May 2008
Volume 49, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   May 2008
Flattening of the Non-Human Primate Crystalline Lens Surfaces During Simulated Accommodation
D. Borja; S. Uhlhorn; K. Ehrmann; A. De Castro; E. Arrieta-Quintero; A. Amelinckx; D. Nankivil; A. Ho; F. Manns; J.-M. Parel
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • D. Borja
    Ophthalmic Biophysics Center, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Univ of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
    Department of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Optics and Laser Laboratory, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
  • S. Uhlhorn
    Ophthalmic Biophysics Center, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Univ of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
  • K. Ehrmann
    Vision Cooperative Research Centre, Sydney, Australia
    Institute for Eye Research, Sydney, Australia
  • A. De Castro
    Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto de Optica, ‘‘Daza de Valdés’’, Madrid, Spain
  • E. Arrieta-Quintero
    Ophthalmic Biophysics Center, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Univ of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
  • A. Amelinckx
    Ophthalmic Biophysics Center, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Univ of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
  • D. Nankivil
    Ophthalmic Biophysics Center, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Univ of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
    Department of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Optics and Laser Laboratory, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
  • A. Ho
    Vision Cooperative Research Centre, Sydney, Australia
    Institute for Eye Research, Sydney, Australia
  • F. Manns
    Ophthalmic Biophysics Center, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Univ of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
    Department of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Optics and Laser Laboratory, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
  • J.-M. Parel
    Ophthalmic Biophysics Center, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Univ of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
    Vision Cooperative Research Centre, Sydney, Australia
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships  D. Borja, None; S. Uhlhorn, None; K. Ehrmann, None; A. De Castro, None; E. Arrieta-Quintero, None; A. Amelinckx, None; D. Nankivil, None; A. Ho, None; F. Manns, None; J. Parel, None.
  • Footnotes
    Support  2R01EY14225, 5F31EY15395 (Borja), P30EY14801 (Center Grant); Florida Lions Eye Bank; RPB; Vision Cooperative Research; Henri and Flore Lesieur Foundation
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science May 2008, Vol.49, 4564. doi:
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      D. Borja, S. Uhlhorn, K. Ehrmann, A. De Castro, E. Arrieta-Quintero, A. Amelinckx, D. Nankivil, A. Ho, F. Manns, J.-M. Parel; Flattening of the Non-Human Primate Crystalline Lens Surfaces During Simulated Accommodation. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2008;49(13):4564.

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Abstract

Purpose: : To measure the changes in lens surface curvature during simulated accommodation.

Methods: : Accommodation simulation experiments were performed on 4 cynomolgus (2-6 years old) monkey and 2 baboon (3 years old) crystalline lenses within 3 hrs postmortem. Tissue sections (lens, capsule, zonules, ciliary body, and sclera) were mounted in a 2nd generation lens stretching system (EVAS II, Ehrmann et al, SPIE Proceedings Vol 5314) and radially stretched in a stepwise fashion from the accommodated (zero load) to the unaccommodated state. Lens cross-sectional profile was imaged at every step increment with a custom designed OCT system. Image processing was performed to determine lens thickness, anterior and posterior radii of curvature and asphericities from the OCT images taken at every step increment.

Results: : Radial stretching of the sclera by 3mm decreased lens thickness by 1.0±0.2mm and 1.2±0.2mm in the cynomolgus and the baboon lenses respectively. Lens diameter increased by 1.0±0.4mm and 1.2±0.2mm in the cynomolgus and the baboon lenses respectively. Over the central 6mm zone, the anterior radius of curvature increased on average by 7.4±0.3mm and 6.5±1.4mm in the cynomolgus and baboon lenses respectively. The posterior radius of curvature increased by 1.9±0.3mm and 1.4±0.1mm in the cynomolgus and baboon lenses respectively.

Conclusions: : Radial stretching forces produce a flattening of both anterior and posterior surface curvatures in pre-presbyopic monkey lenses, as predicted by the Helmholtz theory of accommodation.Support: NIH Grants: 2R01EY14225, 5F31EY15395, P30EY14801 (Center Grant); NSF Graduate Student Fellowship; I3P-CSIC Predoctoral Fellowship (De Castro); the Florida Lions Eye Bank; an unrestricted grant from Research to Prevent Blindness; The Australian Government CRC Scheme via Vision CRC, Sydney, Australia; the Henri and Flore Lesieur Foundation.

Keywords: accomodation • presbyopia • optical properties 
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