April 2011
Volume 52, Issue 14
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   April 2011
Inhibition Of Histone Deacetylase-1 And -3 Protects Against Loss Of Fluorescence From Injured Fluorescent Retinal Neurons In Thy1-CFP Mice
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Panida Chindasub
    Hamilton Glaucoma Center, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California
    Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Medical College and Vajira Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, Bangkok, Thailand
  • Karen X. Duong-Polk
    Hamilton Glaucoma Center, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California
  • Chris K. Leung
    Hamilton Glaucoma Center, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California
  • James D. Lindsey
    Hamilton Glaucoma Center, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California
  • Robert N. Weinreb
    Hamilton Glaucoma Center, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships  Panida Chindasub, None; Karen X. Duong-Polk, None; Chris K. Leung, None; James D. Lindsey, None; Robert N. Weinreb, None
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Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science April 2011, Vol.52, 2606. doi:
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      Panida Chindasub, Karen X. Duong-Polk, Chris K. Leung, James D. Lindsey, Robert N. Weinreb; Inhibition Of Histone Deacetylase-1 And -3 Protects Against Loss Of Fluorescence From Injured Fluorescent Retinal Neurons In Thy1-CFP Mice. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2011;52(14):2606.

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Abstract

Purpose: : To determine the neuroprotective effects of MS-275 (an inhibitor of histone deacetylase-1 and -3) in preventing fluorescent retinal neuron loss following optic nerve crush in Thy1-cyan fluorescent protein (Thy1-CFP23Jrs) mice.

Methods: : Thy1-CFP23Jrs mice were imaged using the blue-light confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope (bCSLO) before and after optic nerve crush every week for 6 weeks. Mice were treated with 11.3 mg/kg MS-275 (sc) or vehicle 3x/wk starting 1 week before optic nerve crush and continuing for 6 weeks. Fluorescent spots in the same retinal area of each animal were counted manually.

Results: : The mean proportions of fluorescent retinal neurons remaining in the vehicle group at weeks 1 through 6 following optic nerve crush were 36.4±7.9, 18.5±6.4, 13.0±10.5, 12.1±4.1, 13.1±5.0, and 13.8±5.0 percent, respectively (n=6). The mean proportion of fluorescent retinal neurons remaining in the group treated with MS-275 were 59.3±18.9, 39.5±10.8, 34.0±12.4, 33.4±15.1, 31.7±12.5, and 26.9±15.0 percent at weeks 1-6, respectively (n=7, P<0.05 at weeks 1 through 5). Thus, the numbers of fluorescent cells in mice that received MS-275 were greater by 163%, 212%, 261%, 275%, 241%, and 194% at weeks 1 through 6 after optic nerve crush than in the control mice, respectively.

Conclusions: : These results indicate MS-275 protects against loss of fluorescence from fluorescent retinal neurons in Thy1-CFP mice following optic nerve crush. Because fluorescent cells in these mice are predominantly retinal ganglion cells, these findings suggest there is a neuroprotective effect of MS-275 for retinal ganglion cells following optic nerve injury.

Keywords: neuroprotection • optic nerve • imaging/image analysis: non-clinical 
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