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ArticlePloS one2020

A spectral-domain optical coherence tomographic analysis of Rdh5-/- mice retina.

Yuting Xie, Takayuki Gonome, Kodai Yamauchi, Natsuki Maeda-Monai, Reiko Tanabu, Sei-Ichi Ishiguro, Mitsuru Nakazawa

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Article in PloS one, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Yuting XieDepartment of Ophthalmology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan.
Takayuki GonomeDepartment of Ophthalmology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan.
Kodai YamauchiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan.
Natsuki Maeda-MonaiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan.
Reiko TanabuDepartment of Ophthalmology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan.
Sei-Ichi IshiguroDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
Mitsuru NakazawaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-6095-5712
Hirosaki University · JPTohoku University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo investigate the longitudinal findings of spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) in relation to the morphologic features in Rdh5 knockout (Rdh5-/-) mice. MATERIALS AND

methodsThe mouse retina was segmented into four layers; the inner retinal (A), outer plexiform and outer nuclear (B), rod/cone (C), and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE)/choroid (D) layers. The thickness of each retinal layer of Rdh5-/- mice was longitudinally and quantitatively measured at six time points from postnatal months (PM) 1 to PM6 using SD-OCT. Age-matched C57BL/6J mice were employed as wild-type controls. The data were statistically compared using Student's t-test. The fundus appearance was assessed, histologic and ultrastructural examinations were performed in both groups.

resultsLayers A and B were significantly thinner in the Rdh5-/- mice than in the wild-type C57BL/6J mice during the observation periods. Layers C and D became thinner in the Rdh5-/- mice than in the wild-type mice after PM6. Although no abnormalities corresponding to whitish fundus dots were detected by SD-OCT or histologic examinations, the intracellular accumulation of low-density vacuoles was noted in the RPE of the Rdh5-/- mice by electron microscopy. The photoreceptor nuclei appeared less dense in the Rdh5-/- mice than in the wild-type mice. DISCUSSION: The results from the present study suggest that although it is difficult to detect qualitative abnormalities, SD-OCT can detect quantitative changes in photoreceptors even in the early stage of retinal degeneration induced by the Rdh5 gene mutation in mice.

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Alcohol OxidoreductasesAnimalsFundus OculiMice, Inbred C57BLPhotoreceptor Cells, VertebrateRetinaTomography, Optical CoherenceAlcohol Oxidoreductasesretinol dehydrogenase 5

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PMCPMC7144952
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