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Huang D, Jiao X, Huang S, Liu J, Si H, Qi D, Pei X, Lu D, Wang Y, Li Z. Analysis of the heterogeneity and complexity of murine extraorbital lacrimal gland via single-cell RNA sequencing. Ocul Surf 2024; 34:60-95. [PMID: 38945476 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtos.2024.06.005] [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: 08/26/2022] [Revised: 06/22/2024] [Accepted: 06/26/2024] [Indexed: 07/02/2024]
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PURPOSE The lacrimal gland is essential for maintaining ocular surface health and avoiding external damage by secreting an aqueous layer of the tear film. However, a healthy lacrimal gland's inventory of cell types and heterogeneity remains understudied. METHODS Here, 10X Genome-based single-cell RNA sequencing was used to generate an unbiased classification of cellular diversity in the extraorbital lacrimal gland (ELG) of C57BL/6J mice. From 43,850 high-quality cells, we produced an atlas of cell heterogeneity and defined cell types using classic marker genes. The possible functions of these cells were analyzed through bioinformatics analysis. Additionally, the CellChat was employed for a preliminary analysis of the cell-cell communication network in the ELG. RESULTS Over 37 subclasses of cells were identified, including seven types of glandular epithelial cells, three types of fibroblasts, ten types of myeloid-derived immune cells, at least eleven types of lymphoid-derived immune cells, and five types of vascular-associated cell subsets. The cell-cell communication network analysis revealed that fibroblasts and immune cells play a pivotal role in the dense intercellular communication network within the mouse ELG. CONCLUSIONS This study provides a comprehensive transcriptome atlas and related database of the mouse ELG.
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- Duliurui Huang
- Department of Ophthalmology, Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Henan Eye Institute, Henan Eye Hospital and Henan Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, People's Hospital of Henan University, Zhengzhou, 450000, China
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- Henan Eye Institute, Henan Eye Hospital and Henan Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, People's Hospital of Henan University, Zhengzhou, 450000, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Henan Eye Institute, Henan Eye Hospital and Henan Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, People's Hospital of Henan University, Zhengzhou, 450000, China
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- Henan Eye Institute, Henan Eye Hospital and Henan Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, People's Hospital of Henan University, Zhengzhou, 450000, China
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- Henan Eye Institute, Henan Eye Hospital and Henan Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, People's Hospital of Henan University, Zhengzhou, 450000, China
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- Division of Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, China; Henan Eye Institute, Henan Eye Hospital and Henan Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, People's Hospital of Henan University, Zhengzhou, 450000, China.
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Sakakura S, Inagaki E, Ochiai Y, Yamamoto M, Takai N, Nagata T, Higa K, Sato Y, Toshida H, Murat D, Hirayama M, Ogawa Y, Negishi K, Shimmura S. A Comprehensive Assessment of Tear-Film-Oriented Diagnosis (TFOD) in a Dacryoadenectomy Dry Eye Model. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:16510. [PMID: 38003700 PMCID: PMC10671533 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242216510] [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: 09/27/2023] [Revised: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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Tear film instability is a major cause of dry eye disease. In order to treat patients with short tear film breakup time (TBUT)-type dry eye, the development of tear film stabilizing agents is essential. However, the lack of an appropriate animal model of tear film instability has made drug development difficult. Although rabbit dry eye models have been reported in the past, there are only a few reports that focus on tear film instability. Herein, we assessed the tear film stability of a rabbit dry eye model induced by dacryoadenectomy. A clinical evaluation of the ocular surface, interferometry, and histological assessments of the cornea and conjunctiva were performed. Following the removal of the lacrimal glands, TBUT was shortened significantly, with dimple and random breakup patterns prominently observed. Furthermore, the blink rate in this model increased after dacryoadenectomy, suggesting that this model partially captured the phenotypes of human short TBUT-type dry eye and may be useful as an animal model for investigating potential drug candidates.
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- Saki Sakakura
- Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan (M.H.); (K.N.)
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan (M.H.); (K.N.)
- Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 5-3-1 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0083, Japan
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- Kitayama Labes Co., Ltd., 3052-1 Arai, Ina City 396-0025, Japan
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- Kitayama Labes Co., Ltd., 3052-1 Arai, Ina City 396-0025, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan (M.H.); (K.N.)
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- Cornea Center and Eye Bank, Tokyo Dental College Ichikawa General Hospital, 5-11-13 Sugano, Ichikawa 272-8513, Japan;
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- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan;
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Juntendo University Shizuoka Hospital, Nagaoka 1129, Izunokuni City 410-2295, Japan;
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Tsurumi University, 2-1-3 Tsurumi, Yokohama 230-0063, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan (M.H.); (K.N.)
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan (M.H.); (K.N.)
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan (M.H.); (K.N.)
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan (M.H.); (K.N.)
- Department of Clinical Regenerative Medicine, Fujita Medical Innovation Center, Fujita Health University, Haneda Innovation City Zone A, 1-1-4 Hanedakuko, Ota-ku, Tokyo 144-0041, Japan
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Delcroix V, Mauduit O, Lee HS, Ivanova A, Umazume T, Knox SM, de Paiva CS, Dartt DA, Makarenkova HP. The First Transcriptomic Atlas of the Adult Lacrimal Gland Reveals Epithelial Complexity and Identifies Novel Progenitor Cells in Mice. Cells 2023; 12:1435. [PMID: 37408269 PMCID: PMC10216974 DOI: 10.3390/cells12101435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2023] [Revised: 05/13/2023] [Accepted: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2023] Open
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The lacrimal gland (LG) secretes aqueous tears. Previous studies have provided insights into the cell lineage relationships during tissue morphogenesis. However, little is known about the cell types composing the adult LG and their progenitors. Using scRNAseq, we established the first comprehensive cell atlas of the adult mouse LG to investigate the cell hierarchy, its secretory repertoire, and the sex differences. Our analysis uncovered the complexity of the stromal landscape. Epithelium subclustering revealed myoepithelial cells, acinar subsets, and two novel acinar subpopulations: Tfrchi and Car6hi cells. The ductal compartment contained Wfdc2+ multilayered ducts and an Ltf+ cluster formed by luminal and intercalated duct cells. Kit+ progenitors were identified as: Krt14+ basal ductal cells, Aldh1a1+ cells of Ltf+ ducts, and Sox10+ cells of the Car6hi acinar and Ltf+ epithelial clusters. Lineage tracing experiments revealed that the Sox10+ adult populations contribute to the myoepithelial, acinar, and ductal lineages. Using scRNAseq data, we found that the postnatally developing LG epithelium harbored key features of putative adult progenitors. Finally, we showed that acinar cells produce most of the sex-biased lipocalins and secretoglobins detected in mouse tears. Our study provides a wealth of new data on LG maintenance and identifies the cellular origin of sex-biased tear components.
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- Vanessa Delcroix
- Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA; (V.D.); (H.S.L.); (A.I.); (T.U.)
