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Wormstone IM. The human capsular bag model of posterior capsule opacification. Eye (Lond) 2020; 34:225-231. [PMID: 31745327 PMCID: PMC7002671 DOI: 10.1038/s41433-019-0680-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2019] [Accepted: 10/24/2019] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Posterior capsule opacification (PCO) is the most common complication following cataract surgery and affects millions of patients. PCO is a consequence of surgical injury promoting a wound-healing response. Following surgery, residual lens epithelial cells grow on acellular regions of the lens capsule, including the central posterior capsule. These cells can undergo fibrotic changes, such that cell transdifferentiation to myofibroblasts, matrix deposition and matrix contraction can occur, which contribute to light scatter and the need for further corrective Nd:YAG laser capsulotomy in many patients. It is therefore of great importance to better understand how PCO develops and determine better approaches to manage the condition. To achieve this, experimental systems are required, and many are available to study PCO. While there may be a number of common features associated with PCO in different species, the mechanisms governing the condition can differ. Consequently, where possible, human systems should be employed. The human capsular bag model was established in a laboratory setting on donor eyes. A capsulorhexis is performed to create an opening in the anterior capsule followed by removal of the lens fibre mass. Residual fibre cells can be removed by irrigation/aspiration and if required, an intraocular lens can be implanted. The capsular bag is isolated from the eye and transferred to a dish for culture. The human capsular bag model has played an important role in understanding the biological processes driving PCO and enables evaluation of surgical approaches, IOLs and putative therapeutic agents to better manage PCO.
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Koch CR, D'Antin JC, Tresserra F, Barraquer RI, Michael R. Histological comparison of in vitro and in vivo development of peripheral posterior capsule opacification in human donor tissue. Exp Eye Res 2019; 188:107807. [PMID: 31539543 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2019.107807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2019] [Revised: 09/16/2019] [Accepted: 09/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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In order to study the mechanisms involved in the development of posterior capsule opacification (PCO) we compared in vivo developed PCO with PCO formed in tissue culture with focus on the periphery of the lens capsule to evaluate lens regeneration potential. We studied three human tissue groups: Cultured lens capsules after mock cataract surgery (n = 6, 30 days), lens capsules from donors that had previously undergone cataract surgery (IOL capsules) (n = 12) and intact lenses (n = 6). All samples were stained with Vimentin, alpha Smooth Muscle Actin, Picro Sirius Red (for collagen) and Paired box protein (Pax6). We found that cultured capsules and less developed IOL capsules consisted mainly of monolayers of mesenchymal cells, while more developed IOL capsules, contained lens epithelial cells (LECs), globular cells and lens fiber cells. Many IOL capsule samples expressed collagen I and III in areas where cells were in contact with the IOL. Pax6 had a similar dispersed distribution in less developed IOL capsules and cultured capsules, while more developed IOL capsules and intact lenses, concentrated Pax6 in LECs at the equatorial lens bow. The similarities between cultured capsules and less developed IOL capsules indicate that our in vitro developed PCO is comparable to early in vivo developed PCO. The similar morphology of more developed IOL capsules and intact lenses seems to indicate an attempt at lens regeneration.
