167/tvst.3.7.4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2014] [Accepted: 10/27/2014] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Lee EJ, Kim TW, Kim M, Kim H. Influence of lamina cribrosa thickness and depth on the rate of progressive retinal nerve fiber layer thinning. Ophthalmology 2014; 122:721-9. [PMID: 25433610 DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2014.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2014] [Revised: 10/13/2014] [Accepted: 10/13/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To determine whether lamina cribrosa (LC) depth (LCD) and LC thickness (LCT) are associated with a faster rate of progressive retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thinning in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). DESIGN Prospective, observational study. PARTICIPANTS One hundred ten eyes diagnosed with POAG (n = 110 patients) in which RNFL thickness had been measured by serial spectral-domain (SD) optical coherence tomography (OCT) for at least 2.5 years. METHODS The participants underwent enhanced depth imaging volume scanning of the optic nerve, and circumpapillary RNFL thickness measurements were obtained using SD OCT. The participants were followed up regularly with serial RNFL thickness measurements at 6-month or longer intervals. Lamina cribrosa depth was measured at 7 equidistant planes and LCT was measured at 3 locations (superior midperipheral, midhorizontal, and inferior midperipheral). The rate of RNFL thinning was determined by linear regression of serial OCT RNFL thickness measurements over time. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Factors associated with the rate of OCT RNFL thinning. RESULTS A faster rate of RNFL thinning was associated with disc hemorrhage during follow-up (P < 0.001), wider β-zone parapapillary atrophy with Bruch's membrane (P = 0.037), larger global RNFL thickness (P = 0.026), larger LCD (P < 0.001), and smaller LCT (P = 0.002). The association between LCD and the rate of RNFL thinning was explained better using a fractional polynomial model (R(2) = 0.223) than a linear model (R(2) = 0.134; P = 0.010). Davies' test revealed a statistically significant breakpoint for LCD (489.7 μm), above which a faster rate of global RNFL thinning was associated with a larger LCD. CONCLUSIONS A thinner LC and a larger LC displacement had a significant influence on the rate of progressive RNFL thinning.
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- Eun Ji Lee
- Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Konyang University, Kim's Eye Hospital, Myung-Gok Eye Research Institute, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Applied Statistics, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
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Functional and morphological characteristics of the retinal and choroidal vasculature. Prog Retin Eye Res 2014; 40:53-93. [DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2014.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2013] [Revised: 02/14/2014] [Accepted: 02/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Balaratnasingam C, Kang MH, Yu P, Chan G, Morgan WH, Cringle SJ, Yu DY. Comparative quantitative study of astrocytes and capillary distribution in optic nerve laminar regions. Exp Eye Res 2014; 121:11-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2014.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2013] [Revised: 01/29/2014] [Accepted: 02/09/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Sigal IA, Grimm JL, Jan NJ, Reid K, Minckler DS, Brown DJ. Eye-specific IOP-induced displacements and deformations of human lamina cribrosa. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2014; 55:1-15. [PMID: 24334450 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-12724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To measure high-resolution eye-specific displacements and deformations induced within the human LC microstructure by an acute increase in IOP. METHODS Six eyes from donors aged 23 to 82 were scanned using second harmonic-generated (SHG) imaging at various levels of IOP from 10 to 50 mm Hg. An image registration technique was developed, tested, and used to find the deformation mapping between maximum intensity projection images acquired at low and elevated IOP. The mappings were analyzed to determine the magnitude and distribution of the IOP-induced displacements and deformations and contralateral similarity. RESULTS Images of the LC were obtained and the registration technique was successful. IOP increases produced substantial, and potentially biologically significant, levels of in-plane LC stretch and compression (reaching 10%-25% medians and 20%-30% 75th percentiles). Deformations were sometimes highly focal and concentrated in regions as small as a few pores. Regions of largest displacement, stretch, compression, and shear did not colocalize. Displacements and strains were not normally distributed. Contralateral eyes did not always have more similar responses to IOP than unrelated eyes. Under elevated IOP, some LC regions were under bi-axial stretch, others under bi-axial compression. CONCLUSIONS We obtained eye-specific measurements of the complex effects of IOP on the LC with unprecedented resolution in uncut and unfixed human eyes. Our technique was robust to electronic and speckle noise. Elevated IOP produced substantial in-plane LC stretch and compression. Further research will explore the effects of IOP on the LC in a three-dimensional framework.
