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ArticleInvestigative ophthalmology & visual science2025

In Vivo Quantification of Anterior and Posterior Chamber Volumes in Mice: Implications for Aqueous Humor Dynamics.

Daniel Kim, Raymond Fang, Pengpeng Zhang, Zihang Yan, Cheng Sun, Guorong Li, Christa Montgomery, Simon W M John, W Daniel Stamer, Hao F Zhang and 1 more

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors.

Daniel KimDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States.
Raymond FangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States.
Pengpeng ZhangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States.
Zihang YanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States.
Cheng SunDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States.
Guorong LiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States.
Christa MontgomeryDepartment of Ophthalmology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States.
Simon W M JohnDepartment of Ophthalmology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States.
W Daniel StamerDepartment of Ophthalmology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States.
Hao F ZhangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States.
C Ross EthierDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

Funding

VISION RESEARCHP30EY005722 · NEI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Goldis Malek · 1985 to 2026
$19.3M
Instrumentation, Fabrication, and Design CoreP30EY019007 · NEI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Xin Zhang · 2010 to 2026
$12.9M
Quantitative assessment of glaucomatous conventional outflow dynamicsR01EY030124 · NEI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI C ROSS ETHIER, Sina Farsiu · 2019 to 2026
$4.0M
Does VECAD at Schlemm canal cell-junctions determine IOP and glaucoma risk?R01EY032062 · NEI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI JOHN, SIMON W, KIZHATIL, KRISHNAKUMAR · 2021 to 2025
$3.5M
Clinical glaucoma management enabled by visible-light OCTU01EY033001 · NEI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI SCHUMAN, JOEL S, ZHANG, HAO F · 2021 to 2025
$3.2M
In Vivo Function and Metabolism Evaluation of Glaucomatous RGCs by Two-Photon Scanning Laser OphthalmologyR01EY034353 · NEI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Yang Hu, Hao F Zhang · 2023 to 2026
$2.7M
Visible-light optical coherence tomography for clinical glaucoma managementR44EY026466 · NEI · OPTICENT, INC. · PI KURANOV, ROMAN · 2018 to 2023
$2.7M
Novel ocular imaging and molecular analysis of anterior eye segment for glaucomaR01EY034740 · NEI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Tsutomu Kume, Hao F Zhang · 2023 to 2026
$2.7M
Transcriptional and Biomechanical Analysis of Segmental Outflow in GlaucomaR01EY031710 · NEI · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI ETHIER, C ROSS, GUPTA, DIVAKAR · 2020 to 2023
$2.4M
Models, mechanisms and treatment of LMX1B-induced glaucomaR01EY032507 · NEI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI JOHN, SIMON W · 2021 to 2024
$2.3M
Investigating nanoscale neuronal damages in early glaucoma towards clinical optical detectionR01EY029121 · NEI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI LIU, XIAORONG, ZHANG, HAO F · 2018 to 2021
$2.0M
A Nanocarrier Platform for Targeting Schlemm's Canal CellsR01EY033813 · NEI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI JOHNSON, MARK, SCOTT, EVAN ALEXANDER · 2022 to 2025
$1.9M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: Aqueous humor inflow rate, a key parameter influencing aqueous humor dynamics, is typically measured by fluorophotometry. Analyzing fluorophotometric data depends, inter alia, on the volume of aqueous humor in the anterior chamber but not the posterior chamber. Previous fluorophotometric studies of the aqueous inflow rate in mice have assumed the ratio of anterior:posterior volumes in mice to be similar to those in humans. Our goal was to measure anterior and posterior chamber volumes in mice to facilitate better estimates of aqueous inflow rates. Methods: We used standard near-infrared (NIR) optical coherence tomography (OCT) and robotic visible-light OCT (vis-OCT) to visualize, reconstruct, and quantify the volumes of the anterior and posterior chambers of the mouse eye in vivo. We used histology and micro-computed tomography (CT) scans to validate relevant landmarks from ex vivo tissues and facilitate in vivo measurement. Results: Posterior chamber volume is 1.1 times the anterior chamber volume in BALB/cAnNCrl mice, that is, the anterior chamber constitutes about 47% of the total aqueous humor volume, which is very dissimilar to the situation in humans. Anterior chamber volumes in 2-month-old BALB/cAnNCrl and C57BL6/J mice were 1.55 ± 0.36 µL (n = 10) and 2.05 ± 0.25 µL (n = 10), respectively. This implies that previous studies likely overestimated the aqueous inflow rate by approximately twofold. Conclusions: It is necessary to reassess previously reported estimates of aqueous inflow rates and, thus, aqueous humor dynamics in the mouse. For example, we now estimate that only 0% to 15% of aqueous humor drains via the pressure-independent (unconventional) route, similar to that seen in humans and monkeys.

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Anterior ChamberAqueous HumorMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLTomography, Optical CoherenceAnimalsFemaleFluorophotometryIntraocular PressureMaleMicePosterior Eye SegmentX-Ray Microtomography

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PMID39774626
PMCPMC11724372

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