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- Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA; (V.D.); (H.S.L.); (A.I.); (T.U.)
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- Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA; (V.D.); (H.S.L.); (A.I.); (T.U.)
- Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA; (V.D.); (H.S.L.); (A.I.); (T.U.)
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- Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA; (V.D.); (H.S.L.); (A.I.); (T.U.)
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- Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA;
- Program in Craniofacial Biology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- The Ocular Surface Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA;
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- Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA;
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- Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA; (V.D.); (H.S.L.); (A.I.); (T.U.)
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Iwanaga T, Kimura S. GP2-expressing cells: a new guardian with divergent functions in the intestine, eyes, and nose. Biomed Res 2023; 44:233-243. [PMID: 38008422 DOI: 10.2220/biomedres.44.233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2023]
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GP (glycoprotein)-2, originally identified as a predominant membranous component of pancreatic acinar cells, has attracted the interest of researchers in mucosal immunology for its role as a functional molecule specific for antigen-sampling cells in the intestinal Peyer's patches. GP2 is involved in the detection of pathological bacteria and is also histologically useful for the identification of the M cell lineage and their differentiation in lymphoid tissues. Subsequent immunohistochemistry for GP2 has revealed a broad distribution of M cells and related cells in the nasopharyngeal lymphoid tissues, conjunctiva, tear duct, and airway. Especially, GP2 cells in the paranasal sinuses and tear duct have been identified as novel types of epithelial cells. The systematic administration of RANKL can induce extra-M cells in conventional epithelia of body. The production and release of GP2 by conjunctival goblet cells and several mucous glands suggests leading roles for mucous cells in protection, including the entrapment of microorganisms for infections. The ocular surface and conjunctiva are connected to the lacrimal sac, nasolacrimal duct, and further nasal cavity, comprising another canal that passes through the body. The broad distribution of GP2-expressingcells may indicate its function as a new guardian in the intestine, eyes, and nose, all of which are exposed to external milieu.
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- Toshihiko Iwanaga
- Department of Anatomy, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan
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- Division of Biochemis- try, Faculty of Pharmacy and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, Keio University, Tokyo 105-8512, Japan
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Atkova EL, Astrakhanstev AF, Subbot AM, Yartsev VD. [Dynamic pathomorphological characteristics of the nasolacrimal duct in its stenosis]. Arkh Patol 2023; 85:22-28. [PMID: 37814846 DOI: 10.17116/patol20238505122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Pathological description of the process of stenosis of the nasolacrimal duct at its various stages. MATERIAL AND METHODS The material for the study was obtained from the wall of the nasolacrimal duct during surgery in 50 patients whose condition was attributed to the 1st, 2nd or 3rd clinical stage of dacryostenosis. The material was fixed in formalin and sent for pathohistological and immunohistochemical (IHC) studies. RESULTS In the 1st stage, the integrity of the epithelium of the nasolacrimal duct was preserved, the density of goblet cells was reduced. Seromucinous glands were single in the lamina propria in the area of stenosis. Diffuse lymphoid-plasmacytic infiltration was observed along the periphery of the terminal sections of the glands and in the subepithelial zone. The infiltrate includes CD68+ tissue macrophages and CD20+ and CD3+ lymphocytes, with a predominance of B-lymphocytes over T-lymphocytes. In the 2nd stage, changes in the epithelial layer in the stenosis zone were detected. In the IHC study, only individual leukocytes were observed in these zones, and T cells were found mainly in the subepithelial zone, B cells - deeper, monocytes - evenly in all layers. In the adjacent zones, the picture of the infiltrate corresponded to the 1st stage. In the 3rd stage, fragments of the nasolacrimal duct wall were represented by dense fibrous connective tissue with pronounced atrophic changes, areas of squamous metaplasia or proliferation of the basal layer, goblet cells were not detected. There was no infiltrate in the area of stenosis during IHC study. In the cellular elements of the infiltrate in areas adjacent to the stenosis zone, CD20+ and CD3+ lymphocytes were present in equal proportions, the arrangement in layers corresponded to that of the 2nd stage. CONCLUSION The results of the study showed that dacryostenosis is a progressive pathological process associated with the progredient development of chronic productive inflammation in the lacrimal ducts.
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- E L Atkova
- M.M. Krasnov Scientific Research Institute of Eye Diseases, Moscow, Russia
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- D.I. Mastbaum Bureau of Forensic Medical Examination, Ryazan, Russia
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- M.M. Krasnov Scientific Research Institute of Eye Diseases, Moscow, Russia
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- M.M. Krasnov Scientific Research Institute of Eye Diseases, Moscow, Russia
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Sun H, Cai R, Zhai C, Song W, Sun J, Bi Y. Primary Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Lacrimal Apparatus. Am J Ophthalmol 2022; 239:170-179. [PMID: 35288069 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2022.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2021] [Revised: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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PURPOSE In this study, we evaluated the clinicopathologic and molecular characteristics of lacrimal apparatus mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) to define its typical diagnostic features. DESIGN Retrospective observational case series. METHODS Institutional pathology records between 2011 and 2021 were searched for all cases of lacrimal apparatus MEC. RESULTS A total of 2 male and 6 female patients ranging in age from 18 to 83 years (median 56, mean 54) were included. Six lacrimal apparatus MECs were found in the lacrimal gland, and 2 cases occurred in the lacrimal sac and nasolacrimal duct. Histologically, there were 6 cases of conventional MEC, 1 clear-cell variant of MEC, and 1 oncocytic variant of MEC for a total of 8 cases. There were 3 low-grade cases and 5 high-grade cases. All 8 cases were evaluated via immunohistochemistry, and the results were positive (scores 1-4) for pankeratin, 34betaE12, p63, p40, CK7, CK8, and CK19, with a relatively higher expression of p63 observed in high-grade MEC. The presence of human papillomavirus (HPV) type 6 DNA was found in 4 patients. MAML2 fluorescence in situ hybridization was positive for MAML2 rearrangement in 3 lacrimal gland tumors (2 low-grade and 1 high-grade). Six tumors were managed with radical resection, and 2 patients underwent orbital exenteration. Postoperative radiation therapy was delivered to 6 patients, and chemotherapy was administered to 1 patient. CONCLUSIONS MECs of the lacrimal apparatus are rare tumors, and the rate of MAML2 translocations is lower than that in salivary MECs. Lacrimal gland and lacrimal sac MECs may not be of the same subtypes intrinsically because of the difference in MAML2 translocation, anatomy, and clinical course. The etiologic function of HPV type 6 infection should be explored in lacrimal apparatus MECs. Radical surgery is the treatment of choice. The description of these unique findings may assist in the definitive diagnosis of and improve our understanding of lacrimal apparatus MEC.
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- Hui Sun
- From the Department of Pathology, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University (H.S., R.C., C.Z., W.S., J.S., Y.B.); Department of Pathology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center (H.S.), Shanghai, China
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- From the Department of Pathology, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University (H.S., R.C., C.Z., W.S., J.S., Y.B.)
