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ArticleInvestigative ophthalmology & visual science2020

Measurement of Diurnal Variation in Rod Outer Segment Length In Vivo in Mice With the OCT Optoretinogram.

Pengfei Zhang, Bradley Shibata, Gabriel Peinado, Robert J Zawadzki, Paul FitzGerald, Edward N Pugh

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Article in Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pengfei Zhang.
Bradley Shibata.
Gabriel Peinado.
Robert J Zawadzki.
Paul FitzGerald.
Edward N Pugh.
University of California, Davis · US

Funding

VISION RESEARCH CORE GRANTP30EY012576 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS · PI MARIE E BURNS · 1999 to 2026
$18.9M
MECHANISMS OF VISUAL TRANSDUCTIONR01EY002660 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI PUGH, EDWARD N · 1985 to 2021
$11.4M
Theranostics of Photoreceptor-RPE-Choroid Neurovascular Unit in Mouse Models of Eye DiseasesR01EY026556 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI Robert J Zawadzki · 2017 to 2026
$4.1M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY012576NEI NIH HHS R01 EY002660NEI NIH HHS R01 EY026556
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: To investigate diurnal variation in the length of mouse rod outer segments in vivo. Methods: The lengths of rod inner and outer segments (RIS, ROS) of dark-adapted albino mice maintained on a 12-hour dark:12-hour light cycle with light onset 7 AM were measured at prescribed times (6:30 AM, 11 AM, 3:30 PM) during the diurnal cycle with optical coherence tomography (OCT), taking advantage of increased visibility, after a brief bleaching exposure, of the bands corresponding to RIS/ROS boundaries and ROS tips (ROST). Results: Deconvolution of OCT depth profiles resolved two backscatter bands located 7.4 ± 0.1 and 10.8 ± 0.2 µm (mean ± SEM) proximal to Bruch's membrane (BrM). These bands were identified with histology as arising from the apical surface of RPE and ROST, respectively. The average length of dark-adapted ROS at 6:30 AM was 17.7 ± 0.8 µm. By 11 AM, the average ROS length had decreased by 10% to 15.9 ± 0.7 µm. After 11 AM, the ROS length increased steadily at an average rate of 0.12 µm/h, returning to baseline length by 23.5 hours in the cycle. Conclusions: The diurnal variation in ROS length measured in these experiments is consistent with prior histological investigations showing that rodent rod discs are phagocytosed by the RPE maximally over several hours around the time of normal light onset. The rate of recovery of ROS to baseline length before normal light onset is consistent with the hypothesis that disc membrane synthesis is fairly constant over the diurnal cycle.

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Albinism, OcularAnimalsBruch MembraneCircadian RhythmDark AdaptationMice, Inbred BALB CMicroscopy, ConfocalPhagocytosisRetinaRetinal Photoreceptor Cell Inner SegmentRod Cell Outer SegmentScattering, RadiationTomography, Optical Coherence

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PMID32176260
PMCPMC7401691
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