异种脱细胞角膜基质囊袋移植的生物相容性研究

目的探讨脱细胞猪角膜基质移植入兔角膜囊袋后的生物学反应。方法猪角膜通过不同方式去除细胞及免疫源性成分，保留角膜组织基质的弹力纤维及胶原纤维，将其切取为直径为4mm的植片，植入兔角膜囊袋内，在不同时间点观察生物材料在角膜内生物学反应。结果材料植入兔角膜囊袋3个月，生物相容性良好，材料逐渐降解，材料内有胶原和角膜基质细胞长人。结论新型可降解角膜基质材料植入后未见兔角膜有明显的炎症反应，材料的组织相容性好，可作为组织工程角膜的支架材料。     

A Randomized Clinical Trial of Topical Cysteamine Disulfide (Cystamine) versus Free Thiol (Cysteamine) in the Treatment of Corneal Cystine Crystals in Cystinosis

In nephropathic cystinosis, corneal cystine crystals cause severe photophobia and corneal erosions. Topical cysteamine dissolves these crystals, but cannot be marketed because it rapidly oxidizes to the disulfide form, cystamine, at room temperature. Since cystamine itself could be used commercially, we compared the efficacy of cystamine and cysteamine with respect to cystine crystal dissolution in a randomized, double-masked clinical trial. One eye each of 14 patients with cystinosis was randomized to either cystamine or cysteamine, 0.5%, with 0.01% benzalkonium chloride; the companion eye was treated with the alternate preparation. Corneal crystals were photographed and a density score was assigned to each slide based on 13 standard slides. After 8–20 months, 6 patients showed significant reduction of the corneal crystal score in only one eye. In each case, the improved eye was the cysteamine-treated eye. Theoretically, cysteamine should dissolve both intracellular and extracellular crystals, whereas cystamine should dissolve only intracellular crystals because it must first be reduced to the free thiol by the cytoplasmic-reducing environment. Hence, the lack of efficacy of the disulfide cystamine suggests that some corneal cystine crystals in cystinosis patients are extracellular, and that another form of stable, topical cysteamine must be developed for cystinosis patients.     

角膜缘干细胞移植治疗兔眼表碱烧伤的实验研究

目的 :探讨眼表碱烧伤后行角膜缘干细胞移植术的疗效 ,并与单纯行角膜移植术组作比较。方法 :在 16只兔双眼上制作碱烧伤模型 ,1d后 ,右眼行异体板层角膜缘干细胞移植术 ,左眼行异体板层角膜移植术 ,术后观察 6月 ,根据术眼的角膜新生血管分级、植片的混浊度、水肿度来计算移植排斥反应指数 (RI) ,以RI值判断植片的存活情况。结果 :行异体板层角膜缘干细胞移植术的 16眼中有 14眼RI <9,治愈率达 87.5 % ;行单纯异体板层角膜移植的 16眼中 6眼RI值 <9,有效率 3 7.5 % ;两者相比有显著性差异 (P <0 .0 0 1)。两组的新生血管数、植片的混浊度、水肿度及RI值均有显著性差异。结论 :含干细胞的异体角膜缘移植治疗眼表碱烧伤的疗效明显优于单纯异体角膜移植 ,是一种较有效的方法。     

血管抑素抑制兔眼表碱烧伤角膜缘移植术后的角膜血管新生

目的:检测眼表碱烧伤角膜缘移植术后血管抑素抑制角膜新生血管的作用。方法:16只新西兰大白兔双眼制作碱烧伤模型1d后,双眼行角膜缘移植术,术后左眼局部应用血管抑素治疗2周,右眼作对照;观测4周,根据新生血管侵入角膜缘内的范围、角膜混浊与水肿程度进行分级并作统计学处理;同时测量术后7、14、21及28d的眼压。结果:术后4周时,应用血管抑素的左眼的新生血管的评分为1.19±0.10,而对照组为1.63±0.72,统计学处理显示左眼的新生血管较右眼的明显减少(P<0.05),角膜混浊与水肿程度亦明显下降。各时间点各术眼的眼压均在正常范围,无统计学差异。结论:局部应用血管抑素能有效抑制眼表碱烧伤角膜缘移植术后的新生血管增生。     