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- From the Department of Pathology, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University (H.S., R.C., C.Z., W.S., J.S., Y.B.)
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- From the Department of Pathology, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University (H.S., R.C., C.Z., W.S., J.S., Y.B.)
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- From the Department of Pathology, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University (H.S., R.C., C.Z., W.S., J.S., Y.B.)
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- From the Department of Pathology, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University (H.S., R.C., C.Z., W.S., J.S., Y.B.).
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Fluid secretion by exocrine glandular organs is essential to the survival of mammals. Each glandular unit within the body is uniquely organized to carry out its own specific functions, with failure to establish these specialized structures resulting in impaired organ function. Here, we review glandular organs in terms of shared and divergent architecture. We first describe the structural organization of the diverse glandular secretory units (the end-pieces) and their fluid transporting systems (the ducts) within the mammalian system, focusing on how tissue architecture corresponds to functional output. We then highlight how defects in development of end-piece and ductal architecture impacts secretory function. Finally, we discuss how knowledge of exocrine gland structure-function relationships can be applied to the development of new diagnostics, regenerative approaches and tissue regeneration.
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- Sameed Khan
- Department of Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
- Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
- Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
- Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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Yasui T, Miyata K, Nakatsuka C, Tsukise A, Gomi H. Morphological and histochemical characterization of the secretory epithelium in the canine lacrimal gland. Eur J Histochem 2021; 65. [PMID: 34726360 PMCID: PMC8581551 DOI: 10.4081/ejh.2021.3320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Accepted: 10/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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In the present study, the expression of secretory components and vesicular transport proteins in the canine lacrimal gland was examined and morphometric analysis was performed. The secretory epithelium consists of two types of secretory cells with different morphological features. The secretory cells constituting acinar units (type A cells) exhibited higher levels of glycoconjugates, including β-GlcNAc, than the other cell type constituting tubular units (type T cells). Immunoblot analysis revealed that antimicrobial proteins, such as lysozyme, lactoferrin and lactoperoxidase, Rab proteins (Rab3d, Rab27a and Rab27b) and soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive fusion protein attachment protein receptor (SNARE) proteins (VAMP2, VAMP4, VAMP8, syntaxin-1, syntaxin-4 and syntaxin-6), were expressed at various levels. We immunohistochemically demonstrated that the expression patterns of lysozyme, lactoferrin, Rab27a, Rab27b, VAMP4, VAMP8 and syntaxin-6 differed depending on the secretory cell type. Additionally, in type T cells, VAMP4 was confined to a subpopulation of secretory granules, while VAMP8 was detected in almost all of them. The present study displayed the morphological and histochemical characteristics of the secretory epithelium in the canine lacrimal gland. These findings will help elucidate the species-specific properties of this gland.
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- Tadashi Yasui
- Department of Veterinary Anatomy, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Kanagawa.
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- Department of Veterinary Anatomy, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Kanagawa.
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- Department of Veterinary Anatomy, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Kanagawa.
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- Department of Veterinary Anatomy, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Kanagawa.
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- Department of Veterinary Anatomy, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Kanagawa.
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Downie LE, Bandlitz S, Bergmanson JPG, Craig JP, Dutta D, Maldonado-Codina C, Ngo W, Siddireddy JS, Wolffsohn JS. CLEAR - Anatomy and physiology of the anterior eye. Cont Lens Anterior Eye 2021; 44:132-156. [PMID: 33775375 DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2021.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2021] [Accepted: 02/01/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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A key element of contact lens practice involves clinical evaluation of anterior eye health, including the cornea and limbus, conjunctiva and sclera, eyelids and eyelashes, lacrimal system and tear film. This report reviews the fundamental anatomy and physiology of these structures, including the vascular supply, venous drainage, lymphatic drainage, sensory innervation, physiology and function. This is the foundation for considering the potential interactions with, and effects of, contact lens wear on the anterior eye. This information is not consistently published as academic research and this report provides a synthesis from all available sources. With respect to terminology, the report aims to promote the consistent use of nomenclature in the field, and generally adopts anatomical terms recommended by the Federative Committee for Anatomical Terminology. Techniques for the examination of the ocular surface are also discussed.
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- Laura E Downie
- Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Australia.
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- Höhere Fachschule für Augenoptik Köln, Cologne School of Optometry, Germany; School of Optometry, Aston University, Birmingham, UK
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- Texas Eye Research and Technology Center, University of Houston College of Optometry, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology, New Zealand National Eye Centre, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
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- School of Optometry, Aston University, Birmingham, UK
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- Eurolens Research, Division of Pharmacy and Optometry, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, UK
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- Centre for Ocular Research & Education, School of Optometry & Vision Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada; Centre for Eye and Vision Research (CEVR), 14W Hong Kong Science Park, Hong Kong
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- School of Optometry, Aston University, Birmingham, UK; Department of Ophthalmology, New Zealand National Eye Centre, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
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Etiopathogenesis of lacrimal sac mucopeptide concretions: insights from cinematic rendering techniques. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2020; 258:2299-2303. [DOI: 10.1007/s00417-020-04793-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2020] [Revised: 04/09/2020] [Accepted: 06/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Mueller AL, McNamara MS, Sinclair DA. Why does COVID-19 disproportionately affect older people? Aging (Albany NY) 2020; 12:9959-9981. [PMID: 32470948 PMCID: PMC7288963 DOI: 10.18632/aging.103344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 576] [Impact Index Per Article: 144.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2020] [Accepted: 05/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The severity and outcome of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) largely depends on a patient's age. Adults over 65 years of age represent 80% of hospitalizations and have a 23-fold greater risk of death than those under 65. In the clinic, COVID-19 patients most commonly present with fever, cough and dyspnea, and from there the disease can progress to acute respiratory distress syndrome, lung consolidation, cytokine release syndrome, endotheliitis, coagulopathy, multiple organ failure and death. Comorbidities such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity increase the chances of fatal disease, but they alone do not explain why age is an independent risk factor. Here, we present the molecular differences between young, middle-aged and older people that may explain why COVID-19 is a mild illness in some but life-threatening in others. We also discuss several biological age clocks that could be used in conjunction with genetic tests to identify both the mechanisms of the disease and individuals most at risk. Finally, based on these mechanisms, we discuss treatments that could increase the survival of older people, not simply by inhibiting the virus, but by restoring patients' ability to clear the infection and effectively regulate immune responses.
