Early electroretinographic features of streptozotocin-induced diabetic retinopathy
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Early electroretinographic features of streptozotocin-induced diabetic retinopathy. / Shinoda, Kei; Rejdak, Robert; Schuettauf, Frank; Blatsios, Georgios; Völker, Michael; Tanimoto, Naoyuki; Olcay, Tatar; Gekeler, Florian; Lehaci, Cristina; Naskar, Rita; Zagorski, Zbigniew; Zrenner, Eberhart.
In: CLIN EXP OPHTHALMOL, Vol. 35, No. 9, 12.2007, p. 847-54.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Early electroretinographic features of streptozotocin-induced diabetic retinopathy
AU - Shinoda, Kei
AU - Rejdak, Robert
AU - Schuettauf, Frank
AU - Blatsios, Georgios
AU - Völker, Michael
AU - Tanimoto, Naoyuki
AU - Olcay, Tatar
AU - Gekeler, Florian
AU - Lehaci, Cristina
AU - Naskar, Rita
AU - Zagorski, Zbigniew
AU - Zrenner, Eberhart
PY - 2007/12
Y1 - 2007/12
N2 - BACKGROUND: This study set out to document the early electrophysiological and immunohistochemical changes that occur in the retina of experimentally induced diabetic rats.METHODS: Diabetes was induced in rats by intraperitoneal injection of 60 mg/kg of streptozotocin (STZ). Electroretinogram readings were taken monthly under either short-duration or long-duration stimuli for up to 3 months after STZ. Oscillatory potentials (OP) and the amplitudes and implicit times of a- and b-waves were analysed, and b-wave amplitudes were analysed using a Naka-Rushton fit. Scotopic a-waves were analysed with photoreceptor models, and Rmp3 (the maximum a-wave amplitude) and S (sensitivity) were calculated. Three months after STZ injection, immunohistochemistry for glial fibrillary acidic protein was performed on the retinas of the STZ-treated rats and age-matched controls.RESULTS: The implicit OP times were significantly longer in the diabetic rats as compared with the controls, and this difference was noted as early as 1 month following STZ treatment. Other electrophysiological parameters, such as OP amplitudes, a- and b-wave amplitude as well as the implicit times, did not differ from controls at this stage. The sacrificed STZ-treated rats also demonstrated marked enhancement of glial fibrillary acidic protein immunoreactivity, suggesting that at least in experimentally induced diabetic retinopathy there is increased Müller cell reactivity.CONCLUSION: The results of this study indicated that functional alterations in the retina develop rapidly after the onset of diabetes. Analysis of each electroretinogram component may be useful in further investigating the development mechanisms of diabetic retinopathy.
AB - BACKGROUND: This study set out to document the early electrophysiological and immunohistochemical changes that occur in the retina of experimentally induced diabetic rats.METHODS: Diabetes was induced in rats by intraperitoneal injection of 60 mg/kg of streptozotocin (STZ). Electroretinogram readings were taken monthly under either short-duration or long-duration stimuli for up to 3 months after STZ. Oscillatory potentials (OP) and the amplitudes and implicit times of a- and b-waves were analysed, and b-wave amplitudes were analysed using a Naka-Rushton fit. Scotopic a-waves were analysed with photoreceptor models, and Rmp3 (the maximum a-wave amplitude) and S (sensitivity) were calculated. Three months after STZ injection, immunohistochemistry for glial fibrillary acidic protein was performed on the retinas of the STZ-treated rats and age-matched controls.RESULTS: The implicit OP times were significantly longer in the diabetic rats as compared with the controls, and this difference was noted as early as 1 month following STZ treatment. Other electrophysiological parameters, such as OP amplitudes, a- and b-wave amplitude as well as the implicit times, did not differ from controls at this stage. The sacrificed STZ-treated rats also demonstrated marked enhancement of glial fibrillary acidic protein immunoreactivity, suggesting that at least in experimentally induced diabetic retinopathy there is increased Müller cell reactivity.CONCLUSION: The results of this study indicated that functional alterations in the retina develop rapidly after the onset of diabetes. Analysis of each electroretinogram component may be useful in further investigating the development mechanisms of diabetic retinopathy.
KW - Animals
KW - Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/complications
KW - Diabetic Retinopathy/diagnosis
KW - Electroretinography
KW - Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein/metabolism
KW - Immunohistochemistry/methods
KW - Male
KW - Rats
KW - Rats, Inbred BN
KW - Retina/metabolism
KW - Time Factors
KW - Tissue Distribution
U2 - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2007.01607.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2007.01607.x
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 18173414
VL - 35
SP - 847
EP - 854
JO - CLIN EXP OPHTHALMOL
JF - CLIN EXP OPHTHALMOL
SN - 1442-6404
IS - 9
ER -