Distinct craniofacial‐skeletal‐dermatological dysplasia in a patient with W290C mutation in FGFR2

Mutations in the fibroblast growth factor receptor genes (FGFR) have been known to be associated with many craniosynostosis syndromes with overlapping phenotypes. We studied a 15‐year‐old Thai boy with an unspecified craniosynostosis syndrome characterized by multiple suture craniosynostoses, a persistent anterior fontanel, corneal scleralization, choanal stenosis, atresia of the auditory meatus, broad thumbs and great toes, severe scoliosis, acanthosis nigricans, hydrocephalus, and mental retardation. Radiography revealed bony ankyloses of vertebral bodies of T9–12, humero‐radio‐ulnar joints, intercarpal joints, distal interphalangeal joints of fifth fingers, fibulo‐tibial joints, intertarsal joints, and distal interphalangeal joints of the first toes. The patient was a heterozygous for a 870G → T change resulting in a W290C amino acid substitution in the extracellular domain of the fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 gene (FGFR2). This mutation has previously been reported in a patient with severe Pfeiffer syndrome type 2 that is distinct from the craniosynostosis in our patient. These findings emphasize locus, allelic, and phenotypic heterogeneity of craniofacial‐skeletal‐dermatological syndrome due to FGFR2 mutations. © 2002 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.     

Laser induced thermal injury of rabbit cornea and treatment with anti-inflammatory agents

A moderately severe thermal injury of the central cornea of 48 Dutch-belted rabbit eyes was produced with a carbon (CO₂) laser. The lesions were photographed with a slit lamp (SL) camera immediately following the injury and at 1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 21, 30 and 60 days after the exposure. Lesion size, opaqueness, and depth were graded clinically by SL biomicroscopy at the same intervals. No significant differences were found (p 0.05) between groups of eyes treated with flurbiprofen (0.03%), prednisolone acetate (1%), and vehicle control four-times-a-day for three weeks following injury. Additionally, eyes were studied histopathologically at 3 and 60 days following injury by light and transmission electron microscopy, and clinically at 30 and 60 days by endothelial specular microscopy. Important clinical and histopathological findings included coagulative necrosis of the corneal epithelium, epithelial sloughing, fusion of stromal collagen, stromal edema and inflammatory cell infiltration, stromal scar formation, corneal thinning, endothelial hyperplasia and metaplasia, fibrinous anterior chamber reaction with hypopyon, and retrocorneal fibrous membrane formation.     

Maturational topography of the visual evoked potential in fetal lambs

The normal maturational course of the visual evoked potential (VEP) in human newborns and infants is well documented. Unfortunately, there is a paucity of data about VEP maturation in the normal preterm infant. Since this population is at risk to develop many abnormalities affecting the VEP (intraventricular hemorrhage, hydrocephalus, and retinopathy of prematurity), one must question whether such VEP data collected from this group is representative of normal maturation. To provide normative parametric developmental data we have been studying VEP development in fetal lambs. Six fetal lambs between 105 and 120 days gestational age were externalized and surgically instrumented with subcutaneous recording electrodes placed over the occipital and parietal regions. High-intensity light-emitting diodes (LEDs) externalized fiberoptic cables were secured adjacent to the orbit. from 108 to 141 days gestation, fetal VEPs were recorded in response to bright flash stimulation and the maturational topography was investigated.Over the occipital regions, the emergence of major positivities at P400 and P650 were observed beginning around 120 days gestation. Over the parietal area, the emergence of P200 and P500 components was observed by 128 days gestation. The latency-maturation functions revealed that the slope of the parietal function was steeper than the occipital counterpart, suggesting that the maturation of parietal neurons occurs at a faster rate than neuronal development in the occipital regions.     