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- Ian A Sigal
- Department of Ophthalmology, UPMC Eye Center, Ophthalmology and Visual Science Research Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Retinal ganglion cells: Energetics, compartmentation, axonal transport, cytoskeletons and vulnerability. Prog Retin Eye Res 2013; 36:217-46. [PMID: 23891817 DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2013.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2013] [Revised: 07/02/2013] [Accepted: 07/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) are specialized projection neurons that relay an immense amount of visual information from the retina to the brain. RGC signal inputs are collected by dendrites and output is distributed from the cell body via very thin (0.5-1 μm) and long (∼50 mm) axons. The RGC cell body is larger than other retinal neurons, but is still only a very small fraction (one ten thousandths) of the length and total surface area of the axon. The total distance traversed by RGCs extends from the retina, starting from synapses with bipolar and amacrine cells, to the brain, to synapses with neurons in the lateral geniculate nucleus. This review will focus on the energy demands of RGCs and the relevant tissues that surround them. RGC survival and function unexceptionally depends upon free energy, predominantly adenosine triphosphate (ATP). RGC energy metabolism is vastly different when compared to that of the photoreceptors. Each subcellular component of the RGC is remarkably different in terms of structure, function and extracellular environment. The energy demands and distribution of each component are also distinct as evidenced by the uneven distribution of mitochondria and ATP within the RGC - signifying the presence of intracellular energy gradients. In this review we will describe RGCs as having four subcellular components, (1) Dendrites, (2) Cell body, (3) Non-myelinated axon, including intraocular and optic nerve head portions, and (4) Myelinated axon, including the intra-orbital and intracranial portions. We will also describe how RGCs integrate information from each subcellular component in order achieve intracellular homeostatic stability as well as respond to perturbations in the extracellular environment. The possible cellular mechanisms such as axonal transport and axonal cytoskeleton proteins that are involved in maintaining RGC energy homeostasis during normal and disease conditions will also be discussed in depth. The emphasis of this review will be on energetic mechanisms within RGC components that have the most relevance to clinical ophthalmology.
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Kang MH, Balaratnasingam C, Yu PK, Morgan WH, McAllister IL, Cringle SJ, Yu DY. Alterations to vascular endothelium in the optic nerve head in patients with vascular comorbidities. Exp Eye Res 2013; 111:50-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2013.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2012] [Revised: 02/19/2013] [Accepted: 03/05/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Fleischman D, Allingham RR. The role of cerebrospinal fluid pressure in glaucoma and other ophthalmic diseases: A review. Saudi J Ophthalmol 2013; 27:97-106. [PMID: 24227969 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjopt.2013.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2013] [Accepted: 03/11/2013] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Glaucoma is one of the most common causes of blindness in the world. Well-known risk factors include age, race, a positive family history and elevated intraocular pressures. A newly proposed risk factor is decreased cerebrospinal fluid pressure (CSFP). This concept is based on the notion that a pressure differential exists across the lamina cribrosa, which separates the intraocular space from the subarachnoid fluid space. In this construct, an increased translaminar pressure difference will occur with a relative increase in elevated intraocular pressure or a reduction in CSFP. This net change in pressure is proposed to act on the tissues within the optic nerve head, potentially contributing to glaucomatous optic neuropathy. Similarly, patients with ocular hypertension who have elevated CSFPs, would enjoy a relatively protective effect from glaucomatous damage. This review will focus on the current literature pertaining to the role of CSFP in glaucoma. Additionally, the authors examine the relationship between glaucoma and other known CSFP-related ophthalmic disorders.
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- David Fleischman
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Berdahl JP, Yu DY, Morgan WH. The translaminar pressure gradient in sustained zero gravity, idiopathic intracranial hypertension, and glaucoma. Med Hypotheses 2012; 79:719-24. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2012.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2012] [Accepted: 08/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Sigal IA, Flanagan JG, Lathrop KL, Tertinegg I, Bilonick R. Human lamina cribrosa insertion and age. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2012; 53:6870-9. [PMID: 22956611 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-9890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To test the hypothesis that in healthy human eyes the lamina cribrosa (LC) insertion into the pia mater increases with age. METHODS The optic nerve heads (ONHs) of donor eyes fixed at either 5 or 50 mm Hg of IOP were sectioned, stained, and imaged under bright- and dark-field conditions. A 3-dimensional (3D) model of each ONH was reconstructed. From the 3D models we measured the area of LC insertion into the peripapillary scleral flange and into the pia, and computed the total area of insertion and fraction of LC inserting into the pia. Linear mixed effect models were used to determine if the measurements were associated with age or IOP. RESULTS We analyzed 21 eyes from 11 individuals between 47 and 91 years old. The LC inserted into the pia in all eyes. The fraction of LC inserting into the pia (2.2%-29.6%) had a significant decrease with age (P = 0.049), which resulted from a nonsignificant increase in the total area of LC insertion (P = 0.41) and a nonsignificant decrease in the area of LC insertion into the pia (P = 0.55). None of the measures was associated with fixation IOP (P values 0.44-0.81). Differences between fellow eyes were smaller than differences between unrelated eyes. CONCLUSIONS The LC insertion into the pia mater is common in middle-aged and older eyes, and does not increase with age. The biomechanical and vascular implications of the LC insertion into the pia mater are not well understood and should be investigated further.
