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ArticleGraefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie2011

Development of a novel ex vivo model of corneal fungal adherence.

Qingjun Zhou, Hao Chen, Mingli Qu, Qian Wang, Lingling Yang, Lixin Xie

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Article in Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Qingjun ZhouShandong Provincial Key Lab of Ophthalmology, Shandong Eye Institute, Qingdao, 266071, China.
Hao Chen
Mingli Qu
Qian Wang
Lingling Yang
Lixin Xie
Shandong Eye Institute & Hospital · CNShandong Eye Hospital · CN

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Abstract

purposeTo construct a suitable ex vivo model for the research of molecular mechanisms and the pharmacological screening of fungal adherence on the corneal surface. MATERIALS AND

methodsMouse eyes were divided into three groups as follows: a control group with normal corneal epithelium, a group with corneal epithelium that was needle-scarified, and a group with corneal epithelium that was completely debrided. All 96 corneas were placed in organ culture and inoculated with 5 μl spore suspensions of Candida albicans at 10⁹, 10⁸, or 10⁷ colony-forming units (CFU)/ml and incubated for 0, 30, 60, or 120 min. The corneas were homogenated and diluted for quantification by counting the CFU. The effects of amphotericin B or chondroitin sulfate on the adherence of the fungal spores were evaluated with the ex vivo organ culture model and were also compared with the human corneal epithelium monolayer model in vitro.

resultsCompared with the normal corneas with intact epithelium, the corneas with scarified and debrided epithelium adhered more spores for above two and four folds. The spore adhesion on the corneal surface was in an inoculation concentration- and incubation time-dependent manner. Moreover, both amphotericin B and chondroitin sulfate inhibited the adhesion of C. albicans spores on the corneal surface, but the inhibitory rates were different between the ex vivo corneal organ culture model and the in vitro corneal epithelium monolayer model.

conclusionsThe corneal organ culture was a suitable ex vivo model for the research of fungal adhesion mechanisms and drug screening.

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Disease Models, AnimalAmphotericin BAnimalsBacterial AdhesionCandida albicansCandidiasisChondroitin SulfatesColony Count, MicrobialCorneaCorneal InjuriesCorneal UlcerEye Infections, FungalMiceMice, Inbred BALB COrgan Culture TechniquesTime FactorsAmphotericin BChondroitin Sulfates

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