Lipid Hydroperoxide Stimulates Subretinal Choroidal Neovascularization in the Rabbit

The authors sought to evaluate the effect of linoleic acid hydroperoxide (18:2/LHP) in promoting choroidal neovascularization (CNV). Albino male rabbits received a subretinal injection of various amounts of LHP (ranging from 5 to 200μ g) dissolved in 50μ l of sodium borate buffer. Control eyes recei...

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Published in:Experimental eye research 2002-02, Vol.74 (2), p.301-308
Main Authors: Tamai, Kazushi, Spaide, Richard F., Ellis, E.Ann, Iwabuchi, Shigehiro, Ogura, Yuichiro, Armstrong, Donald
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Atrophy
Biological and medical sciences
choriocapillaris
Choroid - pathology
Choroidal Neovascularization - etiology
Choroidal Neovascularization - metabolism
Choroidal Neovascularization - pathology
Eye and associated structures. Visual pathways and centers. Vision
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Injections
Linoleic Acids - administration & dosage
Lipid Peroxidation
Lipid Peroxides - administration & dosage
Male
Models, Animal
neovascularization
Pigment Epithelium of Eye - pathology
Rabbits
Retina - pathology
retinal pigment epithelium
subretinal space
Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs
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Summary:The authors sought to evaluate the effect of linoleic acid hydroperoxide (18:2/LHP) in promoting choroidal neovascularization (CNV). Albino male rabbits received a subretinal injection of various amounts of LHP (ranging from 5 to 200μ g) dissolved in 50μ l of sodium borate buffer. Control eyes received the buffer only. Eyes were examined up to 4 weeks later with indirect ophthalmoscopy, fundus photography and fluorescein angiography. Animals were killed on days 3, 7, 14 or 28, and eyes examined by light and transmission electron microscopy. In eyes injected with LHP of 150–200μ g, exposed areas turned white as observed ophthalmoscopically and showed both severe retinal and choroidal atrophy histologically. Neither fluorescein leakage nor CNV was found in these eyes or in controls. In 33 eyes injected with LHP of 100μ g or less, prominent fluorescein leakage was seen in three (9%) and less prominent focal leakage in five (15%). In 11 (46%) of the 24 eyes injected with 12.5–50μ g LHP, CNV was found histologically. Subretinal injection of LHP is capable of inducing CNV.
ISSN:0014-4835
1096-0007
DOI:10.1006/exer.2001.1121