Effect of pigment epithelium derived factor on ultra structure of acute optic nerve injury in rats
ZHAO Junbo1 WANG Bin2▲ YAN Xiaoxiao1 CUI Cui1
1.Department of Ophtalmology, Central Hospital of Handan, Hebei Province, Handan 056002, China;
2.Forth Department of Neurology, Central Hospital of Handan, Hebei Province, Handan 056002, China
Abstract:Objective To investigate the protective effect of pigment epithelium derived factor (PEDF) on mitochondria axon ultra structure of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) in rats after acute optic nerve injury. Methods 60 SD rats were randomly divided into 3 groups: blank group, model group and experiment group, each group included 20 rats. The blank group was not given any disposal, rats in model group and experiment group were treated with forceps clamping left eye optic nerve to cause incomplete injury of optic nerve, the right eye was not given any disposal. The model group and experiment group, the left eyes models successfully made immediately, at 1 week and 2 weeks, the rats was injected balanced salt solution 5 μL and PEDF 1 μg into vitreous cavity respectively. Rats of three groups were harvested at the third week, 10 rats left eyeball were taken out to make specimens in each group, changes of retinal ultra structure was observed by the electron microscopy; the remaining rats were prepared to make 5 μm retinal slices, the retinal ganglion cells were counted by routine HE staining. Results Mitochondria edema, cytoplasm condensed axon swelling existed in model group and experiment group, compared with the blank group by observing with the electron microscopy. Compared with model group, the degree of cytoplasm condensed axon swelling was lesser, and structure was more completely in the experiment group. HE staining showed ganglion cells in the experiment group and model group were less (P < 0.05), cell morphology of ganglion cells were better and the number of RGCs were more in experiment group. The number of ganglion cell counts in model group and experiment group decreased by 73.3% and 53.3% respectively, the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). Conclusion Incomplete injury of optic nerve can cause obvious damage to the ultra structure of the optic nerve, and PEDF can relieve the damage of the ultra structure of the optic nerve., also can weaken the apoptosis of RGCs.