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Objective
Blindness is a feared complication of giant cell arteritis (GCA). However, the spectrum of pathologic orbital imaging findings on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in GCA is not well understood. In this study, we assess inflammatory changes of intraorbital structures on black blood MRI (BB-MRI) in patients with GCA compared to age-matched controls.
Methods
In this multicenter case-control study, 106 subjects underwent BB-MRI. Fifty-six patients with clinically or histologically diagnosed GCA and 50 age-matched controls without clinical or laboratory evidence of vasculitis were included. All individuals were imaged on a 3-T MR scanner with a post-contrast compressed-sensing (CS) T1-weighted sampling perfection with application-optimized contrasts using different flip angle evolution (SPACE) BB-MRI sequence. Imaging results were correlated with available clinical symptoms.
Results
Eighteen of 56 GCA patients (32%) showed inflammatory changes of at least one of the intraorbital structures. The most common finding was enhancement of at least one of the optic nerve sheaths (N = 13, 72%). Vessel wall enhancement of the ophthalmic artery was unilateral in 8 and bilateral in 3 patients. Enhancement of the optic nerve was observed in one patient. There was no significant correlation between imaging features of inflammation and clinically reported orbital symptoms (p = 0.10). None of the age-matched control patients showed any inflammatory changes of intraorbital structures.
Conclusions
BB-MRI revealed inflammatory findings in the orbits in up to 32% of patients with GCA. Optic nerve sheath enhancement was the most common intraorbital inflammatory change on BB-MRI. MRI findings were independent of clinically reported orbital symptoms.
Key Points
• Up to 32% of GCA patients shows signs of inflammation of intraorbital structures on BB-MRI.
• Enhancement of the optic nerve sheath is the most common intraorbital finding in GCA patients on BB-MRI.
• Features of inflammation of intraorbital structures are independent of clinically reported symptoms.
Purpose
To determine whether 24-h IOP monitoring can be a predictor for glaucoma progression and to analyze the inter-eye relationship of IOP, perfusion, and progression parameters.
Methods
We extracted data from manually drawn IOP curves with HIOP-Reader, a software suite we developed. The relationship between measured IOPs and mean ocular perfusion pressures (MOPP) to retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness was analyzed. We determined the ROC curves for peak IOP (T\(_{max}\)), average IOP(T\(_{avg}\)), IOP variation (IOP\(_{var}\)), and historical IOP cut-off levels to detect glaucoma progression (rate of RNFL loss). Bivariate analysis was also conducted to check for various inter-eye relationships.
Results
Two hundred seventeen eyes were included. The average IOP was 14.8 ± 3.5 mmHg, with a 24-h variation of 5.2 ± 2.9 mmHg. A total of 52% of eyes with RNFL progression data showed disease progression. There was no significant difference in T\(_{max}\), T\(_{avg}\), and IOP\(_{var}\) between progressors and non-progressors (all p > 0.05). Except for T\(_{avg}\) and the temporal RNFL, there was no correlation between disease progression in any quadrant and T\(_{max}\), T\(_{avg}\), and IOP\(_{var}\). Twenty-four-hour and outpatient IOP variables had poor sensitivities and specificities in detecting disease progression. The correlation of inter-eye parameters was moderate; correlation with disease progression was weak.
Conclusion
In line with our previous study, IOP data obtained during a single visit (outpatient or inpatient monitoring) make for a poor diagnostic tool, no matter the method deployed. Glaucoma progression and perfusion pressure in left and right eyes correlated weakly to moderately with each other.
Key messages
What is known:
● Our prior study showed that manually obtained 24-hour inpatient IOP measurements in right eyes are poor predictors for glaucoma progression. The inter-eye relationship of 24-hour IOP parameters and disease progression on optical coherence tomography (OCT) has not been examined.
What we found:
● 24-hour IOP profiles of left eyes from the same study were a poor diagnostic tool to detect worsening glaucoma.
● Significant inter-eye correlations of various strengths were found for all tested parameters
Tissue-engineered anterior segment eye cultures demonstrate hallmarks of conventional organ culture
(2023)
Background
Glaucoma is a blinding disease largely caused by dysregulation of outflow through the trabecular meshwork (TM), resulting in elevated intraocular pressure (IOP). We hypothesized that transplanting TM cells into a decellularized, tissue-engineered anterior segment eye culture could restore the outflow structure and function.
Methods
Porcine eyes were decellularized with freeze–thaw cycles and perfusion of surfactant. We seeded control scaffolds with CrFK cells transduced with lentiviral vectors to stably express eGFP and compared them to scaffolds seeded with primary TM cells as well as to normal, unaltered eyes. We tracked the repopulation behavior, performed IOP maintenance challenges, and analyzed the histology.
