May 2008
Volume 49, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   May 2008
Pre-Clinical Evaluation of Six Novel Dyes for Chromovitrectomy
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • M. E. Farah
    Ophthalmology, UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • E. Rodrigues
    Ophthalmology, UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • F. Penha
    Ophthalmology, UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • E. Costa
    Ophthalmology, UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • M. Maia
    Ophthalmology, UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • E. Dib
    Ophthalmology, UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • J. Bottós
    Ophthalmology, UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • E. Freymuller
    Ophthalmology, UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • A. Lima
    Ophthalmology, UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • A. Safatle
    Ophthalmology, UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships  M.E. Farah, None; E. Rodrigues, None; F. Penha, None; E. Costa, None; M. Maia, None; E. Dib, None; J. Bottós, None; E. Freymuller, None; A. Lima, None; A. Safatle, None.
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Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science May 2008, Vol.49, 2051. doi:
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      M. E. Farah, E. Rodrigues, F. Penha, E. Costa, M. Maia, E. Dib, J. Bottós, E. Freymuller, A. Lima, A. Safatle; Pre-Clinical Evaluation of Six Novel Dyes for Chromovitrectomy. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2008;49(13):2051.

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Abstract

Purpose: : To investigate the retina biocompatibility of novel dyes.

Methods: : A total of 72 rabbits were used to perform the experiments. The amount of 0.05 ml of 0.5 % and 0.05 % light green (LG), fast green (FG), evans blue (EB), brilliant blue (BriB), bromophenol blue (BroB) or indigo carmine (IC) were injected intravitreally into the right eye, while in the left eye 0.05ml of balanced salt solution (BSS) was applied for control. Fundus photograph, fluorescein angiography (FA), histology with light microscopy (LM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were performed after one day and seven days. The retinal cellular layers were evaluated according to morphologic alterations and number of cells. The electroretinographic (ERG) changes were assessed at baseline, 24 hours and 7 days. Both latency and amplitude of maximum response, rod response, and oscillatory potentials as well as ratio of dye-injected / control group were used for detection of retinal toxicity.

Results: : LM and TEM disclosed slight focal morphologic changes without loss of cellular elements in eyes exposed to 0.05% LG, IC, FG, BriB, and BroB, similar to the control group. At the higher dose of 0.5%, BroB, LG and EB promoted cellular edema and vacuolization within the ganglion and bipolar cells, whereas 0.5% FG and IC caused slight retinal alterations similar to BSS injection. BriB at 0.5% induced just focal changes in the photoreceptors. Intravitreal injection of 0.5% EB caused significant loss of neuroretinal cell counts in comparison to BSS-injected eyes (p<0.05). ERG revealed intermittent prolonged latency and increased amplitude in eyes submitted to injection of 0.5% EB, LG, BriB and BroB, and at the lower dose only LG and EB induced functional changes in the ERG. FA disclosed RPE window defects in the 0.5% EB group.

Keywords: retinal pigment epithelium • retinal degenerations: cell biology • retina 
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