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2. Hydrogel assisted photoreceptor delivery inhibits material transfer
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Ho, Margaret T., Ortin-Martinez, Arturo, Yan, Nicole E., Comanita, Lacrimioara, Gurdita, Akshay, Pham Truong, Victor, Cui, Hong, Wallace, Valerie A., and Shoichet, Molly S.
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- 2023
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3. InVision: An optimized tissue clearing approach for three-dimensional imaging and analysis of intact rodent eyes
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Gurdita, Akshay, Nickerson, Philip E.B., Pokrajac, Neno T., Ortín-Martínez, Arturo, Samuel Tsai, En Leh, Comanita, Lacrimioara, Yan, Nicole E., Dolati, Parnian, Tachibana, Nobuhiko, Liu, Zhongda C., Pearson, Joel D., Chen, Danian, Bremner, Rod, and Wallace, Valerie A.
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- 2021
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4. Stable oxime-crosslinked hyaluronan-based hydrogel as a biomimetic vitreous substitute
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Baker, Alexander E.G., Cui, Hong, Ballios, Brian G., Ing, Sonja, Yan, Peng, Wolfer, Joe, Wright, Thomas, Dang, Mickael, Gan, Nicola Y., Cooke, Michael J., Ortín-Martínez, Arturo, Wallace, Valerie A., van der Kooy, Derek, Devenyi, Robert, and Shoichet, Molly S.
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- 2021
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5. Controlled release strategy designed for intravitreal protein delivery to the retina
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Delplace, Vianney, Ortin-Martinez, Arturo, Tsai, En Leh S., Amin, Alan N., Wallace, Valerie, and Shoichet, Molly S.
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- 2019
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6. Progenitor division and cell autonomous neurosecretion are required for rod photoreceptor sublaminar positioning
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Gurdita, Akshay, primary, Pham Truong, Victor Q. B., additional, Dolati, Parnian, additional, Juric, Matey, additional, Tachibana, Nobuhiko, additional, Liu, Zhongda C., additional, Ortín-Martínez, Arturo, additional, Ibrahimi, Mostafa, additional, Pokrajac, Nenad T., additional, Comanita, Lacrimioara, additional, Pacal, Marek, additional, Huang, Mengjia, additional, Sugita, Shuzo, additional, Bremner, Rod, additional, and Wallace, Valerie A., additional
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- 2023
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7. Laser-induced ocular hypertension in adult rats does not affect non-RGC neurons in the ganglion cell layer but results in protracted severe loss of cone-photoreceptors
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Ortín-Martínez, Arturo, Salinas-Navarro, Manuel, Nadal-Nicolás, Francisco Manuel, Jiménez-López, Manuel, Valiente-Soriano, Francisco Javier, García-Ayuso, Diego, Bernal-Garro, José Manuel, Avilés-Trigueros, Marcelino, Agudo-Barriuso, Marta, Villegas-Pérez, María Paz, and Vidal-Sanz, Manuel
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- 2015
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8. Retinal neurodegeneration in experimental glaucoma
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Vidal-Sanz, Manuel, primary, Valiente-Soriano, Francisco J., additional, Ortín-Martínez, Arturo, additional, Nadal-Nicolás, Francisco M., additional, Jiménez-López, Manuel, additional, Salinas-Navarro, Manuel, additional, Alarcón-Martínez, Luis, additional, García-Ayuso, Diego, additional, Avilés-Trigueros, Marcelino, additional, Agudo-Barriuso, Marta, additional, and Villegas-Pérez, Maria P., additional
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- 2015
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9. Animal Models of LED-Induced Phototoxicity. Short- and Long-Term In Vivo and Ex Vivo Retinal Alterations
