scholarly journals Comparative Quantitative Analysis of Porcine Optic Nerve Head and Retina Subproteomes

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (17) ◽  
pp. 4229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Funke ◽  
Carsten Schmelter ◽  
Sascha D. Markowitsch ◽  
Natarajan Perumal ◽  
Janis C. Heyne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optic Nerve ◽  
Optic Nerve Head ◽  
Quantitative Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Characteristic Functional ◽  
Functional Connection ◽  
Protein Protein Interaction ◽  
Associated Proteins ◽  
Functional Features ◽  
Ocular Components ◽  
Sus Scrofa Domestica

Optic nerve head (ONH) and retina (RET) are the main sites of damage in neurodegenerative optic neuropathies including glaucoma. Up to date, little is known about the molecular interplay between these two adjoining ocular components in terms of proteomics. To close this gap, we investigated ONH and RET protein extracts derived from porcine eyes (n = 12) (Sus scrofa domestica Linnaeus 1758) using semi-quantitative mass spectrometry (MS)-based proteomics comprising bottom-up LC–ESI MS/MS and targeted SPE-MALDI-TOF MS analysis. In summary, more than 1600 proteins could be identified from the ONH/RET tissue complex. Moreover, ONH and RET displayed tissue-specific characteristics regarding their qualitative and semi-quantitative protein compositions. Gene ontology (GO)-based functional and protein–protein interaction analyses supported a close functional connection between the metabolic-related RET and the structural-associated ONH subproteomes, which could be affected under disease conditions. Inferred from the MS findings, stress-associated proteins including clusterin, ceruloplasmin, and endoplasmin can be proposed as extracellular mediators of the ONH/ RET proteome interface. In conclusion, ONH and RET show obvious proteomic differences reflecting characteristic functional features which have to be considered for future protein biomarker profiling studies.

scholarly journals A physiological measure of shifting connections in the Rana pipiens retinotectal system

Development ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-161
Author(s):  
Scott E. Fraser ◽  
R. Kevin Hunt
Keyword(s):  
Optic Nerve ◽  
Optic Nerve Head ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Significant Shift ◽  
Larval Life ◽  
Stages Of Development ◽  
Functional Connection ◽  
Light Pipe ◽  
Connection Pattern ◽  
Retinotectal System

The retinotectal connections of developing Rana tadpoles and froglets have been studied using light-pipe techniques to directly assay the pattern of the projection from the retina to the tectum. The projection site of the retina surrounding the optic nerve head was determined at two different stages of development (late larval and metamorphic frog) on the same animal. Small electrolytic marker lesions were used to mark the tectal sites to which the optic nerve head projected at these two times. Comparison of the positions of the two lesions gives a direct measure of the shift in the projection during the interlesion time interval of one week. The results indicate a shift in the projection of 275 µm week−1 in late larval life. Previous work in Xenopus using the light-pipe techniques indicated a qualitatively similar shift during equivalent stages of development, but significantly smaller in magnitude. In the present study, topographic postsynaptic units could be recorded at all stages investigated, indicating functional synapses between the optic nerve fibres and the tectum. Thus, these studies offer evidence of a significant shift in the functional connection pattern of the amphibian retinotectal map during development, in agreement with the recent anatomical data from other laboratories on the Rana and goldfish visual system.

scholarly journals Choroidal microvasculature dropout is spatially associated with optic nerve head microvasculature loss in open-angle glaucoma

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Kyung Song ◽  
Joong Won Shin ◽  
Jin Yeong Lee ◽  
Ji Wook Hong ◽  
Michael S. Kook
Keyword(s):  
Optic Nerve ◽  
Optic Nerve Head ◽  
Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography ◽  
Open Angle Glaucoma ◽  
Spatial Relationship ◽  
Vascular Supply ◽  
Open Angle ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Angular Extent ◽  
Choroidal Vessels