Ocular pharmacokinetic models of clonidine-3H hydrochloride

A single topical instillation of clonidine-³H HCl solution (0.2%) was administered to the rabbit eye (30 μl) in order to study the drug's ocular pharmacokinetics. Seven different tissues and plasma were excised and assayed for drug over 180min. By 45–60 min pseudoequilibrium is reached for the cornea, iris/ciliary body, and aqueous humor. Thereafter, drug levels in these tissues decline in parallel. The data are fit separately to a physiological model and a classical diffusion model for which seven ocular tissue compartments and a plasma reservoir are constructed for each model. Clearance terms and distribution equilibrium coefficients are determined from the tissue level data and used as parameters in fitting the mass balance differential equations representing the physiological model. The model parameters can also be fit to a 0.4% single dose. In a separate experiment, a topical infusion technique was designed to provide a constant rate input to the cornea until an apparent steady state was reached in aqueous humor at 55 min. Aqueous humor levels were assayed for clonidine over the infusion and postinfusion periods. The physiological model parameters are fit to the topical infusion data and show good agreement between the predicted and experimental data. The classical model is too complex to fit the data to integrated exponential equations primarily because the method of residuals is inadequate in determining a sufficient set of initial estimates. This is overcome by dividing the eight-compartment model into seven fragmental models, each representing one to five compartments. A stepwise procedure is developed in which initial estimates are obtained for each separate fragmental model and refined. The refined parameter values can then be used as initial estimates for the complex model. Differential equations for the complex model are fit simultaneously to tissue levels representing each compartment. By observation, the classical model fit the data more closely than the physiological model. Statistical moment theory is also applied to the topical infusion data to determine ocular pharmacokinetic parameters for clonidine. The calculated values are: corneal absorption rate constantk _a , 0.00139 min^?1; aqueous humor elimination rate constantk ₁₀ , 0.0658min^?1; mean residence timeMRT _d , 35.6 min; apparent steadystate volume of distributionV _ss, 0.530 ml; and ocular clearanceQ _e , 14.9 =μl/min. The fraction absorbed from the single instillation is estimated as 0.0163.     

兔角膜缘上皮细胞体外培养及其生物学特性的初步研究

目的：建立体外培养兔角膜缘上皮细胞的方法,观察其体外生长的生物学特性。方法：应用组织培养的方法,对兔角膜缘上皮细胞进行体外原代和传代培养,用倒置显微镜观察培养的兔角膜缘上皮细胞体外生长的特征,用苏木精-伊红染色、糖原（PAS）染色,细胞角蛋白免疫组化染色和电镜检查的方法对培养细胞进行形态学检查和鉴定。结果：兔角膜缘上皮细胞可以在体外成功的培养传代,原代培养细胞大多48h贴壁,5天后旺盛生长,15天形成单层,传代培养细胞次日贴壁10天形成单层。细胞角蛋白AE1单克隆抗体染色阳性,PAS染色阴性,培养细胞呈多角形,细胞表面具有丰富的微绒毛,细胞之间有桥粒连接,结论：应用组织培养的方法可以成功获得原代和传代培养的兔角膜缘上皮细胞,培养的细胞具有与正常兔角膜上皮细胞相一致的生物学特性。     

Targeting NF-κB c-Rel in regulatory T cells to treat corneal transplantation rejection

The relevance of Tregs in the induction of tolerance against corneal allografts has been well established. Although it is well known that the conversion of Tregs into effector-like cells contributes to the loss of corneal immune privilege, the underlying mechanism is still not fully understood. Using heterologous penetrating keratoplasty model, we found that Tregs from corneal allograft rejected mice (inflam-Tregs) exhibit impaired function and characteristics of effector T cells. Further study showed that the expression of NF-κB c-Rel, a key mediator of effector T cell function, was significantly increased in inflam-Tregs. Mechanistic study revealed that elevated NF-κB c-Rel level in inflam-Tregs impaired Treg function through the promotion of inflammatory cytokine production and glycolysis. More importantly, we demonstrated that targeting NF-κB c-Rel was able to improve the immune suppressive function of inflam-Tregs in vitro and enhance the potential of them to suppress corneal transplantation rejection. Therefore, our current study identified NF-κB c-Rel as a key mediator of the conversion of Tregs into effector-like cells when under inflammatory environment.