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- Amber L. Mueller
- Glenn Center for Biology of Aging Research, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 20115, USA
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- Glenn Center for Biology of Aging Research, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 20115, USA
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- Glenn Center for Biology of Aging Research, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 20115, USA
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Jakobiec FA, Eagle RC, Selig M, Ma L, Shields C. Clinical Implications of Goblet Cells in Dacryoadenosis and Normal Human Lacrimal Glands. Am J Ophthalmol 2020; 213:267-282. [PMID: 32006483 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2020.01.029] [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] [Received: 11/07/2019] [Revised: 01/17/2020] [Accepted: 01/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to investigate an enlarged dacryoadenotic lacrimal gland and normal lacrimal glands for the presence of goblet cells (mucocytes). DESIGN Retrospective clinicopathologic series. METHODS An enlarged lacrimal gland (dacryoadenosis) without obvious histopathologic alterations was extensively evaluated histochemically, immunohistochemically, and ultrastructurally to detect the presence of goblet cells and to compare the findings with those in five normal lacrimal glands. RESULTS Granular, zymogen-rich pyramidal acinar cells in normal glands predominated over a previously not reported subpopulation of nongranular, pale-staining cells in both dacryoadenotic and normal lacrimal glands. These cells histochemically stained positively with mucicarmine and Alcian blue. Immunohistochemical and electron microscopic evaluations established that there was a displacement or replacement of cytoplasmic gross cystic disease fluid protein-15 and CK 7-positive tonofilaments in the pale acinar cells by myriad mucus granules. The goblet cells constituted approximately 2% of the normal acinar cells and 5% of dacryoadenotic acinar cells. A depletion of myoepithelial cells and ectopic intra-acinar ductular cells were also observed in dacryoadenosis. CONCLUSION Dacryoadenosis is caused by an increase in the number of acini without individual acinar cell hyperplasia. A normal cytologic feature of the lacrimal gland is the presence of acinar goblet cells that had been long overlooked; they are increased in number in dacryoadenosis. Intra-acinar ductular cells and the scattered loss of myoepithelial cells are other abnormalities in dacryoadenosis. The presence of lacrimal gland goblet cells may have physiologic implications for the precorneal tear film and its derangements as well as for the histogenesis of mucus-producing carcinomas.
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- Frederick A Jakobiec
- David G. Cogan Laboratory of Ophthalmic Pathology, Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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- Department of Pathology, Wills Eye Hospital, Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- David G. Cogan Laboratory of Ophthalmic Pathology, Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Ocular Oncology Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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PURPOSE The aim of this study was to examine electron microscopic features of canalicular concretions obtained from patients with canaliculiths. METHODS Canalicular concretions were obtained from 10 patients diagnosed as canaliculiths and were immediately fixed for ultrastructural analysis. Surface structure and transmission electron microscopical sections were studied. Multiple longitudinal and transverse ultrathin sections were obtained at different levels and all were studied using standard protocols of scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. RESULTS Three different types of canalicular concretions were noted; predominantly coccoid and bacilloid, predominantly filamentous, and mixed varieties. The surfaces and the cut sections showed typical and distinctive features for each of the concretion types. The filamentous subtypes were common accounting for 50% (5/10) of all canalicular concretions. The surface of predominantly filamentous concretions revealed typical honeycomb patterns, the walls and base of which were formed by definitive and peculiar arrangement of Actinomyces. Transmission electron microscopy confirmed the findings of scanning electron microscopy and demonstrated typical structural features of Actinomyces and some other bacteria undergoing binary fission. The most interesting feature was the lack of immune cells and blood products within the substance of canalicular concretions as compared with the mucopeptide concretions. CONCLUSIONS Ultrastructural features of canalicular concretions reveal 3 distinct microbial subtypes and opens up avenues toward better understanding of the etiopathogenesis of canaliculiths and possible structural resistance to host defenses or antibiotics.
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Immunohistochemical Analysis of the Lacrimal Sac Mucopeptide Concretions. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2019; 35:562-565. [DOI: 10.1097/iop.0000000000001375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Amini SE, Gouyer V, Portal C, Gottrand F, Desseyn JL. Muc5b is mainly expressed and sialylated in the nasal olfactory epithelium whereas Muc5ac is exclusively expressed and fucosylated in the nasal respiratory epithelium. Histochem Cell Biol 2019; 152:167-174. [PMID: 31030254 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-019-01785-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The nose is a complex organ that filters and warms breathing airflow. The nasal epithelium is the first barrier between the host and the external environment and is covered by a mucus gel that is poorly documented. Mucins are large, heavily O-glycosylated polymeric molecules secreted in the nose lumen by specialized cells, and they are responsible for the biochemical properties of the mucus gel. The mucus traps particles and clears them, and it also bathes microbiota, host molecules, and receptors that are all essential for odor perception in the olfactory epithelium. We used histology and immunohistochemistry to study the expression of the two main airway polymeric mucins, Muc5ac and Muc5b, in wild-type, green fluorescent protein-reporter Muc5b, and in genetically Muc5b-deficient mice. We report that Muc5ac is produced by goblet cells at the cell surface in the respiratory epithelium but is not expressed in the olfactory epithelium, whereas Muc5b is secreted by Bowman's glands situated in the lamina propria beneath the olfactory epithelium and also by goblet cells in the distal part of the respiratory epithelium. We also observed that Muc5b-deficient mice exhibited depletion of Bowman's glands. Using lectins, we found that terminally O-glycosylated chains of Muc5b were sialylated but not fucosylated, whereas Muc5ac was fucosylated but not sialylated. Specific localization and specific terminal glycosylation of the two mucins suggest different functions of the mucins.
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- Salah-Eddine Amini
- Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, LIRIC UMR 995, 1 place de Verdun, 59000, Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, LIRIC UMR 995, 1 place de Verdun, 59000, Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, LIRIC UMR 995, 1 place de Verdun, 59000, Lille, France
- Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
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- Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, LIRIC UMR 995, 1 place de Verdun, 59000, Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, LIRIC UMR 995, 1 place de Verdun, 59000, Lille, France.
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Electron microscopic features of the lacrimal sac mucopeptide concretions. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2018; 256:1313-1318. [DOI: 10.1007/s00417-018-3996-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2017] [Revised: 03/08/2018] [Accepted: 04/17/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022] Open
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Bron AJ, de Paiva CS, Chauhan SK, Bonini S, Gabison EE, Jain S, Knop E, Markoulli M, Ogawa Y, Perez V, Uchino Y, Yokoi N, Zoukhri D, Sullivan DA. TFOS DEWS II pathophysiology report. Ocul Surf 2017; 15:438-510. [PMID: 28736340 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtos.2017.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 975] [Impact Index Per Article: 139.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2017] [Accepted: 05/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The TFOS DEWS II Pathophysiology Subcommittee reviewed the mechanisms involved in the initiation and perpetuation of dry eye disease. Its central mechanism is evaporative water loss leading to hyperosmolar tissue damage. Research in human disease and in animal models has shown that this, either directly or by inducing inflammation, causes a loss of both epithelial and goblet cells. The consequent decrease in surface wettability leads to early tear film breakup and amplifies hyperosmolarity via a Vicious Circle. Pain in dry eye is caused by tear hyperosmolarity, loss of lubrication, inflammatory mediators and neurosensory factors, while visual symptoms arise from tear and ocular surface irregularity. Increased friction targets damage to the lids and ocular surface, resulting in characteristic punctate epithelial keratitis, superior limbic keratoconjunctivitis, filamentary keratitis, lid parallel conjunctival folds, and lid wiper epitheliopathy. Hybrid dry eye disease, with features of both aqueous deficiency and increased evaporation, is common and efforts should be made to determine the relative contribution of each form to the total picture. To this end, practical methods are needed to measure tear evaporation in the clinic, and similarly, methods are needed to measure osmolarity at the tissue level across the ocular surface, to better determine the severity of dry eye. Areas for future research include the role of genetic mechanisms in non-Sjögren syndrome dry eye, the targeting of the terminal duct in meibomian gland disease and the influence of gaze dynamics and the closed eye state on tear stability and ocular surface inflammation.
