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September 2016
Volume 57, Issue 12
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   September 2016
Pharmacological inhibition of nitric oxide increases myopia susceptibility in mice
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Ranjay Chakraborty
    Ophthalmology , Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
    Rehab R&D Center of Excellence, Atlanta VA Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia, United States
  • Michael A. Bergen
    Rehab R&D Center of Excellence, Atlanta VA Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia, United States
  • Erica Landis
    Ophthalmology , Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
  • Duk Cheon Lee
    Rehab R&D Center of Excellence, Atlanta VA Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia, United States
  • P. Michael Iuvone
    Ophthalmology , Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
    Pharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine , Atlanta, Georgia, United States
  • Machelle T Pardue
    Rehab R&D Center of Excellence, Atlanta VA Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia, United States
    Wallace H. Coulter, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships   Ranjay Chakraborty, None; Michael Bergen, None; Erica Landis, None; Duk Cheon Lee, None; P. Michael Iuvone, None; Machelle Pardue, None
  • Footnotes
    Support  NIH NEI R01 EY016435 (MTP), R01 EY004864 (PMI), P30 EY006360, Research to Prevent Blindness, and Dept. of Veterans Affairs Rehabilitation R&D Service Research Career Scientist Award C9257S (MTP)
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      Ranjay Chakraborty, Michael A. Bergen, Erica Landis, Duk Cheon Lee, P. Michael Iuvone, Machelle T Pardue; Pharmacological inhibition of nitric oxide increases myopia susceptibility in mice. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2016;57(12):No Pagination Specified.

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Abstract

Purpose : Nitric oxide (NO), a gaseous neurotransmitter is synthesized in the mammalian retina and the choroid by activation of the enzyme nitric oxide synthase (NOS). Studies on chickens and guinea pigs have suggested that NO may mediate inhibition of axial eye growth through choroidal thickening. We hypothesize that pharmacological inhibition of NO will lead to myopic eye growth, thinner choroids and increased susceptibility to form-deprivation (FD) myopia in C57BL/6J wild-type mice.

Methods : Mice were treated with L-NAME (100-140 mg mixed with 100 ml of drinking water) beginning at postnatal day 10; control mice received normal drinking water. Refractive development was measured every 2 weeks from 4 to 14 weeks of age. Weekly measurements were performed on a separate cohort of mice that underwent monocular FD in the right eye from 4 weeks of age using head-mounted diffuser goggles. Refraction and ocular biometric measurements were obtained using photorefraction and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography.

Results : At 4 weeks, under unrestricted visual conditions, L-NAME treated mice (n=10) had similar refractive errors to control mice (n=10) (mean refractive error, L-NAME: +2.96 ± 0.31 D; control: +3.31 ± 0.40 D, p>0.05). However, L-NAME-treated mice became relatively more myopic than control mice at 6 weeks and remained relatively myopic thereafter (mean refractive error at 10 weeks, L-NAME: +4.52 ± 0.55 D, control: +6.06 ± 0.26 D, p<0.05). L-NAME mice exhibited significantly longer axial length compared to control animals (average across all ages, L-NAME: 3.25 ± 0.007 mm; control: 3.21 ± 0.01 mm, p<0.05). During development, L-NAME-treated animals (0.033 ± 0.002 mm) on average had significantly (p<0.05) thinner choroids than those of control animals (0.039 ± 0.002 mm). After 3 weeks of FD, goggled L-NAME mice (n=6) showed a significantly greater myopic shift (difference between the right and left eyes) of -4.49 ± 0.84 D compared to goggled control animals (n=8, -2.81 ± 0.43 D, p<0.05). There were no significant changes in the axial lengths of either treatment group with FD.

Conclusions : Our findings suggest that pharmacological inhibition of NO significantly enhances the susceptibility to myopia under both unrestricted and FD visual conditions in mice. Future studies are needed to determine the contributions of specific NOS isoforms in this signaling process.

This is an abstract that was submitted for the 2016 ARVO Annual Meeting, held in Seattle, Wash., May 1-5, 2016.

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