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Miralles de Imperial-Ollero, Juan A., primary, Gallego-Ortega, Alejandro, additional, Ortín-Martínez, Arturo, additional, Villegas-Pérez, María Paz, additional, Valiente-Soriano, Francisco J., additional, and Vidal-Sanz, Manuel, additional
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- 2021
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10. Sectorial loss of retinal ganglion cells in inherited photoreceptor degeneration is due to RGC death
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García-Ayuso, Diego, Salinas-Navarro, Manuel, Nadal-Nicolás, Francisco Manuel, Ortín-Martínez, Arturo, Agudo-Barriuso, Marta, Vidal-Sanz, Manuel, and Villegas-Pérez, María P
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- 2014
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11. Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor (PEDF) Fragments Prevent Mouse Cone Photoreceptor Cell Loss Induced by Focal Phototoxicity In Vivo
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Valiente-Soriano, Francisco J., primary, Di Pierdomenico, Johnny, additional, García-Ayuso, Diego, additional, Ortín-Martínez, Arturo, additional, Miralles de Imperial-Ollero, Juan A., additional, Gallego-Ortega, Alejandro, additional, Jiménez-López, Manuel, additional, Villegas-Pérez, M. Paz, additional, Becerra, S. Patricia, additional, and Vidal-Sanz, Manuel, additional
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- 2020
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12. IOP induces upregulation of GFAP and MHC-II and microglia reactivity in mice retina contralateral to experimental glaucoma
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Gallego Beatriz I, Salazar Juan J, de Hoz Rosa, Rojas Blanca, Ramírez Ana I, Salinas-Navarro Manuel, Ortín-Martínez Arturo, Valiente-Soriano Francisco J, Avilés-Trigueros Marcelino, Villegas-Perez Maria P, Vidal-Sanz Manuel, Triviño Alberto, and Ramírez Jose M
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Experimental glaucoma ,Mice ,Microglia ,Astrocytes ,Müller cell ,Retina ,GFAP ,MHC-II ,Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system ,RC346-429 - Abstract
Abstract Background Ocular hypertension is a major risk factor for glaucoma, a neurodegenerative disease characterized by an irreversible decrease in ganglion cells and their axons. Macroglial and microglial cells appear to play an important role in the pathogenic mechanisms of the disease. Here, we study the effects of laser-induced ocular hypertension (OHT) in the macroglia, microglia and retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) of eyes with OHT (OHT-eyes) and contralateral eyes two weeks after lasering. Methods Two groups of adult Swiss mice were used: age-matched control (naïve, n = 9); and lasered (n = 9). In the lasered animals, both OHT-eyes and contralateral eyes were analyzed. Retinal whole-mounts were immunostained with antibodies against glial fibrillary acid protein (GFAP), neurofilament of 200kD (NF-200), ionized calcium binding adaptor molecule (Iba-1) and major histocompatibility complex class II molecule (MHC-II). The GFAP-labeled retinal area (GFAP-RA), the intensity of GFAP immunoreaction (GFAP-IR), and the number of astrocytes and NF-200 + RGCs were quantified. Results In comparison with naïve: i) astrocytes were more robust in contralateral eyes. In OHT-eyes, the astrocyte population was not homogeneous, given that astrocytes displaying only primary processes coexisted with astrocytes in which primary and secondary processes could be recognized, the former having less intense GFAP-IR (P P P P P = 0.05) and in OHT-eyes (P Conclusion The use of the contralateral eye as an internal control in experimental induction of unilateral IOP should be reconsidered. The gliotic behavior in contralateral eyes could be related to the immune response. The absence of NF-200+RGCs (sign of RGC degeneration) leads us to postulate that the MHC-II upregulation in contralateral eyes could favor neuroprotection.