AbstractThe presence of parapapillary choroidal microvasculature dropout (CMvD) may affect optic nerve head (ONH) perfusion in glaucoma patients, since parapapillary choroidal vessels provide vascular supply to the neighboring ONH. However, it remains to be determined whether the presence of parapapillary CMvD is associated with diminished perfusion in the nearby ONH. The present study investigated the spatial relationship between CMvD and ONH vessel density (ONH-VD) loss in open-angle glaucoma (OAG) eyes using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A). This study included 48 OAG eyes with a single localized CMvD confined to the inferotemporal parapapillary sector and 48 OAG eyes without CMvD, matched for demographic and ocular characteristics. Global and regional ONH-VD values were compared between eyes with and without CMvD. The relationships between ONH-VD outcomes and clinical variables were assessed. ONH-VDs at the inferotemporal ONH sectors corresponding to the CMvD location were significantly lower in eyes with compared to those without CMvD. Multivariable linear regression analyses indicated that a lower inferotemporal ONH-VD was independently associated with CMvD presence and a greater CMvD angular extent (both P < 0.05). The localized presence of parapapillary CMvD in OAG eyes is significantly associated with ONH-VD loss in the neighboring ONH location, with a spatial correlation.

scholarly journals Coloboma of the Optic Nerve Head in Benbal Tiger Kittens (Panthera tigris tigris)

1985 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 136-139
Author(s):  
H. H. Dietz ◽  
E. Eriksen ◽  
O. A. Jensen
Keyword(s):  
Optic Nerve ◽  
Optic Nerve Head ◽  
Panthera Tigris ◽  
Panthera Tigris Tigris

scholarly journals Blue light blind-spot stimulation upregulates b-wave and pattern ERG activity in myopes

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Amorim-de-Sousa ◽  
Tim Schilling ◽  
Paulo Fernandes ◽  
Yeshwanth Seshadri ◽  
Hamed Bahmani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optic Nerve ◽  
Electrical Activity ◽  
Blue Light ◽  
Optic Nerve Head ◽  
Plexiform Layer ◽  
Pattern Electroretinogram ◽  
Blind Spot ◽  
Inner Plexiform Layer ◽  
Pattern Erg ◽  
Myopia Progression

AbstractUpregulation of retinal dopaminergic activity may be a target treatment for myopia progression. This study aimed to explore the viability of inducing changes in retinal electrical activity with short-wavelength light targeting melanopsin-expressing retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) passing through the optic nerve head. Fifteen healthy non-myopic or myopic young adults were recruited and underwent stimulation with blue light using a virtual reality headset device. Amplitudes and implicit times from photopic 3.0 b-wave and pattern electroretinogram (PERG) were measured at baseline and 10 and 20 min after stimulation. Relative changes were compared between non-myopes and myopes. The ERG b-wave amplitude was significantly larger 20 min after blind-spot stimulation compared to baseline (p < 0.001) and 10 min (p < 0.001) post-stimulation. PERG amplitude P50-N95 also showed a significant main effect for ‘Time after stimulation’ (p < 0.050). Implicit times showed no differences following blind-spot stimulation. PERG and b-wave changes after blind-spot stimulation were stronger in myopes than non-myopes. It is possible to induce significant changes in retinal electrical activity by stimulating ipRGCs axons at the optic nerve head with blue light. The results suggest that the changes in retinal electrical activity are located at the inner plexiform layer and are likely to involve the dopaminergic system.

scholarly journals Large-scale machine learning-based phenotyping significantly improves genomic discovery for optic nerve head morphology

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Babak Alipanahi ◽  
Farhad Hormozdiari ◽  
Babak Behsaz ◽  
Justin Cosentino ◽  
Zachary R. McCaw ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Optic Nerve ◽  
Optic Nerve Head ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Head Morphology

Blind Source Separation of Retinal Pulsatile Patterns in Optic Nerve Head Video-Recordings

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
Ivana Labounkova ◽  
Rene Labounek ◽  
Igor Nestrasil ◽  
Jan Odstrcilik ◽  
Ralf P. Tornow ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optic Nerve ◽  
Blind Source Separation ◽  
Optic Nerve Head ◽  
Source Separation ◽  
Video Recordings

scholarly journals Astrocyte responses to experimental glaucoma in mouse optic nerve head

PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. e0238104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Quillen ◽  
Julie Schaub ◽  
Harry Quigley ◽  
Mary Pease ◽  
Arina Korneva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optic Nerve ◽  
Optic Nerve Head ◽  
Experimental Glaucoma
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