Results
Transplanted cells localized to the TM and progressively infiltrated the extracellular matrix, reaching a distribution comparable to normal, unaltered eyes. After a perfusion rate challenge to mimic a glaucomatous pressure elevation, transplanted and normal eyes reestablished a normal intraocular pressure (transplanted = 16.5 ± 0.9 mmHg, normal = 16.9 ± 0.9). However, eyes reseeded with eGFP-expressing CrFK cells could not regulate IOP, remaining high and unstable (27.0 ± 6.2 mmHg) instead.
Conclusion
Tissue-engineered anterior segment scaffolds can serve as readily available, scalable ocular perfusion cultures. This could reduce dependency on scarce donor globes in outflow research and may allow engineering perfusion cultures with specific geno- and phenotypes.
Altersbedingte Makuladegeneration (AMD) ist weltweit die häufigste Ursache von irreversibler Erblindung des alternden Menschen. Mit der anti-VEGF-Behandlung steht für die deutlich seltenere feuchte AMD eine zugelassene Therapie bereit, die deutlich häufigere trockene AMD entzieht sich aktuell jedoch jeglicher Therapie. Ein zentraler Pathomechanismus der AMD ist der progrediente Untergang des retinalen Pigmentepithels (RPE). Die Rarifizierung und letztendlich Atrophie des RPEs führt zum Untergang der funktionellen Einheit aus RPE, Photorezeptoren und Bruch’scher Membran und somit zum irreversiblen Funktionsverlust. Ein möglicher therapeutischer Ansatz, der progredienten Atrophie des RPEs entgegenzuwirken, ist, das prinzipiell post- mitotischen RPE zur Proliferation anzuregen.
Grundlage unserer in vitro Untersuchungen ist das ARPE-19 Zellmodell. Um die Proliferation anzuregen wurden die RPE-Zellen mit E2F2, einem Zellzyklus- regulierendem Transkriptionsfaktor, transfiziert.
Zunächst wurde ein nicht-proliferatives RPE-Zellmodell mit spontanem Wachstumsarrest etabliert. Innerhalb von zwei Wochen konnte die Ausbildung von Zonulae occludentes als Zeichen der Integrität des adhärenten Zellmonolayers beobachtet werden. Die chemische Transfektion von E2F2 unter einem CMV-Promoter führte zur Überexpression von E2F2-Protein. Der proliferationssteigernde Effekt von E2F2 konnte durch die Proliferationsmarker Cyclin D1 sowie Ki67, dem Anstieg der BrdU-Aufnahme und der nach Transfektion mit E2F2 zunehmenden Gesamtzellzahl nachgewiesen werden.
Der Zellzahlerhöhung standen jedoch potentiell qualitative und funktionelle Einbußen entgegen. So zeigten sich nach Behandlung mit E2F2 die Zellviabilität reduziert und die Apoptoserate sowie die Permeabilität des Epithels erhöht. Diese Einschränkungen waren jedoch nur passager bis 7 Tage nach Transfektion sichtbar und reversibel. Unsere Ergebnisse weisen darauf hin, dass diese Defizite nicht durch E2F2 selbst, sondern durch das Transfektionsreagenz PEI bedingt waren. Weitere funktionelle Defizite könnten durch epithelial-mesenchymale Transition (EMT) verursacht werden. Hier zeigte sich durch E2F2 keine De-Differenzierung im Sinne einer typischen EMT-Marker- Expression.
Die vorliegende Arbeit zeigt in einem in vitro Zellmodell die Grundlagen eines vielversprechenden Ansatzes zur Therapie der trockenen AMD: Durch Überexpression eines den Zellzyklus regulierenden Gens (hier E2F2) wurde die RPE-Regeneration angeregt. Analog zur schon zugelassenen Gentherapie des RPEs bei RPE65-assoziierten Netzhautdystrophien durch den Transfer von funktionstüchtigem RPE65-Gen mittels Adeno-assoziierten Viren könnte mittels E2F2, übertragen mit einem lentiviralen Verktor, eine Stimulation des RPEs zur Proliferation möglich sein. Entscheidend ist der möglichst gute Struktur- und Funktionserhalt des Photorezeptor-Bruch-Membran-RPE Komplexes. Eine Therapie sollte daher in frühen Krankheitsstadien erfolgen, um die Progression zu fortgeschrittenen Erkrankungsstadien mit irreversiblem Funktionsverlust zu verzögern oder zu verhindern.