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- 2012
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13. Análisis de la degeneración de los fotorreceptoes en modelos experimentales de retinosis pigmentaria, degeneración macular asociada a la edad y glaucoma =Analysis of photoreceptor degeneration in experimental models of retinitis pigmentosa, aging macular degeneration and glaucoma
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Ortín Martínez, Arturo, Vidal Sanz, Manuel, Agudo Barriuso, Marta, Villegas Pérez, Mª Paz, Facultad de Medicina, Villegas Pérez, María Paz, and Universidad de Murcia. Departamento de Oftalmología, Otorrinolaringología y Anatomía Patológica
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Oftalmología ,Enfermedades y defectos ,Retina-Enfermedades ,Glaucoma ,Ojo-Enfermedades y defectos ,617 - Cirugía. Ortopedia. Oftalmología ,Ciencias de la salud ,Retina ,Ojo - Abstract
Objetivo. Determinar el número total y la topografía de la población de conos en roedores adultos utilizando rutinas automatizadas que nos permita investigar objetivamente los efectos de diferentes modelos experimentales de patologías humanas tales como la degeneración macular asociada a la edad (DMAE), retinosis pigmentaria (RP) y la neuropatía óptica glaucomatosa (NOG) sobre la población de fotorreceptores. Material y métodos. Se han utilizado cinco cepas distinta de roedores: Sprague-Dawley (SD), Piebald Virol Glaxo (PVG) y la rata transgénica P23H-1, y ratones Swiss y C57/BL6. Todos los experimentos y procedimientos se han realizado bajo el estricto cumplimiento de las recomendaciones de la “Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)” y la “European Union guidelines for the use of animals in research”, y todos los procedimientos utilizados han sido previamente aprobados por el Comité Ético de Experimentación Animal (CEEA) de la Universidad de Murcia. Se han utilizado diferentes técnicas para el estudio histológico y morfológico y se han analizado en retinas montadas a plano y en secciones transversales; se han utilizado tecnologías de imagen avanzadas como la Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography (SD-OCT)y se ha realizado análisis de proteínas mediante Western Blot. Como modelo de RP se ha utilizado la rata transgénica P23H-1, esta rata es portadora de una mutación autosómica dominante en el gen de la rodopsina que causa distrofia y muerte de los fotorreceptores. Se ha desarrollado un nuevo modelo experimental útil para la comprensión de la patología de la DMAE, la fototoxicidad localizada de los fotorreceptores tipo cono inducida por LED (FTIL). Por último se ha utilizado un modelo experimental de hipertensión ocular (HTO) inducida mediante láser que permite la evaluación de los efectos de la NOG sobre la población de fotorreceptores. Resultados. El número medio de conos que expresan la opsina-L es de 231.736 ± 14.517 en la rata SD; 239.939 ± 6.494 en la rata PVG; 117.424 ± 17.721 en el ratón Swiss y 135.155 ± 8.742 en el ratón C57/BL6. El número medio de conos que expresan la opsina-S es de 41.028 ± 5.074 en la rata SD; 27.316 ± 2.235 en la rata PVG; 146.682 ± 24.958 en ratones Swiss y 119.616 ± 8.756 en ratones C57/BL6. El porcentaje de conos duales en la rata SD es del 3,2%, del 2,9% en la PVG, de un 73% en el ratón Swiss y de un 40% en el C57/BL6. En todas las cepas de ambas especies existe un paralelismo en la distribución de las células ganglionares de retina (CGR) y los conos-L. La topografía de los conos-L en todas las cepas de rata y ratón analizadas es similar, se observan zonas de alta densidad en el eje nasotemporal superior, las densidades medias alrededor del nervio óptico y un descenso de densidad gradual desde las zonas centrales hacia las periféricas. Sin embargo, existen claras diferencias en la distribución de los conos-S entre las especies y cepas analizadas. El la rata P23H-1, la degeneración de los bastones ocurre antes que la de los conos y de forma rápida: primero con el acortamiento de los segmentos externos, a P30 existe una gran pérdida de bastones y a P180 la pérdida es prácticamente en la totalidad de la retina exceptuando la extrema periferia. La degeneración de bastones y conos está espaciotemporalmente relacionada, ocurre en forma de anillos que aparecen alrededor de P90 y se extiende por toda la retina. A P180, los anillos de degeneración son más abundantes en la retina ecuatorial y de mayor tamaño en la retina dorsal. En un nuevo modelo in vivo de fototoxicidad focal de los fotorreceptores inducido por LED, la SD-OCT muestra un daño en una región circular situado en la retina superotemporal. En esta región se observa una disminución progresiva del espesor de la retina desde 183,4 ± 5 mm (12 h) hasta 114,6 ± 6 mm (7 d). Las secciones transversales muestras