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- Camila Ribeiro Koch
- Institut Universitari Barraquer, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Department of Ophthalmology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Institut Universitari Barraquer, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Oftalmología Barraquer, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut Universitari Barraquer, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Oftalmología Barraquer, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Institut Universitari Barraquer, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Oftalmología Barraquer, Barcelona, Spain
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Eldred JA, Zheng J, Chen S, Wormstone IM. An In Vitro Human Lens Capsular Bag Model Adopting a Graded Culture Regime to Assess Putative Impact of IOLs on PCO Formation. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2019; 60:113-122. [PMID: 30629726 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.18-25930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Purpose To develop a culture regime for the in vitro human lens capsular bag model that better reflects clinical events following cataract surgery and to use this refined model to evaluate the putative impact of IOLs on PCO formation. Methods Capsulorhexis and lens extraction were performed on human donor eyes to generate capsular bags attached to the ciliary body by the zonules. Preparations were secured by pinning the ciliary body to a silicone ring and maintaining in 6 mL serum-free EMEM for 28 days or in a graded culture system (days 1-3, 5% human serum and 10 ng/mL TGFβ2; days 4-7, 2% human serum and 1 ng/mL TGFβ2; days 8-14, 1% human serum and 0.1 ng/mL TGFβ2; days 15-28, serum-free EMEM), which better mimics clinical changes. Preparations were monitored with phase-contrast and modified-dark-field microscopy. Cell coverage and light scatter were quantified using image analysis software. The transdifferentiation marker, α-SMA and matrix component, fibronectin were assessed by immunocytochemistry. To assess IOLs in the model, Alcon Acrysof or Hoya Vivinex IOLs were implanted in match-paired capsular bags. Results Match-paired experiments showed that graded culture enhanced growth, facilitated matrix contraction, increased transdifferentiation, and promoted matrix deposition relative to serum-free culture. The graded culture protocol was applied to match-paired bags implanted with a Hoya Vivinex or an Alcon Acrysof IOL. The Vivinex demonstrated a lag in growth across the posterior capsule. However, by day 28, coverage was similar, but light-scatter was greater with Acrysof implanted. Cell growth on the Acrysof IOL anterior surface was significantly greater than Vivinex. Conclusions The graded culture human capsular bag model serves as an excellent system to evaluate and develop intraocular lenses. The Hoya Vivinex IOL showed an overall better level of performance against postsurgical wound healing and PCO than the Alcon Acrysof using this model.
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- Julie A Eldred
- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- HOYA Surgical Optics, Disruptive Target Research Group, Global R&D, Singapore
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- HOYA Surgical Optics, Disruptive Target Research Group, Global R&D, Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
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Wormstone IM, Eldred JA. Experimental models for posterior capsule opacification research. Exp Eye Res 2015; 142:2-12. [PMID: 25939555 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2015.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2014] [Revised: 04/29/2015] [Accepted: 04/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Millions of people worldwide are blinded due to cataract formation. At present the only means of treating a cataract is through surgical intervention. A modern cataract operation involves the creation of an opening in the anterior lens capsule to allow access to the fibre cells, which are then removed. This leaves in place a capsular bag that comprises the remaining anterior capsule and the entire posterior capsule. In most cases, an intraocular lens is implanted into the capsular bag during surgery. This procedure initially generates good visual restoration, but unfortunately, residual lens epithelial cells undergo a wound-healing response invoked by surgery, which in time commonly results in a secondary loss of vision. This condition is known as posterior capsule opacification (PCO) and exhibits classical features of fibrosis, including hyperproliferation, migration, matrix deposition, matrix contraction and transdifferentiation into myofibroblasts. These changes alone can cause visual deterioration, but in a significant number of cases, fibre differentiation is also observed, which gives rise to Soemmering's ring and Elschnig's pearl formation. Elucidating the regulatory factors that govern these events is fundamental in the drive to develop future strategies to prevent or delay visual deterioration resulting from PCO. A range of experimental platforms are available for the study of PCO that range from in vivo animal models to in vitro human cell and tissue culture models. In the current review, we will highlight some of the experimental models used in PCO research and provide examples of key findings that have resulted from these approaches.
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
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Mencucci R, Favuzza E, Boccalini C, Gicquel JJ, Raimondi L. Square-edge intraocular lenses and epithelial lens cell proliferation: implications on posterior capsule opacification in an in vitro model. BMC Ophthalmol 2015; 15:5. [PMID: 25599704 PMCID: PMC4324805 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-15-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2014] [Accepted: 01/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Background To evaluate lens epithelial cell (LEC) proliferation with two different designs (one-piece or three-piece) of hydrophobic acrylic IOLs with 360° square optic edge using an in vitro culture model of posterior capsule opacification (PCO). Methods This experimental study was conducted at the Department of NEUROFARBA, Section of Pharmacology, University of Florence, Italy. Human LECs were seeded and cultured in transwell cell culture inserts coated with a type-IV collagen membrane on which an IOL (one-piece Tecnis-1 or three-piece AR40E, Abbott Medical Optics Inc.) had been previously placed. As control, cells were plated on the insert membrane without an IOL. At day six (cells confluent in controls) IOLs were removed and cell counting, viability and cell density under and outside the IOLs were evaluated. Results No statistically significant difference in the number of cells (p > 0.05) between inserts with the one-piece and three-piece IOLs was found. Cell density in the area under each IOL was significantly lower than in the area outside of it (p < 0.05), or in the control insert. (p < 0.05). Cell density under the single-piece IOL was not significantly different from that under the three-piece IOL (p > 0.05). Conclusions A 360° sharp-edge played a crucial role in avoiding LEC migration under the IOL and preventing the formation of PCO after cataract surgery. Long term clinical evaluation is necessary to estimate functional results.
