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ArticleInvestigative ophthalmology & visual science2016

Experimental Glaucoma Causes Optic Nerve Head Neural Rim Tissue Compression: A Potentially Important Mechanism of Axon Injury.

Brad Fortune, Juan Reynaud, Christy Hardin, Lin Wang, Ian A Sigal, Claude F Burgoyne

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Article in Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Brad FortuneDiscoveries in Sight Research Laboratories Devers Eye Institute and Legacy Research Institute, Legacy Health, Portland, Oregon, United States.
Juan ReynaudDiscoveries in Sight Research Laboratories Devers Eye Institute and Legacy Research Institute, Legacy Health, Portland, Oregon, United States.
Christy HardinDiscoveries in Sight Research Laboratories Devers Eye Institute and Legacy Research Institute, Legacy Health, Portland, Oregon, United States.
Lin WangDiscoveries in Sight Research Laboratories Devers Eye Institute and Legacy Research Institute, Legacy Health, Portland, Oregon, United States.
Ian A SigalDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
Claude F BurgoyneDiscoveries in Sight Research Laboratories Devers Eye Institute and Legacy Research Institute, Legacy Health, Portland, Oregon, United States.
Legacy Health · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Virus Production and Manipulation of Protein/Gene Expression ModuleP30EY008098 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Ethan A Rossi · 1989 to 2026
$17.8M
IOP RELATED FORCE AND FAILURE IN THE OPTIC NERVE HEADR01EY011610 · NEI · LOUISIANA STATE UNIV HSC NEW ORLEANS · PI BURGOYNE, CLAUDE F · 1998 to 2020
$12.6M
Optic Nerve Head SDOCT Imaging in GlaucomaR01EY021281 · NEI · LEGACY EMANUEL HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CENTER · PI BURGOYNE, CLAUDE F · 2011 to 2018
$3.7M
The role of retinal astrocytes in dynamic blood flow autoregulationR01EY019939 · NEI · LEGACY EMANUEL HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CENTER · PI WANG, LIN · 2010 to 2019
$3.1M
Axonal cytoskeletal changes in experimental glaucomaR01EY019327 · NEI · LEGACY EMANUEL HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CENTER · PI FORTUNE, BRAD · 2009 to 2014
$1.7M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY008098NEI NIH HHS R01 EY011610NEI NIH HHS R01 EY019327NEI NIH HHS R01 EY019939NEI NIH HHS R01 EY021281
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeWe tested the hypothesis that experimental glaucoma (EG) results in greater thinning of the optic nerve head (ONH) neural rim tissue than the peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) tissue.

methodsLongitudinal spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SDOCT) imaging of the ONH and peripapillary RNFL was performed every other week under manometric IOP control (10 mm Hg) in 51 nonhuman primates (NHP) during baseline and after induction of unilateral EG. The ONH parameter minimum rim area (MRA) was derived from 80 radial B-scans centered on the ONH; RNFL cross-sectional area (RNFLA) from a peripapillary circular B-scan with 12° diameter.

resultsIn control eyes, MRA was 1.00 ± 0.19 mm2 at baseline and 1.00 ± 0.19 mm2 at the final session (P = 0.77), while RNFLA was 0.95 ± 0.09 and 0.95 ± 0.10 mm2, respectively (P = 0.96). In EG eyes, MRA decreased from 1.00 ± 0.19 mm2 at baseline to 0.63 ± 0.21 mm2 at the final session (P < 0.0001), while RNFLA decreased from 0.95 ± 0.09 to 0.74 ± 0.19 mm2, respectively (P < 0.0001). Thus, MRA decreased by 36.4 ± 20.6% in EG eyes, significantly more than the decrease in RNFLA (21.7 ± 19.4%, P < 0.0001). Other significant changes in EG eyes included increased Bruch's membrane opening (BMO) nonplanarity (P < 0.05), decreased BMO aspect ratio (P < 0.0001), and decreased MRA angle (P < 0.001). Bruch's membrane opening area did not change from baseline in either control or EG eyes (P = 0.27, P = 0.15, respectively).

conclusionsOptic nerve head neural rim tissue thinning exceeded peripapillary RNFL thinning in NHP EG. These results support the hypothesis that axon bundles are compressed transversely within the ONH rim along with glaucomatous deformation of connective tissues.

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AnimalsAxonsDisease Models, AnimalDisease ProgressionFemaleGlaucomaIntraocular PressureMacaca mulattaMaleNerve FibersOptic DiskOptic Nerve DiseasesRetinal Ganglion CellsTime FactorsTomography, Optical Coherence

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PMID27564522
PMCPMC5016000
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