una pérdida masiva de bastones y conos en la región dañada por la luz. En las retinas montadas a plano se observa una región circular con disminución del número de conos-L y conos-S. En este área circular en las retinas izquierdas y en la región correspondiente de la retina control derecha, el número total de conos-L o conos-S es de 7.118 ± 842 ó 661 ± 125 en las retinas fotoexpuestas (n=7) y de 14.040 ± 1.860 ó 2.255 ± 193 en las retinas control (n=7), respectivamente. Aunque el CNTF no, la brimonidina, el BDNF, PEDF y el bFGF muestran efectos neuroprotectores significativos sobre los conos-L y conos-S. La HTO provoca sectores con su vértice en el disco óptico carentes de CGR Brn3a pero que aún contienen gran número de núcleos DAPI positivos. Los niveles de todas las opsinas disminuyen a las 2 semanas y esta disminución progresa hasta el 20% de los niveles basales a los 3 meses. Las secciones transversales revelan áreas focales de degeneración en las capas externas de la retina (CER). Las CGR supervivientes a los 15 días representan aproximadamente el 28% y no cambian con el tiempo, mientras que de las poblaciones de conos-L y conos-S sobreviven un 80% y un 65% a un mes o un 35% y un 20% a 6 meses, respectivamente. Conclusiones. Se ha establecido, por primera vez, el número total y la distribución topográfica de los conos-L y conos-S en dos cepas de rata y dos de ratón y se ha demostrado el paralelismo topológico de la distribución de los conos-L y las CGR. Se han proporcionado las bases para estudiar la degeneración de conos y su prevención en condiciones patológicas. Se ha descrito por primera vez que, en la rata P23H-1, la degeneración de bastones y conos está espaciotemporalmente relacionada y se produce en anillos. La pérdida de conos sigue a la pérdida de bastones, que comienza de forma temprana, incluso antes de P30, la primera edad analizada. Las características de los anillos sugieren que la degeneración secundaria de conos está influenciada por la localización en la retina y / u otros factores intrínsecos o extrínsecos. Se ha evidenciado que la FTIL provoca una pérdida de conos y bastones y es un modelo fiable, cuantificable y reproducible para estudiar la degeneración de los fotorreceptores. La administración intravítrea de BDNF, PEDF o bFGF, o la administración tópica de brimonidina proporcionan neuroprotección significativa sobre los conos, en este modelo. Se ha demostrado que la HTO induce una pérdida selectiva de CGR en la capa de la CGR que no progresa después de 1 mes, mientras que los conos-L y conos-S presentan una pérdida progresiva hasta los 6 meses. Por lo tanto, HTO provoca graves daños tanto en las capas más internas como en las CER., Purpose. To determine the total number and topography of the cone population in two rat and two mouse strains using automated routines which allowed us to investigate objectively the effects of different experimental models of human pathologies such as Aging Macular Degeneration (AMD), Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) and Glaucomatous Optic Neuropathy (GON) on the photoreceptor population. Material y methods. A total of 303 rats and 23 mice were used in this thesis, five different strains of rodents were used: albino Sprague-Dawley (SD), pigmented Piebald Virol Glaxo (PVG) and P23H-1 transgenic rats, albino Swiss and pigmented C57/BL6 mice. All experimets and procedures were carried out in strict accordance with the recommendations in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) and the European Union guidelines for the use of animals in research, and all the protocols were approved by the Ethical and Animal Studies Committee of the University of Murcia. Several techniques such as, the identification of the three different types of photoreceptors and other retinal populations by immunohistofluorescence analyzed in whole flat-mounted retinas and in oriented radial sections, classical staining as H-E, imaging advanced technologies as Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography (SD-OCT), and protein analysis by western blot, have been used. In this thesis the P23H-1transgenic rat has been used as a model of RP, this animal bears an autoasomal dominat mutation in the rhodopsin gene (proline to histidine substitution at codon 23 of the rodopsin protein) that causes photorecptor dystrophy and death. A new experimental model useful to understand the AMD pathology, has been developed for this thesis, Light Emmitting Dioede (LED)-induced cone-photoreceptor phototoxicity (LIP), the blue-light LED exposition on the rat retina causes a damage-area located in the retinal zone with maximun L-cones densities and a cone to rod ratio similar to the human macular fovea. And finally, an experimental model of Laser-induced ocular hypertension developed