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Article: Protection by an Oral Disubstituted Hydroxylamine Derivative against Loss of Retinal Ganglion Cell Differentiation following Optic Nerve Crush
Title | Protection by an Oral Disubstituted Hydroxylamine Derivative against Loss of Retinal Ganglion Cell Differentiation following Optic Nerve Crush |
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Issue Date | 2013 |
Citation | PLoS ONE, 2013, v. 8, n. 8, article no. e65966 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Thy-1 is a cell surface protein that is expressed during the differentiation of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). Optic nerve injury induces progressive loss in the number of RGCs expressing Thy-1. The rate of this loss is fastest during the first week after optic nerve injury and slower in subsequent weeks. This study was undertaken to determine whether oral treatment with a water-soluble N-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine derivative (OT-440) protects against loss of Thy-1 promoter activation following optic nerve crush and whether this effect targets the earlier quick phase or the later slow phase. The retina of mice expressing cyan fluorescent protein under control of the Thy-1 promoter (Thy1-CFP mice) was imaged using a blue-light confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope (bCSLO). These mice then received oral OT-440 prepared in cream cheese or dissolved in water, or plain vehicle, for two weeks and were imaged again prior to unilateral optic nerve crush. Treatments and weekly imaging continued for four more weeks. Fluorescent neurons were counted in the same defined retinal areas imaged at each time point in a masked fashion. When the counts at each time point were directly compared, the numbers of fluorescent cells at each time point were greater in the animals that received OT-440 in cream cheese by 8%, 27%, 52% and 60% than in corresponding control animals at 1, 2, 3 and 4 weeks after optic nerve crush. Similar results were obtained when the vehicle was water. Rate analysis indicated the protective effect of OT-440 was greatest during the first two weeks and was maintained in the second two weeks after crush for both the cream cheese vehicle study and water vehicle study. Because most of the fluorescent cells detected by bCSLO are RGCs, these findings suggest that oral OT-440 can either protect against or delay early degenerative responses occurring in RGCs following optic nerve injury. © 2013 Lindsey et al. |
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dc.contributor.author | Lindsey, James D. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Duong-Polk, Karen X. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Dai, Yi | - |
dc.contributor.author | Nguyen, Duy H. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Leung, Christopher K. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Weinreb, Robert N. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-04-08T03:07:32Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-04-08T03:07:32Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | PLoS ONE, 2013, v. 8, n. 8, article no. e65966 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/298046 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Thy-1 is a cell surface protein that is expressed during the differentiation of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). Optic nerve injury induces progressive loss in the number of RGCs expressing Thy-1. The rate of this loss is fastest during the first week after optic nerve injury and slower in subsequent weeks. This study was undertaken to determine whether oral treatment with a water-soluble N-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine derivative (OT-440) protects against loss of Thy-1 promoter activation following optic nerve crush and whether this effect targets the earlier quick phase or the later slow phase. The retina of mice expressing cyan fluorescent protein under control of the Thy-1 promoter (Thy1-CFP mice) was imaged using a blue-light confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope (bCSLO). These mice then received oral OT-440 prepared in cream cheese or dissolved in water, or plain vehicle, for two weeks and were imaged again prior to unilateral optic nerve crush. Treatments and weekly imaging continued for four more weeks. Fluorescent neurons were counted in the same defined retinal areas imaged at each time point in a masked fashion. When the counts at each time point were directly compared, the numbers of fluorescent cells at each time point were greater in the animals that received OT-440 in cream cheese by 8%, 27%, 52% and 60% than in corresponding control animals at 1, 2, 3 and 4 weeks after optic nerve crush. Similar results were obtained when the vehicle was water. Rate analysis indicated the protective effect of OT-440 was greatest during the first two weeks and was maintained in the second two weeks after crush for both the cream cheese vehicle study and water vehicle study. Because most of the fluorescent cells detected by bCSLO are RGCs, these findings suggest that oral OT-440 can either protect against or delay early degenerative responses occurring in RGCs following optic nerve injury. © 2013 Lindsey et al. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | PLoS ONE | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.title | Protection by an Oral Disubstituted Hydroxylamine Derivative against Loss of Retinal Ganglion Cell Differentiation following Optic Nerve Crush | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0065966 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 23940507 | - |
dc.identifier.pmcid | PMC3734221 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84881102982 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 8 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 8 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | article no. e65966 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | article no. e65966 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1932-6203 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000324465000001 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1932-6203 | - |