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- Anthony J Bron
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Vision and Eye Research Unit, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Schepens Eye Research Institute & Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Campus Biomedico, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Fondation Ophtalmologique Rothschild & Hôpital Bichat Claude Bernard, Paris, France
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Departments of Cell and Neurobiology and Ocular Surface Center Berlin, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Schepens Eye Research Institute & Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Farmer DT, Nathan S, Finley JK, Shengyang Yu K, Emmerson E, Byrnes LE, Sneddon JB, McManus MT, Tward AD, Knox SM. Defining epithelial cell dynamics and lineage relationships in the developing lacrimal gland. Development 2017; 144:2517-2528. [PMID: 28576768 DOI: 10.1242/dev.150789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2017] [Accepted: 05/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The tear-producing lacrimal gland is a tubular organ that protects and lubricates the ocular surface. The lacrimal gland possesses many features that make it an excellent model in which to investigate tubulogenesis, but the cell types and lineage relationships that drive lacrimal gland formation are unclear. Using single-cell sequencing and other molecular tools, we reveal novel cell identities and epithelial lineage dynamics that underlie lacrimal gland development. We show that the lacrimal gland from its earliest developmental stages is composed of multiple subpopulations of immune, epithelial and mesenchymal cell lineages. The epithelial lineage exhibits the most substantial cellular changes, transitioning through a series of unique transcriptional states to become terminally differentiated acinar, ductal and myoepithelial cells. Furthermore, lineage tracing in postnatal and adult glands provides the first direct evidence of unipotent KRT5+ epithelial cells in the lacrimal gland. Finally, we show conservation of developmental markers between the developing mouse and human lacrimal gland, supporting the use of mice to understand human development. Together, our data reveal crucial features of lacrimal gland development that have broad implications for understanding epithelial organogenesis.
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- D'Juan T Farmer
- Diabetes Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
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- Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
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- Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
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- Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
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- Diabetes Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
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- Diabetes Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
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- Diabetes Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
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- Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
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Paulsen F, Garreis F, Schicht M, Bräuer L, Ali MJ, Sel S. [Anatomy and physiology of the nasolacrimal ducts]. HNO 2017; 64:354-66. [PMID: 27240791 DOI: 10.1007/s00106-016-0164-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Ophthalmologists and interventional radiologists are not the only professionals for whom diseases of the efferent tear duct system occupy centre stage; this applies also to ENT specialists involving endonasal conservative or surgical treatment. On the basis of current knowledge and taking account of results yielded by own research in recent years and of clinical aspects, we here give an overview of basic knowledge on the anatomy and physiology of the nasolacrimal system. In doing so functional aspects regarding tear transport as well as embryological and pathophysiological issues are integrated.
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- F Paulsen
- Institut für Anatomie, Lehrstuhl II, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Universitätsstr. 19, 91054, Erlangen, Deutschland.
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- Institut für Anatomie, Lehrstuhl II, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Universitätsstr. 19, 91054, Erlangen, Deutschland
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- Institut für Anatomie, Lehrstuhl II, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Universitätsstr. 19, 91054, Erlangen, Deutschland
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- Institut für Anatomie, Lehrstuhl II, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Universitätsstr. 19, 91054, Erlangen, Deutschland
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- The Institute of Dacryology, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
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- Universitätsaugenklinik, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland
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Rocha EM, Alves M, Rios JD, Dartt DA. The aging lacrimal gland: changes in structure and function. Ocul Surf 2015; 6:162-74. [PMID: 18827949 DOI: 10.1016/s1542-0124(12)70177-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The afferent nerves of the cornea and conjunctiva, efferent nerves of the lacrimal gland, and the lacrimal gland are a functional unit that works cooperatively to produce the aqueous component of tears. A decrease in the lacrimal gland secretory function can lead to dry eye disease. Because aging is a risk factor for dry eye disease, study of the changes in the function of the lacrimal gland functional unit with age is important for developing treatments to prevent dry eye disease. No one mechanism is known to induce the changes that occur with aging, although multiple different mechanisms have been associated with aging. These fall into two theoretical categories: programmed theories of aging (immunological, genetic, apoptotic, and neuroendocrine) and error theories of aging (protein alteration, somatic mutation, etc). Lacrimal glands undergo structural and functional alteration with increasing age. In mouse models of aging, it has been shown that neural stimulation of protein secretion is an early target of aging, accompanied by an increase in mast cells and lipofuscin accumulation. Hyperglycemia and increased lymphocytic infiltration can contribute to this loss of function at older ages. These findings suggest that an increase in oxidative stress may play a role in the loss of lacrimal gland function with age. For the afferent and efferent neural components of the lacrimal gland functional unit, immune or inflammatory mediated decrease in nerve function could contribute to loss of lacrimal gland secretion with age. More research in this area is critically needed.
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- Eduardo M Rocha
- From the Department of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaringology, and head and Neck Surgery, faculty of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo University Ribeirao, Preto, SP, Brazil; Laboratory of Clinical Physiopathology, Department of Clinical Medicine, faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil; and Schepens Eye Research Institute and Department of Ophthalmology, harvard Medical School, Boston MA 02114 USA
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Posa A, Bräuer L, Schicht M, Garreis F, Beileke S, Paulsen F. Schirmer strip vs. capillary tube method: non-invasive methods of obtaining proteins from tear fluid. Ann Anat 2012; 195:137-42. [PMID: 23357333 DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2012.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2012] [Revised: 10/02/2012] [Accepted: 10/08/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Human tear fluid is a complex mixture containing over 500 solute proteins, lipids, electrolytes, mucins, metabolites, hormones and desquamated epithelial cells as well as foreign substances from the ambient air. Little is known to date about the function of most tear components. The efficient and gentle collection of tear fluid facilitates closer investigation of these matters. The objective of the present paper was to compare two commonly used methods of obtaining tear fluid, the capillary tube and Schirmer strip methods, in terms of usefulness in molecular biological investigation of tear film. The comparative protein identification methods Bradford and Western Blot were used in the analyses to this end. The surfactant proteins (SP) A-D recently described as present on the eye surface were selected as the model proteins. Both methods feature sufficient uptake efficiency for proteins in or extraction from the sampling means used (capillary tube/Schirmer strip). The total protein concentration can be determined and the proteins in the tears can be detected - besides the hydrophilic SP-A and D also the non-water-soluble proteins of smaller size such as SP-B and C. Thus both methods afford a suitable basis for comparative analysis of the physiological processes in the tear fluid of healthy and diseased subjects. On the whole, the Schirmer strip has several advantages over the capillary tube.