recently in our Laboratory of Experimental Ophthalmology at the University of Murcia has been used to understand the effects of GON on the cone population. Results. The mean number of L-opsin+cones is 231,736 ± 14,517 in SD rat; 239,939 ± 6,494 in PVG rat; 117,424 ± 17,721 in Swiss mouse and 135,155 ± 8,742 in C57/BL6 mouse. The mean number of S-opsin+cones 41,028 ± 5,074 in SD rat; 27,316 ± 2,235 in PVG rat; 146,682 ± 24,958 in Swiss mouse and 119,616 ± 8,756 in C57/BL6 mouse. The percentage of dual cones is 3.2% in SD rat; 2.9% in PVG rat; 73% in Swiss mouse and 40% in C57/BL6 mouse. In all strains, and both species, there is a parallel distribution of retinal ganglion cells (RGC) and L-cones. The topography of L-cones is similar in all strains of rats and mice analyzed, the highest densities are observed in the superior nasotemporal axis, medium densities around the optic nerve, and this density gradually decreases from the center to the periphery. However, obvious differences are found in S-cones distribution. While in the two rat strains there is a increasing gradient of S-cones density along the inferonasal quadrant and the highest densities are found in the retinal rim, in the Swiss mouse strains S-cones are abundant in the dorsal retina although their highest densities are ventral but the C57/BL6 mouse shows a low number of S-cones in the dorsal retina and very dense population in the ventral retina, being densest in its nasal aspect. In P23H-1 rats, rod degeneration occurs rapidly: first the rod outer segment shortens, at P30 there is extensive rod loss, and by P180 rod loss is almost complete except for the most peripheral retina. The numbers of L cones are, at all postnatal ages, lower in P23H-1 rats than in control SD rats, and decrease significantly with age (by P180). Rod and cone degeneration is spatiotemporally related and occurs in rings that appear already at P90 and spread throughout the entire retina. At P180, the rings of rod-cone degeneration are more abundant in the equatorial retina and are larger in the dorsal retina. In a novel in vivo model of focal LED-induced photoreceptor phototoxicity SD-OCT showed damage in a circular region of the superotemporal retina, whose diameter varied from 1,842.4 ± 84.5 mm (at 24 hours) to 1,407.7 ± 52.8 mm (at 7 days). This region had a progressive thickness disminution from 183.4 ± 5 mm (at 12 h) to 114.6 ± 6 mm (at 7 d). Oriented cross-sections showed within the light-damaged region of the retina massive loss of rods and cone-photoreceptors. Wholemounts documented a circular region containing lower numbers of L- and S-cones. Within a circular area (1 mm or 1.3 mm radius, respectively) in the left and in its corresponding region of the contralateral-fellow-retina, total L- or S-cones were 7,118 ± 842 or 661 ± 125 for the LED exposed retinas (n=7) and 14,040 ± 1,860 or 2,255 ± 193 for the fellow retinas (n=7), respectively. Brimonidine, BDNF, PEDF and bFGF but not CNTF showed significant neuroprotective effects on L- and S-cones. Ocular hypertension (OHT) resulted in wedge-like sectors with their apex on the optic disc devoid of Brn3aRGC but with large numbers of DAPI+nuclei. The levels of all opsins diminished by 2 weeks and further decreased to 20% of basal-levels by 3 months. Cross-sections revealed focal areas of outer retinal layers (ORL) degeneration. RGC survival at 15 days represented approximately 28% and did not change with time, whereas the L-cone and S- populations diminished to 80% and 65%, or to 35% and 20% at 1 or 6 months, respectively. Conclusions. It has been established, for the first time, the total number and the topographical distribution of S- and L-cones in two rat and two mouse strains and demonstrated the correlation of L-cones and RGC spatial distribution. It has been provided the basis to study cone degeneration and its prevention in pathologic conditions. It has been described for the first time that in the P23H-1 rat, rod and cone degeneration is spatiotemporally related and occurs in rings. Cone loss follows rod loss and starts very soon, even before P30, the first age analyzed here. The characteristics of the rings suggest that secondary cone degeneration is influenced by retinal position and/or other intrinsic or extrinsic factors. It has been evidenced that LIP results in rod and cone-photoreceptor loss, and is a reliable, quantifiable model to study cone-photoreceptor degeneration. Intravitreal BDNF, PEDF or bFGF, or topical BMD afford significant cone neuroprotection in this model. It has been demostrated that OHT induces in the ganglion cell layer selective RGC loss that does not progress after 1 month, whereas the S- and L-cones exhibit progressive loss up to 6 months. Thus, OHT results in severe damage to both the innermost and the ORL.