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- Ian A Sigal
- Department of Ophthalmology, UPMC Eye Center, Eye and Ear Institute, Ophthalmology and Visual Science Research Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.
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The pathogenesis of normal (intraocular) pressure glaucoma has remained unclear so far. As hospital-based studies showed an association of normal-pressure glaucoma with low systemic blood pressure, particularly at night, and with vasospastic symptoms, it has been hypothesized that a vascular factor may play a primary role in the pathogenesis of normal-pressure glaucoma. That assumption may, however, be contradicted by the morphology of the optic nerve head. Eyes with normal-pressure glaucoma and glaucomatous eyes with high-intraocular pressure can show a strikingly similar appearance of the optic nerve head, including a loss of neuroretinal rim, a deepening of the optic cup, and an enlargement of parapapillary atrophy. These features, however, are not found in any (other) vascular optic neuropathy, with the exception of an enlargement and deepening of the optic cup in arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy. One may additionally take into account (i) that it is the trans-lamina cribrosa pressure difference (and not the trans-corneal pressure difference, i.e. the so-called intraocular pressure) which is of importance for the physiology and pathophysiology of the optic nerve head; (ii) that studies have shown that the anatomy of the optic nerve head including the intraocular pressure, the anatomy and biomechanics of the lamina cribrosa and peripapillary sclera, retrobulbar orbital cerebrospinal fluid pressure and the retrobulbar optic nerve tissue pressure may be of importance for the pathogenesis of the highly myopic type of chronic open-angle glaucoma; (iii) that studies have suggested a physiological association between the pressure in all three fluid filled compartments, i.e. the systemic arterial blood pressure, the cerebrospinal fluid pressure and the intraocular pressure; (iv) that an experimental investigation suggested that a low cerebrospinal fluid pressure may play a role in the pathogenesis of normal (intraocular) pressure glaucoma; and (v) that recent clinical studies reported that patients with normal (intraocular) pressure glaucoma had significantly lower cerebrospinal fluid pressure and a higher trans-lamina cribrosa pressure difference when compared to normal subjects. One may, therefore, postulate that a low cerebrospinal fluid pressure may be associated with normal (intraocular) pressure glaucoma. A low systemic blood pressure, particularly at night, could physiologically be associated with a low cerebrospinal fluid pressure, which leads to an abnormally high trans-lamina cribrosa pressure difference and as such to a similar situation as if the cerebrospinal fluid pressure is normal and the intraocular pressure is elevated. This model could explain why patients with normal (intraocular) pressure glaucoma tend to have a low systemic blood pressure, and why eyes with normal (intraocular) pressure glaucoma and eyes with high-pressure glaucoma, in contrast to eyes with a direct vascular optic neuropathy, show profound similarities in the appearance of the optic nerve head.
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- Jost B Jonas
- Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Sigal IA. An applet to estimate the IOP-induced stress and strain within the optic nerve head. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2011; 52:5497-506. [PMID: 21527378 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-7141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The ability to predict the biomechanical response of the optic nerve head (ONH) to intraocular pressure (IOP) elevation holds great promise, yet remains elusive. The objective of this work was to introduce an approach to model ONH biomechanics that combines the ease of use and speed of analytical models with the flexibility and power of numerical models. METHODS Models representing a variety of ONHs were produced, and finite element (FE) techniques used to predict the stresses (forces) and strains (relative deformations) induced on each of the models by IOP elevations (up to 10 mm Hg). Multivariate regression was used to parameterize each biomechanical response as an analytical function. These functions were encoded into a Flash-based applet. Applet utility was demonstrated by investigating hypotheses concerning ONH biomechanics posited in the literature. RESULTS All responses were parameterized well by polynomials (R² values between 0.985 and 0.999), demonstrating the effectiveness of our fitting approach. Previously published univariate results were reproduced with the applet in seconds. A few minutes allowed for multivariate analysis, with which it was predicted that often, but not always, larger eyes experience higher levels of stress and strain than smaller ones, even at the same IOP. CONCLUSIONS An applet has been presented with which it is simple to make rapid estimates of IOP-related ONH biomechanics. The applet represents a step toward bringing the power of FE modeling beyond the specialized laboratory and can thus help develop more refined biomechanics-based hypotheses. The applet is available for use at www.ocularbiomechanics.com.
