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  • Title: Longitudinal profile of retinal ganglion cell damage after optic nerve crush with blue-light confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy.
    Author: Leung CK, Lindsey JD, Crowston JG, Lijia C, Chiang S, Weinreb RN.
    Journal: Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci; 2008 Nov; 49(11):4898-902. PubMed ID: 18441315.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: To investigate the long-term longitudinal profile of retinal ganglion cell (RGC) damage after optic nerve crush with a new technique for in vivo imaging of RGCs. METHODS: A blue-light confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope (bCSLO; 460 nm excitation, 490 nm detection) was used to image Thy-1 CFP mice aged 6 to 9 months (n = 5) before optic nerve crush, weekly after crush for 3 weeks, and at weeks 10 and 50 after optic nerve crush. A sham procedure was performed in the contralateral eye, and it was imaged as a control. Corresponding retinal areas before and after optic nerve crush were compared, and the fluorescent spots were counted manually. The longitudinal profile of RGC degeneration was modeled and compared with one-phase and two-phase exponential decay equations. RESULTS: A significant and progressive loss of fluorescent spots was found after optic nerve crush with 18.6% +/- 2.3%, 11.3% +/- 3.4%, 8.8% +/- 5.3%, 4.2% +/- 3.1%, and 3.3% +/- 2.1% of Thy-1-expressing RGCs remaining at weeks 1, 2, 3, 10, and 50, respectively, after optic nerve crush (P < 0.001; n = 5). There was no change in the fluorescence density in the contralateral control (P = 0.893). Two-phase exponential decay (y = 0.03 + 0.83e(-)(2.78t) + 0.14e(-)(0.30t)) was a better fit than one-phase exponential decay (y = 0.94e(-)(1.93t) + 0.06; P = 0.003) equations, with half-lives of fast phase and slow phase of 1.7 days and 16.3 days, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The longitudinal profile of RGC degeneration after optic nerve crush is characterized by a two-phase exponential decay model. bCSLO imaging provides an efficient and noninvasive approach to the longitudinal study of progressive RGC damage.
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