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- Andreas Posa
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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Perry LJ, Jakobiec FA, Zakka FR, Rubin PA. Giant Dacryocystomucopyocele in an Adult: A Review of Lacrimal Sac Enlargements With Clinical and Histopathologic Differential Diagnoses. Surv Ophthalmol 2012; 57:474-85. [DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2012.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2011] [Revised: 02/01/2012] [Accepted: 02/07/2012] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Hirt R, Tektas OY, Carrington SD, Arnett R, FitzPatrick E, Knipping S, Paulsen FP. Comparative Anatomy of the Human and Canine Efferent Tear Duct System – Impact of Mucin MUC5AC on Lacrimal Drainage. Curr Eye Res 2012; 37:961-70. [DOI: 10.3109/02713683.2012.696171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Sialylated glycans and mucins in the lacrimal gland and eyelid of man and pig. Potential receptors for pathogenic microorganisms. Ann Anat 2011; 193:469-78. [PMID: 22051239 DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2011.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2011] [Revised: 09/13/2011] [Accepted: 09/15/2011] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The conjunctiva of the eyelid is coated by secretion products from the lacrimal and eyelid glands, and by mucins produced by conjunctival goblet cells, which together form a glycoprotein-rich layer that lubricates and protects the surface of the eye. However, these ocular carbohydrates may also act as adhesives for viruses and bacteria and thereby facilitate their colonization. This paper provides histochemical demonstration of the in situ localization of such carbohydrate receptors in the form of sialylated glycans and mucins in the lacrimal and eyelid glands and conjunctiva from both humans and pigs. The pig is included in this study because viruses of swine origin may be capable of transmission to humans. We found that the human and pig ocular surfaces contain receptors for bacteria and viruses in the form of mucins (both membrane bound and secreted) and carbohydrates terminating in Sialylα2-6Gal epitopes and to a lesser degree in Sialylα2-3Gal. The glycosylation of the human soft palate could indicate a mucinous route for the spread of microorganisms from the eye via the nasolacrimal duct to the nasopharynx and thus to the upper part of the respiratory tract.
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Enzymatic conversion of odorants in nasal mucus affects olfactory glomerular activation patterns and odor perception. J Neurosci 2011; 30:16391-8. [PMID: 21123585 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2527-10.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Odor information is decoded by a combination of odorant receptors, and thus transformed into discrete spatial patterns of olfactory glomerular activity. It has been found, however, that for some odorants, there are differences between the ligand specificity of an odorant receptor in vitro and its corresponding glomerulus in vivo. These observations led us to hypothesize that there exist prereceptor events that affect the local concentration of a given odorant in the nasal mucus, thus causing the apparent specificity differences. Here we show that odorants with functional groups such as aldehydes and esters are targets of metabolic enzymes secreted in the mouse mucus, resulting in their conversion to the corresponding acids and alcohols. The glomerular activation patterns elicited by an enzyme-targeted odorant in the olfactory bulb was different in the presence of an enzyme inhibitor in the mucosa, suggesting that the enzymatic conversion occurs fast enough to affect recognition of the odorant at the levels of olfactory sensory neurons. Importantly, olfactory discrimination tests revealed that mice behaviorally trained to associate an enzyme-targeted odorant to sugar rewards could not discriminate the odorant after treatment with the enzyme inhibitor. These results reveal that the enzymatic conversion of odorants in the nasal mucus appears be fast enough to affect olfactory perception, which sheds light on the previously unappreciated role of nasal mucosal enzymes in odor sensation.
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Kåredal MH, Mortstedt H, Jeppsson MC, Kronholm Diab K, Nielsen J, Jonsson BAG, Lindh CH. Time-dependent proteomic iTRAQ analysis of nasal lavage of hairdressers challenged by persulfate. J Proteome Res 2010; 9:5620-8. [PMID: 20815409 DOI: 10.1021/pr100436a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hairdressers are frequently exposed to bleaching powder containing persulfates, a group of compounds that may induce hypersensitivity in the airways. The mechanism causing this reaction is not clear. The aim of this study was to identify changes in the nasal lavage fluid proteome after challenge with potassium persulfate in hairdressers with bleaching powder-associated rhinitis. Furthermore, we aimed to compare their response to that of hairdressers without nasal symptoms, and atopic subjects with pollen-associated nasal symptoms. To study the pathogenesis of persulfate-associated rhinitis, the response in protein expression from the upper airway was assessed by time-dependent proteomic expression analysis of nasal lavage fluids. Samples were prepared by pooling nasal lavage fluids from the groups at different time points after challenge. Samples were depleted of high-abundant proteins, labeled with iTRAQ and analyzed by online 2D-nanoLC-MS/MS. Differences in the protein pattern between the three groups were observed. Most proteins with differentially expressed levels were involved in pathways of lipid transportation and antimicrobial activities. The major finding was increased abundance of apolipoprotein A-1, 20 min postchallenge, detected solely in the group of symptomatic hairdressers. Our results suggest there may be differences between the mechanisms responsible for the rhinitis in the symptomatic and atopic group.
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- Monica H Kåredal
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, SE-221 85 Lund, Sweden
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Schaudig U, Meyer-Rüsenberg HW. [Epiphora. Age-related changes of the ocular surface, eyelid function and the efferent tear ducts]. Ophthalmologe 2009; 106:229-34. [PMID: 19280197 DOI: 10.1007/s00347-008-1907-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Symptomatic epiphora is predominantly present in the elderly It is caused either by hypersecretion in ocular surface disorders, mostly as a reflex, by decreased tear transport and mechanical stenosis of the efferent tear ducts. These three different causes have to be taken into consideration by differential diagnosis and lead to different forms of therapy. Ocular surface disorders (wet dry eye) are treated by topical medication, lid malfunctioning and dacryostenosis by surgery and possibly by topical adjuvant anti-inflammatory medication. The present article reviews the current concepts on epiphora as an age-associated symptom and the epidemiology and pathogenesis of dacryostenosis and dacryolithiasis.
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- U Schaudig
- Augenklinik, Asklepios Klinikum Barmbek, Hamburg, Deutschland.