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- Ian A Sigal
- Ocular Biomechanics Laboratory, UPMC Eye Center, Eye and Ear Institute, Ophthalmology and Visual Science Research Center, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.
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Sigal IA, Yang H, Roberts MD, Burgoyne CF, Downs JC. IOP-induced lamina cribrosa displacement and scleral canal expansion: an analysis of factor interactions using parameterized eye-specific models. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2011; 52:1896-907. [PMID: 20881292 PMCID: PMC3101679 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-5500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2010] [Revised: 07/09/2010] [Accepted: 09/06/2010] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To study the anterior-posterior lamina cribrosa deformation (LCD) and the scleral canal expansion (SCE) produced by an increase in IOP and identify the main factors and interactions that determine these responses in the monkey. METHODS Eye-specific baseline models of the LC and sclera of both eyes of three normal monkeys were constructed. Morphing techniques were used to generate 888 models with controlled variations in LC thickness, position and modulus (stiffness), scleral thickness and modulus, and scleral canal size and eccentricity. Finite element modeling was used to simulate an increase in IOP from 10 to 15 mm Hg. A two-level, full-factorial experimental design was used to select factor combinations and to determine the sensitivity of LCD and SCE to the eight factors, independently and in interaction. RESULTS LCD was between 53.6 μm (posteriorly) and -12.9 μm (anteriorly), whereas SCE was between 0.5 and 15.2 μm (all expansions). LCD was most sensitive to laminar modulus and position (24% and 21% of the variance in LCD, respectively), whereas SCE was most sensitive to scleral modulus and thickness (46% and 36% of the variance in SCE, respectively). There were also strong interactions between factors (35% and 7% of the variance in LCD and SCE, respectively). CONCLUSIONS IOP-related LCD and SCE result from a complex combination of factors, including geometry and material properties of the LC and sclera. This work lays the foundation for interpreting the range of individual sensitivities to IOP and illustrates that predicting individual ONH response to IOP will require the measurement of multiple factors.
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- Ian A. Sigal
- From the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana; and
- the Ocular Biomechanics and
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- From the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana; and
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- Optic Nerve Head Research Laboratories, Devers Eye Institute, Portland, Oregon
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- Optic Nerve Head Research Laboratories, Devers Eye Institute, Portland, Oregon
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Sigal IA, Flanagan JG, Tertinegg I, Ethier CR. 3D morphometry of the human optic nerve head. Exp Eye Res 2009; 90:70-80. [PMID: 19772858 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2009.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2009] [Revised: 08/24/2009] [Accepted: 09/14/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Human optic nerve head (ONH) anatomy is of interest in glaucoma. Our goal was to carry out a morphometric study of the human ONH based on 3D reconstructions from histologic sections. A set of 10 human ONHs (from four pairs of eyes plus two singles) were reconstructed in an iterative procedure that required the resulting geometries to satisfy a set of quality control criteria. Five models corresponded to eyes fixed at 5 mmHg and the other five models to eyes fixed at 50 mmHg. Several aspects of ONH morphology were measured based on surface and point landmarks: the thicknesses of the lamina cribrosa (LC), the peripapillary sclera and the pre-laminar neural tissue (peripapillary and within the cup); the minimum distance between the anterior surface of the LC and the subarachnoid space; the surface area of the anterior and posterior surfaces of the LC; and the diameter of the scleral canal opening. Our results showed that about one third of the anterior LC surface was obscured from view from the front by the sclera. In all eyes the LC inserted into the pia mater, and not only into the sclera. The variations in ONH morphology between eyes of a pair exceeded, or were of the same order as, changes in morphology due to acute changes in IOP. The reconstruction and morphometry techniques introduced are suitable for application to the ONH. Comparison of measurements in eyes fixed at different pressures suggested small effects on geometry of the increase in IOP. A large variability in ONH morphology, even between contralateral eyes of different IOP, was observed. We conclude that reconstruction of human ONH anatomy from 3D histology is possible, but that large inter-individual anatomic variations make morphometric analysis of the ONH very difficult in the absence of large sample numbers. The insertion of the pia mater into the LC may have biomechanical implications and should be further investigated. Emerging clinical imaging techniques such as deep-scanning OCT will be limited to investigation of the central and mid-peripheral regions of the LC due to optical "occluding" by the peripapillary sclera.
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- Ian A Sigal
- Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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