Die Technik der strukturierten Beleuchtungsmikroskopie (structured illumination microscopy, SIM) ist eine etablierte ultrastrukturelle Aufnahmemethode, die der hochauflösenden Visualisierung intrazellulärer Strukturen dient. In der Ophthalmologie findet diese Art der Bildgebung bisher wenig Anwendung.
SIM ermöglicht die histologische Darstellung retinaler Strukturen, wie der Zellen des humanen retinalen Pigmentepithels (RPE). In den Zellen des RPE reichern sich Granula an, die für die Autofluoreszenz-Bildgebung von Bedeutung sind. Anhand der Morphologie und autofluoreszierenden Merkmale lassen sich grundsätzlich drei Granulatypen im RPE unterscheiden: Melanosomen (M), Melanolipofuszin (ML)- und Lipofuszin (L)-Granula. Die Anwendung der SIM ermöglicht die präzise Darstellung und Differenzierung dieser autofluoreszierenden Strukturen, sowie die Bestimmung ihrer Anzahl und Lokalisation.
Ziel der Arbeit ist die Darstellung der im humanen RPE lokalisierten Granula mithilfe der SIM. Anhand der unterschiedlichen Autofluoreszenz (AF) der Granula können diese innerhalb des RPE-Zellkörpers klassifiziert, sowie deren Anzahl und Dichte analysiert werden. Diese Analyse wird in Altersgruppen und Retinalokalisationen differenziert. Zudem sind direkte Vergleiche zwischen der Histologie (SIM, ex vivo) und klinischen Aufnahmen (Fundusautofluoreszenz, in vivo) kaum existent. Durch Ermittlung der Gesamt-AF pro Zelle in Korrelation zu der intrazellulären Granuladichte und -verteilung soll eine neue Interpretationsebene ermöglicht werden.
Diese Arbeit soll helfen anhand der gewonnenen Daten die Stoffwechselmechanismen der Retina und deren Einfluss auf die Fundusautofluoreszenz (FAF) besser verstehen zu können. Sie soll insbesondere dazu beitragen bestehende und neue klinische FAF-Bildgebungsverfahren zu validieren, die Diagnostik pathologischer Prozesse der Retina zu optimieren und sowohl eine möglichst frühe Erkennung als auch präzise Prognostik zu ermöglichen.
Zudem sollen die Daten eine belastbare Basis darstellen, um die mit einem hohen Zeitaufwand verbundene manuelle Zellanalyse einer geschulten künstlichen Intelligenz zu überlassen. Damit könnte der Analyseprozess von Gewebeproben immens beschleunigt werden und in seiner Effizienz maximiert werden.
Fungal eye infections can lead to loss of vision and blindness. The disease is most prevalent in the tropics, although case numbers in moderate climates are increasing as well. This study aimed to determine the dominating filamentous fungi causing eye infections in Germany and their antifungal susceptibility profiles in order to improve treatment, including cases with unidentified pathogenic fungi. As such, we studied all filamentous fungi isolated from the eye or associated materials that were sent to the NRZMyk between 2014 and 2020. All strains were molecularly identified and antifungal susceptibility testing according to the EUCAST protocol was performed for common species. In total, 242 strains of 66 species were received. Fusarium was the dominating genus, followed by Aspergillus, Purpureocillium, Alternaria, and Scedosporium. The most prevalent species in eye samples were Fusarium petroliphilum, F. keratoplasticum, and F. solani of the Fusarium solani species complex. The spectrum of species comprises less susceptible taxa for amphotericin B, natamycin, and azoles, including voriconazole. Natamycin is effective for most species but not for Aspergillus flavus or Purpureocillium spp. Some strains of F. solani show MICs higher than 16 mg/L. Our data underline the importance of species identification for correct treatment.
We investigated whether trabeculopuncture (TP) could detect distal outflow resistance to predict the outcome of canal-based glaucoma surgery such as ab interno trabeculectomy (AIT). These procedures have a high utilization in open angle glaucoma, but fail in eyes with an unidentified distal outflow resistance. We assigned 81 porcine eyes to two groups: trial (n = 42) and control (n = 39). At 24 h, four YAG-laser trabeculopunctures were placed nasally, followed by a 180° AIT at the same site at 48 h. The proportion of TP responders between both AIT groups was compared. Histology and outflow canalograms were determined. Both post-TP and post-AIT IOPs were lower than baseline IOP (p = 0.015 and p < 0.01, respectively). The success rates of TP and AIT were 69% and 85.7%, respectively. Sensitivity and specificity values of TP as predictive test for AIT success were 77.7% and 83.3%, respectively. The positive and negative predictive values were 96.6% and 38.5%, respectively. We conclude that a 10% reduction in IOP after TP can be used as a predictor for the success (> 20% IOP decrease) of 180° AIT in porcine eyes.