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- Rita Mencucci
- Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine - Eye Clinic, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
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- Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine - Eye Clinic, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
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- Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine - Eye Clinic, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Poitiers University Hospital, Poitiers, Cedex, France.
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- Department of NEUROFARBA, section of Pharmacology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
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Experimental lens capsular bag model for posterior capsule opacification. Cell Tissue Res 2014; 357:101-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s00441-014-1870-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2013] [Accepted: 02/28/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Vasavada AR, Raj SM, Shah GD, Nanavaty MA. Posterior capsule opacification after lens implantation: incidence, risk factors and management. EXPERT REVIEW OF OPHTHALMOLOGY 2014. [DOI: 10.1586/eop.12.80] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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PURPOSE To demonstrate a new optic edge design that preserves advantages of the square-edged optic and substantially reduces intensity of the light pattern formed at the retina by internal reflection off the optic edge. METHODS Non-sequential ray tracing (Zemax optical design software) was used to model light intensity and distribution of the light pattern at the retina formed by internal light reflection off different optic edges in intraocular lens of otherwise equivalent configurations. RESULTS A maximum intensity of the light pattern formed by internal reflection off the optic edge occurs within 35 to 42.5° of the field angle. An undulated square-edged optic reduces the maximum light intensity of the light pattern formed at the retina by a factor of 5, when compared with a conventional double square-edged optic. CONCLUSIONS Edge undulation of the square-edged optic is an effective addition to intraocular lens designs that reduces the potential for dysphotopsia caused by the optic edge internal reflection of light.
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Lombardo M, Talu S, Talu M, Serrao S, Ducoli P. Surface roughness of intraocular lenses with different dioptric powers assessed by atomic force microscopy. J Cataract Refract Surg 2010; 36:1573-8. [PMID: 20692572 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2010.06.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2010] [Revised: 03/17/2010] [Accepted: 03/17/2010] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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PURPOSE To analyze the optic surface roughness and morphology of 2 types of hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lenses (IOLs) with various dioptric powers using atomic force microscopy (AFM). SETTING Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Mechanics, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. METHODS Atomic force microscopy was used to characterize the topography of 2 types of hydrophobic acrylic IOLs from a single manufacturer (SN60AT and SA30AL) with dioptric powers ranging from 10.0 diopters (D) to 30.0 D. The AFM analysis was performed in contact mode using a V-shaped silicon nitride cantilever with a pyramidal tip curvature of 15 nm and a nominal spring constant of 0.2 N/m. Detailed surface characterization of the IOL optic was obtained using 6 quantitative parameters provided by the AFM software. RESULTS Five of 6 roughness parameters indicated statistically significant differences (P<.05) between IOLs with different dioptric powers, with the 10.0 D IOL in both models providing the smoothest optic surface. Between models with the same dioptric power, the SN60AT model had lower values of each surface roughness parameter than the SA30AL model. CONCLUSIONS Atomic force microscopy was an accurate tool for assessing the surface properties of IOL optics. Manufacturing processes were responsible for introducing detectable differences in the topography of IOL biomaterials with identical copolymer constituents but different dioptric powers. Nanometric analysis may assist IOL manufacturers in developing IOLs with optimal surface characteristics.