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Minsel I, Mentlein R, Sel S, Diebold Y, Bräuer L, Mühlbauer E, Paulsen FP. Somatostatin actions via somatostatin receptors on the ocular surface are modulated by inflammatory processes. Endocrinology 2009; 150:2254-63. [PMID: 19106227 DOI: 10.1210/en.2008-0577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Recent investigations support the presence of human somatostatin (SS) in the excretory system of the human lacrimal gland. To get deeper insights into a possible role of SS at the ocular surface and in the lacrimal apparatus, we investigated the distribution pattern of SS and its receptors 1-5 (SSTR1-5) by means of RT-PCR, real-time RT-PCR, Western blot and immunodot blot analysis as well as immunohistochemistry in lacrimal gland, tear fluid, conjunctiva, cornea, nasolacrimal duct epithelium, and conjunctival (HCjE) and corneal (HCE) epithelial cell lines. Cell culture experiments with HCjE and HCE were performed to analyze a possible impact of SS and inflammatory mediators on the regulation of SSTR. The results confirmed the presence of SS in lacrimal gland and tear fluid, whereas it was absent at the protein level in all other tissues and cell lines investigated. Expression of SSTR1, -2, and -5 was detectable in lacrimal gland, conjunctiva, cornea, and nasolacrimal ducts. HCjE expressed only hSSTR1 and -2, and HCE revealed only SSTR2. SSTR3 and -4 were not detected in any of the analyzed samples or cell lines. In vitro on cultured immortalized HCjE cells SS leads to a concentration-dependent down-regulation of SSTR1 mRNA but does not affect SSTR2 mRNA expression. Relative expression of SSTR1 and -2 is differentially modulated by proinflammatory cytokines and bacterial components, suggesting that the expression of both receptors is immunomodulated. Our data support an autocrine and paracrine role of SS in the lacrimal system and at the ocular surface and implicate a role of SS in corneal immunology.
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- Ivonne Minsel
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Grosse Steinstrasse 52, D-06097 Halle (Saale), Germany
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Dartt DA. Neural regulation of lacrimal gland secretory processes: relevance in dry eye diseases. Prog Retin Eye Res 2009; 28:155-77. [PMID: 19376264 DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2009.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 311] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The lacrimal gland is the major contributor to the aqueous layer of the tear film which consists of water, electrolytes and proteins. The amount and composition of this layer is critical for the health, maintenance, and protection of the cells of the cornea and conjunctiva (the ocular surface). Small changes in the concentration of tear electrolytes have been correlated with dry eye syndrome. While the mechanisms of secretion of water, electrolytes and proteins from the lacrimal gland differ, all three are under tight neural control. This allows for a rapid response to meet the needs of the cells of the ocular surface in response to environmental conditions. The neural response consists of the activation of the afferent sensory nerves in the cornea and conjunctiva to stimulate efferent parasympathetic and sympathetic nerves that innervate the lacrimal gland. Neurotransmitters are released from the stimulated parasympathetic and sympathetic nerves that cause secretion of water, electrolytes, and proteins from the lacrimal gland and onto the ocular surface. This review focuses on the neural regulation of lacrimal gland secretion under normal and dry eye conditions.
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- Darlene A Dartt
- Schepens Eye Research Institute and Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
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The human nasolacrimal ducts consist of the upper and lower lacrimal canaliculi, the lacrimal sac and the nasolacrimal duct and drain tear fluid from the ocular surface into the nose. The lining epithelium of the lacrimal sac and the nasolacrimal duct is lined by microvilli supporting the hypothesis that tear fluid components are absorbed. Based on its composition epithelial secretions fulfill functions in tear transport and antimicrobial defense. Further defense mechanisms are displayed by IgA and defense cells which show a special intraepithelial and subepithelial distribution. Moreover, tear duct-associated lymphoid tissue (TALT) is present, displaying the cytomorphological and immunophenotypic features of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT). The mechanisms of tear outflow are not yet resolved and several hypotheses exist. Significance is attributed to the lacrimal part of the orbicularis eye muscle surrounding the canaliculi, the helically arranged system of connective tissue fibres and the cavernous body that surrounds the lacrimal sac and the nasolacrimal duct. Moreover, the cavernous body has a function in protecting the lacrimal passage and is active during emotions.
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Kutta H, Willer A, Steven P, Bräuer L, Tsokos M, Paulsen F. Distribution of mucins and antimicrobial substances lysozyme and lactoferrin in the laryngeal subglottic region. J Anat 2008; 213:473-81. [PMID: 18657260 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.00960.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The subglottic region of the larynx is of high clinical relevance with regard to infections and malignancies. Little is known about the distribution of mucins and antimicrobial substances in this area. In this study, we have investigated the mucin distribution in the normal subglottis of the larynx. Moreover, we analysed the expression of lysozyme and lactoferrin in this area. Therefore, the subglottic region of 34 larynges was investigated immunohistochemically with different antibodies to mucins and antimicrobial substances. The epithelium reacted positive with antibodies to mucins MUC1 (34/34), 5AC (26/34), 5B (10/34), 7 (8/34), 8 (10/34) and 16 (19/34); submucosal glands were positive to mucins MUC1 (34/34), 5B (10/34), 7 (8/34), and 16 (19/34); high columnar epithelial cells and serous parts of subepithelial seromucous glands were also positive for lysozyme (34/34) and lactoferrin (34/34). The results show that human subglottic epithelium and subepithelial submucosal glands produce a broad spectrum of mucins that is almost comparable with that in other areas of the respiratory tract. We hypothesize that the mucin diversity of the subglottis has an impact on positive functional consequences during vocal production and antimicrobial defence. This antimicrobial defence is supported by synthesis and secretion of antimicrobial substances such as lysozyme and lactoferrin. Moreover, knowledge of the observed distribution pattern of mucins in the subglottis can be a useful tool for a classification of subglottic laryngeal carcinomas.
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- Hannes Kutta
- Department of Anatomy, Christian Albrecht University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
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Paulsen F, Jäger K, Worlitzsch D, Bräuer L, Schulze U, Schäfer G, Sel S. Regulation of MUC16 by inflammatory mediators in ocular surface epithelial cell lines. Ann Anat 2008; 190:59-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2007.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2007] [Revised: 05/23/2007] [Accepted: 05/26/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Bräuer L, Johl M, Börgermann J, Pleyer U, Tsokos M, Paulsen FP. Detection and localization of the hydrophobic surfactant proteins B and C in human tear fluid and the human lacrimal system. Curr Eye Res 2008; 32:931-8. [PMID: 18027169 DOI: 10.1080/02713680701694369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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PURPOSE To evaluate the expression and presence of the surfactant proteins (SP) B and C in the lacrimal apparatus at the ocular surface and in tear fluid. METHODS Expression of SP-B and SP-C was analyzed by RT-PCR in healthy lacrimal gland, conjunctiva, meibomian gland, accessory lacrimal glands, cornea, and nasolacrimal ducts. The deposition of the hydrophobic proteins SP-B and SP-C was determined by Western blot and immunohistochemistry in healthy tissues, tear fluid, and aqueous humor. RESULTS The presence of both SP-B and SP-C on mRNA and protein level was evidenced in healthy human lacrimal gland, conjunctiva, cornea, and nasolacrimal ducts. Moreover, both proteins were present in tear fluid but were absent in aqueous humor. Immunohistochemical investigations revealed production of both peptides by acinar epithelial cells of the lacrimal gland and additionally by accessory lacrimal glands of the eyelid as well as epithelial cells of the conjunctiva and nasolacrimal ducts. Immunohistochemically, healthy cornea and goblet cells revealed no reactivity. CONCLUSIONS Besides the recently detected surfactant-associated proteins SP-A and SP-D, our results show that SP-B and SP-C are also peptides of the tear film, the ocular surface, and the lacrimal apparatus. Based on the current knowledge of lowering surface tension in alveolar lung cells, a similar effect of SP-B and SP-C may be assumed concerning the tear film.
