• Department of Ophthalmology,Xijing Hospit al,Fourth Military Medical University,Xian 710032 China.;
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Objective It has been shown that pigment epitheliumderived factor (PEDF) is an effective anti-apoptosis agent on several kinds of cells of the central nervous system.This study aimed to evaluate the effect of PEDF on pressure induced retinal ischemia in a rat model. Methods Retinal ischemia was induced by increasing the intraocular pressure to 110 mm Hg for 45 minutes via an intracameral catheter.Ten microlit ers (0.1  mu;g/ mu;l) PEDF was injected into the vitreous of 4 eyes of each group im mediately after reperfusion and 4 additional eyes received only normal saline as vehicle controls.The animals were euthanized at 2 or 7 days after reperfusion.T he effect of PEDF on retinal degeneration was assessed by measuring the thicknes s of the inner retinal layers (MTIRL) and counting the retinal ganglion cells (R GC) on plastic embedded retinal sections. Results The MTIRL and the RGC counting in eyes treated with intravitreal PEDF were significantly higher than those in vehicle controls (118.1 plusmn;5.0)  mu;m vs(94.9 plusmn;3.0)  mu;m (P lt;0.05);(6.0 plusmn;1.0) cells/100  mu;m vs (4.5  plusmn;0.5) cells/100  mu;m (P lt;0.05) 7 days after reperfusion,respectively. Conclusion Intravitreal administration of PEDF can ameliorate an ischemiareperfusion retinal injury and may be useful to prevent neuronal degeneration in the inner retina. (Chin J Ocul Fundus Dis, 2001,17:138-140)

Citation: WANG Lin,Nahoko Ogata,KanjiJakahashi,et al.. Protective effect of pigment epitheliumderived factor on pressure-induced ret inal ischemia reperfusion in rats. Chinese Journal of Ocular Fundus Diseases, 2001, 17(2): 138-140. doi: Copy

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