PURPOSE. To investigate the effect of selective retina therapy (SRT) on the release of AMD-relevant cell mediators, such as matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), VEGF, and pigment epithelium derived factor (PEDF) using different laser spot sizes and densities.
METHODS. Porcine RPE-choroid explants were treated with a pulsed 532 nm Nd:YAG laser using (1) large spot sizes, (2) small spot sizes with a high-density (hd) treatment, and (3) small spot sizes with a low-density (1d) treatment. Explains were cultivated in modified Ussing chambers. RPE regeneration and RPE cell death were investigated by calcein-AM staining and immunofluorescence. The MMP release was examined via zymography and immunofluorescence. VEGF and PEDF secretion was analyzed by ELISA.
RESULTS. During pigment epithelium regeneration (PER), mitosis and RPE cell migration were observed. Four days after SRT (large spot size) the content of active MMP2 increased significantly (P < 0.01). Hd treatment with small spot sizes resulted also in an increase of active MMP2 (P < 0.05). In immunofluorescence explants showed a localized expression of MMP2 within the healing lesions after irradiation. The PEDF level increased significantly (P = 0.01) after SRT with large spot sizes. VEGF secretion decreased significantly (P < 0.05) following SRT with large spot sizes and with hd treatment of small spot sizes.
CONCLUSIONS. SRT induces a cytokine profile, which may improve the flux across Brach's membrane, slows down progression of early AMD by RPE regeneration, and inhibits the formation of choroidal neovascularization. The cytokine release depends on the size and density of applied laser spots.
Transforming growth factor β (TGFβ) signaling has manifold functions such as regulation of cell growth, differentiation, migration, and apoptosis. Moreover, there is increasing evidence that it also acts in a neuroprotective manner. We recently showed that TGFβ receptor type 2 (Tgfbr2) is upregulated in retinal neurons and Müller cells during retinal degeneration. In this study we investigated if this upregulation of TGFβ signaling would have functional consequences in protecting retinal neurons. To this end, we analyzed the impact of TGFβ signaling on photoreceptor viability using mice with cell type-specific deletion of Tgfbr2 in retinal neurons and Müller cells (Tgfbr2\(_{ΔOC}\)) in combination with a genetic model of photoreceptor degeneration (VPP). We examined retinal morphology and the degree of photoreceptor degeneration, as well as alterations of the retinal transcriptome. In summary, retinal morphology was not altered due to TGFβ signaling deficiency. In contrast, VPP-induced photoreceptor degeneration was drastically exacerbated in double mutant mice (Tgfbr2\(_{ΔOC}\); VPP) by induction of pro-apoptotic genes and dysregulation of the MAP kinase pathway. Therefore, TGFβ signaling in retinal neurons and Müller cells exhibits a neuroprotective effect and might pose promising therapeutic options to attenuate photoreceptor degeneration in humans.
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Purpose: To compare ab interno trabeculectomy by trabecular meshwork excision to plasma-mediated ablation in primary open-angle glaucoma.
Methods: Retrospectively collected data of TrabEx+ (n=56) and Trabectome (n=99) were compared by coarsened exact matching to reduce confounding and matched based on baseline intraocular pressure and age. Primary outcomes were intraocular pressure and the number of glaucoma medications. Complications and the need for additional glaucoma surgery were assessed. Patients were followed for up to one year.
Results: 53 TrabEx+ could be matched to Trabectome. Baseline intraocular pressure was 16.5 ± 4.6 mmHg in both; age was 73.7 ± 8.8 years and 71.5 ± 9.9 years in TrabEx+ and Trabectome, respectively. TrabEx+ were taking more medications than Trabectome (p<0.001). Intraocular pressure was reduced to 14.8±4.3 in TrabEx+ and 13.4±3.4 in Trabectome at 6 months, and to 14.9±6.0 (p=0.13) in TrabEx+ and to 14.1±3.8 mmHg (all p<0.05) in Trabectome at 12 months. Medications were reduced at both 6 and 12 months (p< 0.05). No differences were seen between both groups at 6 and 12 months. In TrabEx+, only one serious complication occurred, and two patients required further glaucoma surgery.
Conclusion: Although both groups had a baseline intraocular pressure considered low for ab interno trabeculectomy, intraocular pressure and medications were reduced further at 6 and 12 months. Intraocular pressure reduction did not reach significance in TrabEx+ at 12 months. The inter-group comparison did not reveal any significant differences. Both had a low complication rate.