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ArticleActa pharmacologica Sinica2025

Bile duct ligation impairs visual acuity in rats by ammonia- and bilirubin-induced retinal degeneration.

Yi-Ting Yang, Ming-Rui Ji, Zi-Jin Lin, Ping Li, Run-Ze Wu, Xiao-Dong Liu, Li Liu

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Yi-Ting YangDepartment of Pharmacology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China.
Ming-Rui JiDepartment of Pharmacology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China.
Zi-Jin LinDepartment of Pharmacology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China.
Ping LiDepartment of Pharmacy, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100176, China.
Run-Ze WuDepartment of Pharmacology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China.
Xiao-Dong LiuDepartment of Pharmacology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China. xdliu@cpu.edu.cn.
Li LiuDepartment of Pharmacology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China. Liulee@cpu.edu.cn.

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Abstract

Patients with hepatic failure are often accompanied by hepatic retinopathy, but the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the hepatic retinopathy remain unclear. In this study, we investigated how liver failure leads to hepatic retinopathy using bile duct ligation (BDL) rats as a cholestasis animal model. Light-dark box test was used to assess sensitivity to light, indexed as visual acuity. On D28 post-BDL, rats were subjected to light-dark box test and blood samples were collected for biochemical analyses. The rats then were euthanized. Liver, spleen and both side of eye were quickly harvested. We showed that BDL impaired rat sensitivity to light, significantly decreased the thickness of inner nuclear layer (INL), outer nuclear layer (ONL) and total retina, as well as the retinal cell numbers in ONL and ganglion cell layer (GCL). The expression of rhodopsin (RHO), brn-3a and GPX4 was significantly decreased in retina of BDL rats, whereas the expression of cleaved caspase 3, 8, 9, bax/bcl-2, RIP1, GFAP, and iba-1, as well as TUNEL-positive cells were significantly increased. In cultured retinal explant, we found that NH

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AmmoniaBile DuctsBilirubinRats, Sprague-DawleyRetinal DegenerationAnimalsApoptosisCholestasisLigationMaleRatsRetinaVisual AcuityAmmoniaBilirubinbile duct ligationhepatic retinopathyhyperammonemiahyperbilirubinemiaretinal degenerationvisual acuity

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PMCPMC11746980

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