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14. Topical Brimonidine or Intravitreal BDNF, CNTF, or bFGF Protect Cones Against Phototoxicity
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Valiente-Soriano, Francisco J., primary, Ortín-Martínez, Arturo, additional, Di Pierdomenico, Johnny, additional, García-Ayuso, Diego, additional, Gallego-Ortega, Alejandro, additional, Miralles de Imperial-Ollero, Juan A., additional, Jiménez-López, Manuel, additional, Villegas-Pérez, María Paz, additional, Wheeler, Larry A., additional, and Vidal-Sanz, Manuel, additional
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- 2019
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15. Melanopsin+RGCs Are fully Resistant to NMDA-Induced Excitotoxicity
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Vidal-Villegas, Beatriz, primary, Di Pierdomenico, Johnny, additional, Miralles de Imperial-Ollero, Juan A, additional, Ortín-Martínez, Arturo, additional, Nadal-Nicolás, Francisco M, additional, Bernal-Garro, Jose M, additional, Cuenca Navarro, Nicolás, additional, Villegas-Pérez, María P, additional, and Vidal-Sanz, Manuel, additional
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- 2019
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16. Melanopsin+RGCs Are fully Resistant to NMDA-Induced Excitotoxicity
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Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Fisiología, Genética y Microbiología, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", Vidal-Villegas, Beatriz, Di Pierdomenico, Johnny, Miralles de Imperial-Ollero, Juan A., Ortín Martínez, Arturo, Nadal-Nicolás, Francisco Manuel, Bernal-Garro, Jose M., Cuenca, Nicolás, Villegas Pérez, María Paz, Vidal Sanz, Manuel, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Fisiología, Genética y Microbiología, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", Vidal-Villegas, Beatriz, Di Pierdomenico, Johnny, Miralles de Imperial-Ollero, Juan A., Ortín Martínez, Arturo, Nadal-Nicolás, Francisco Manuel, Bernal-Garro, Jose M., Cuenca, Nicolás, Villegas Pérez, María Paz, and Vidal Sanz, Manuel
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We studied short- and long-term effects of intravitreal injection of N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) on melanopsin-containing (m+) and non-melanopsin-containing (Brn3a+) retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). In adult SD-rats, the left eye received a single intravitreal injection of 5µL of 100nM NMDA. At 3 and 15 months, retinal thickness was measured in vivo using Spectral Domain-Optical Coherence Tomography (SD-OCT). Ex vivo analyses were done at 3, 7, or 14 days or 15 months after damage. Whole-mounted retinas were immunolabelled for brain-specific homeobox/POU domain protein 3A (Brn3a) and melanopsin (m), the total number of Brn3a+RGCs and m+RGCs were quantified, and their topography represented. In control retinas, the mean total numbers of Brn3a+RGCs and m+RGCs were 78,903 ± 3572 and 2358 ± 144 (mean ± SD; n = 10), respectively. In the NMDA injected retinas, Brn3a+RGCs numbers diminished to 49%, 28%, 24%, and 19%, at 3, 7, 14 days, and 15 months, respectively. There was no further loss between 7 days and 15 months. The number of immunoidentified m+RGCs decreased significantly at 3 days, recovered between 3 and 7 days, and were back to normal thereafter. OCT measurements revealed a significant thinning of the left retinas at 3 and 15 months. Intravitreal injections of NMDA induced within a week a rapid loss of 72% of Brn3a+RGCs, a transient downregulation of melanopsin expression (but not m+RGC death), and a thinning of the inner retinal layers.
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17. Chapter 1 - Retinal neurodegeneration in experimental glaucoma
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Vidal-Sanz, Manuel, Valiente-Soriano, Francisco J., Ortín-Martínez, Arturo, Nadal-Nicolás, Francisco M., Jiménez-López, Manuel, Salinas-Navarro, Manuel, Alarcón-Martínez, Luis, García-Ayuso, Diego, Avilés-Trigueros, Marcelino, Agudo-Barriuso, Marta, and Villegas-Pérez, Maria P.