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- Lars Bräuer
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany.
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Yu DF, Chen Y, Han JM, Zhang H, Chen XP, Zou WJ, Liang LY, Xu CC, Liu ZG. MUC19 expression in human ocular surface and lacrimal gland and its alteration in Sjögren syndrome patients. Exp Eye Res 2007; 86:403-11. [PMID: 18184611 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2007.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2007] [Revised: 11/17/2007] [Accepted: 11/20/2007] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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This study investigated the expression of MUC19, a newly discovered gel-forming mucin gene, in normal human lacrimal functional unit components and its alteration in Sjögren syndrome patients. Real-time PCR and immunohistochemistry were performed to determine the expression of MUC19 and MUC5AC in human cornea, conjunctiva, and lacrimal gland tissues. Conjunctival impression cytology specimens were collected from normal control subjects and Sjögren syndrome patients for Real-time PCR, PAS staining, and immunohistochemistry assays. In addition, conjunctiva biopsy specimens from both groups were examined for the expression differences of MUC19 and MUC5AC at both mRNA and protein level. The MUC19 mRNA was found to be present in cornea, conjunctiva and lacrimal gland tissues. The immunohistochemical staining of mucins showed that MUC19 was expressed in epithelial cells from corneal, conjunctival, and lacrimal gland tissues. In contrast, MUC5AC mRNA was only present in conjunctiva and lacrimal gland tissues, but not in cornea. Immunostaining demonstrates the co-staining of MUC19 and MUC5AC in conjunctival goblet cells. Consistent with the significant decrease of mucous secretion, both MUC19 and MUC5AC were decreased in conjunctiva of Sjögren syndrome patients compared to normal subjects. Considering the contribution of gel-forming mucins to the homeostasis of the ocular surface, the decreased expression of MUC19 and MUC5AC in Sjögren syndrome patients suggested that these mucins may be involved in the disruption of the ocular surface homeostasis in this disease.
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- D F Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology of Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Ocular Surface Center of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Kutta H, Knipping S, Claassen H, Paulsen F. [Functional anatomy of the larynx from clinical points of view: part II: Laryngeal mucous membrane, blood supply, innervation, lymphatic drainage, age-related changes]. HNO 2007; 55:661-75; quiz 676. [PMID: 17431564 DOI: 10.1007/s00106-007-1557-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Diseases of the larynx are of concern not only for ear, nose, and throat physicians and phoniatricians but also for other clinicians who treat the larynx either conservatively or surgically, including speech therapists, pediatricians, anesthetists, oncologists, pulmonologists, radiologists, and general practitioners. Based on today's state of knowledge and taking into account our own research results of the last years as well as clinical points of view, the present contribution gives a short overview of the anatomy and physiology of the larynx. Part 2 discusses the functional anatomy of the laryngeal mucous membrane (glycoconjugates, mucins, trefoil factor family peptides, antimicrobial substances, larynx-associated lymphoid tissue), the vascular supply, innervation, and lymphatic drainage, as well as age-related laryngeal changes and their effects on swallowing, breathing, and phonation.
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- H Kutta
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Hals-, Nasen-, und Ohrenheilkunde, Universitätskrankenhaus Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg
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López-Cisternas J, Castillo-Díaz J, Traipe-Castro L, López-Solís RO. A Protein Dye-Binding Assay on Cellulose Membranes for Tear Protein Quantification. Cornea 2007; 26:970-6. [PMID: 17721299 DOI: 10.1097/ico.0b013e318093de64] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE To develop a method to quantify tear protein concentration with the sensitivity to measure this variable in the restricted volumes of single human tear samples. METHODS Aliquots of tear fluid from healthy subjects and a solution of standard bovine serum albumin (BSA) were spotted on cellulose membranes. Membranes were fixed, stained for protein with Coomassie blue, and washed until they displayed clear backgrounds. Stained spots were excised and eluted in a defined volume of methanol-ammonia, and the absorbance was determined spectrophotometrically at 610 nm. Membranes were calibrated by calculating their apparent thickness from the areas of stained spots and the corresponding aliquot volumes of either tear fluid or BSA solution. RESULTS In our dye-binding assay, absorbance (0-1.00 OD) was found to have a linear relation with tear fluid volume (1-7 microL). In a study involving samples from 33 healthy subjects, aliquots (3 microL) of tear fluid were found to yield absorbances in the linear range. Protein concentrations in tear fluid were found to be distributed over the range of 2.20-6.37 mg/mL (mean, 4.11 +/- 1.00 mg/mL) with no apparent sex differences. The assay can be applied successfully to quantify protein concentrations in tear fluid by using calibrated Schirmer strips after a tear test. Electrophoretic profiles of proteins present in tear fluid sampled from different healthy individuals were nearly identical when normalized for protein load by using this method. CONCLUSIONS The protein dye-binding assay we developed by using cellulose membranes or Schirmer strips is an efficient and convenient method for measuring tear protein concentration.
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- Juan López-Cisternas
- Program of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine-ICBM, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Jäger K, Wu G, Sel S, Garreis F, Bräuer L, Paulsen FP. MUC16 in the lacrimal apparatus. Histochem Cell Biol 2007; 127:433-8. [PMID: 17211626 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-006-0246-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/06/2006] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The aim of the present study was to determine the possible expression of the mucin MUC16 in the lacrimal apparatus. Expression and distribution of MUC16 in lacrimal gland, accessory lacrimal glands, and nasolacrimal ducts was monitored by RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry. MUC16 was expressed and detected in all tissues investigated. Comparable to conjunctiva and cornea it was membrane-anchored in accessory lacrimal glands whereas in lacrimal gland acinar cells and columnar cells of the nasolacrimal ducts it was stored in intracytoplasmic vesicles without membrane-association. Subepithelial serous glands of the nasolacrimal ducts revealed staining of the secretion product. Intracelluar production of MUC16 is present in lacrimal gland and epithelial cells of the nasolacrimal ducts but it is not clear whether this MUC16 is secreted. MUC16 seems to be shedded or secreted from the epithelial surface of subepithelial serous glands of the nasolacrimal ducts. Our results show that MUC16 is present in the whole lacrimal apparatus. Its distribution pattern suggests different physiological functions with regard to tear film physiology and tear outflow. Moreover, the results demonstrate the existence of so far not recognized qualitative differences in the secretion product of main lacrimal gland and accessory lacrimal glands (glands of Krause).
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- Kristin Jäger
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Grosse Steinstr. 52, 06097, Halle, Saale, Germany
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