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Cleary G, Spalton DJ, Zhang JJ, Marshall J. In vitro lens capsule model for investigation of posterior capsule opacification. J Cataract Refract Surg 2010; 36:1249-52. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2010.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2010] [Revised: 03/23/2010] [Accepted: 03/23/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Burger J, Kreutzer T, Alge CS, Strauss RW, Eibl K, Haritoglou C, Neubauer AS, Kampik A, Priglinger SG. Capsular tension ring–based in vitro capsule opacification model. J Cataract Refract Surg 2008; 34:1167-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.03.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2008] [Accepted: 03/29/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Pratt CM, Barton S, McGonigle E, Kishi M, Foot PJS. Preoperative opacification of acrylic intraocular lenses in storage. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE. MATERIALS IN MEDICINE 2007; 18:583-9. [PMID: 17546417 DOI: 10.1007/s10856-007-2305-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2004] [Accepted: 03/01/2006] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The preoperative opacification of acrylic intraocular lenses (IOLs) was investigated in order to determine its cause. Opacified IOLs were examined by energy dispersive X-ray (EDX), the buffer solutions were analysed by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) and the rubber seals used in the bottles in which the IOLs were stored were ashed and tested. The deposit covering the opacified lenses contained a significant amount of zinc, which was absent from fresh IOLs and buffer solution. The source of this was found to be the rubber seals used to seal the glass bottles in which the IOLs were stored. There were two types of rubber seals used, red and grey in colour. The buffer solutions in which opacification had occurred was also contaminated with zinc, but this was only noticeable when using the red seals. This contamination was reproduced by boiling red seals in fresh buffer solution for eighty minutes, to simulate autoclaving. It was concluded that zinc from the zinc oxide used as filler in the rubber seals was leaching into the buffer solution and causing the IOLs to become opacified. This was found to be much worse in the case of the red seals than for the grey ones. However, minute crystals were found on the IOLs stored using the grey ones, which could potentially act as nucleation points for postoperative opacification.
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- C M Pratt
- School of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Science, Kingston University, Penrhyn Road, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey, KT1 2EE, United Kingdom.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW This paper assesses the factors that contribute to the formation of an effective capsular bend as a deterrent to posterior capsule opacification. Its goal is to assist the practicing ophthalmologist in separating current understanding of this process from various working models previously proposed. RECENT FINDINGS While a square-edge design appreciably improves resistance to posterior capsule opacification, significant factors remain under the control of the surgeon. These factors combine to form the physical and psychological barrier of a capsular bend. Innovative digital imaging has shown lens epithelial cell migration, allowing for a more rapid assessment of posterior capsule opacification resistance. A three-piece intraocular lens allows for full 360 degree capsular bend formation surrounding the optic edge; some single-piece designs may inhibit capsular bend formation. Decreasing, but not eliminating, the surviving lens epithelial cell population may diminish capsular bend strength, which may decrease resistance to posterior capsule opacification in the face of a regenerating cortex. All demographic features of clear/refractive lens exchange suggest higher rates of posterior capsule opacification than with standard cataract surgery. SUMMARY The quality of capsular bend formation will determine how resistant an intraocular lens will be to posterior capsule opacification as a consequence of regenerating cortex. As refractive lens exchange and new accommodating intraocular lens designs become more popular, the problems of regenerating cortex will increase in magnitude.
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- Steven Dewey
- Colorado Springs Health Partners, PC, 209 South Nevada Avenue, CO 80903, USA.
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Wormstone IM, Collison DJ, Hansom SP, Duncan G. A focus on the human lens in vitro. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY 2006; 21:215-221. [PMID: 21783660 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2005.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The lens is a unique organ in that it is avascular and non-innervated, obtaining all nutrients from the aqueous and vitreous humours that bathe the lens. All lenses attempt to achieve the same goal, namely to maintain transparency and focus light on to the retina. However, the mechanisms by which these processes are maintained, or disrupted leading to a loss of transparency, are likely to differ in some cases between animals and humans. To allow comparison to take place, human in vitro models have been developed, ranging from whole organ culture to the generation of human lens cell lines. All have their merits and limitations, but as a whole, they permit extensive studies of lens cell behaviour and function to be carried out. Together, these in vitro methods allow the biological events of the lens to be further understood. Moreover, they could help identify the mechanisms that give rise to cataract and posterior capsule opacification, a problem that occurs following surgery, providing therapeutic targets for their prevention.
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- I Michael Wormstone
- The Humane Research Trust, School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
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