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- 2015
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18. Transient Downregulation of Melanopsin Expression After Retrograde Tracing or Optic Nerve Injury in Adult Rats
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Nadal-Nicolás, Francisco M., primary, Madeira, Maria H., additional, Salinas-Navarro, Manuel, additional, Jiménez-López, Manuel, additional, Galindo-Romero, Caridad, additional, Ortín-Martínez, Arturo, additional, Santiago, Ana Raquel, additional, Vidal-Sanz, Manuel, additional, and Agudo-Barriuso, Marta, additional
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- 2015
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19. Effects of Ocular Hypertension in the Visual System of Pigmented Mice
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Valiente-Soriano, Francisco J., primary, Salinas-Navarro, Manuel, additional, Jiménez-López, Manuel, additional, Alarcón-Martínez, Luis, additional, Ortín-Martínez, Arturo, additional, Bernal-Garro, José M., additional, Avilés-Trigueros, Marcelino, additional, Agudo-Barriuso, Marta, additional, Villegas-Pérez, María P., additional, and Vidal-Sanz, Manuel, additional
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- 2015
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20. A Novel In Vivo Model of Focal Light Emitting Diode-Induced Cone-Photoreceptor Phototoxicity: Neuroprotection Afforded by Brimonidine, BDNF, PEDF or bFGF
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Ortín-Martínez, Arturo, primary, Valiente-Soriano, Francisco Javier, additional, García-Ayuso, Diego, additional, Alarcón-Martínez, Luis, additional, Jiménez-López, Manuel, additional, Bernal-Garro, José Manuel, additional, Nieto-López, Leticia, additional, Nadal-Nicolás, Francisco Manuel, additional, Villegas-Pérez, María Paz, additional, Wheeler, Larry A., additional, and Vidal-Sanz, Manuel, additional
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- 2014
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21. Number and Distribution of Mouse Retinal Cone Photoreceptors: Differences between an Albino (Swiss) and a Pigmented (C57/BL6) Strain
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Ortín-Martínez, Arturo, primary, Nadal-Nicolás, Francisco M., additional, Jiménez-López, Manuel, additional, Alburquerque-Béjar, Juan J., additional, Nieto-López, Leticia, additional, García-Ayuso, Diego, additional, Villegas-Pérez, Maria P., additional, Vidal-Sanz, Manuel, additional, and Agudo-Barriuso, Marta, additional
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22. Changes in the Photoreceptor Mosaic of P23H-1 Rats During Retinal Degeneration: Implications for Rod-Cone Dependent Survival
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Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Fisiología, Genética y Microbiología, García Ayuso, Diego, Ortín Martínez, Arturo, Jiménez López, Manuel, Galindo Romero, Caridad, Cuenca, Nicolás, Pinilla Lozano, Isabel, Vidal Sanz, Manuel, Agudo Barriuso, Marta, Villegas Pérez, María Paz, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Fisiología, Genética y Microbiología, García Ayuso, Diego, Ortín Martínez, Arturo, Jiménez López, Manuel, Galindo Romero, Caridad, Cuenca, Nicolás, Pinilla Lozano, Isabel, Vidal Sanz, Manuel, Agudo Barriuso, Marta, and Villegas Pérez, María Paz
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Purpose. To investigate the spatiotemporal relationship between rod and cone degeneration in the P23H-1 rat. Methods. Control Sprague-Dawley (SD) and P23H-1 rats of ages ranging from P30 to P365 were used. Retinas were processed for whole mounts or cross sections and rods and cones were immunodetected. We used newly developed image analysis techniques to quantify the total population of L/M cones (the most abundant cones in the rat) and analyzed the rings of rod-cone degeneration. Results. In P23H-1 rats, rod degeneration occurs rapidly: first the rod outer segment shortens, at P30 there is extensive rod loss, and by P180 rod loss is almost complete except for the most peripheral retina. The numbers of L/M cones are, at all postnatal ages, lower in P23H-1 rats than in control SD rats, and decrease significantly with age (by P180). Rod and cone degeneration is spatiotemporally related and occurs in rings that appear already at P90 and spread throughout the entire retina. At P180, the rings of rod-cone degeneration are more abundant in the equatorial retina and are larger in the dorsal retina. Conclusions. This work describes for the first time that in the P23H-1 rat, rod and cone degeneration is spatiotemporally related and occurs in rings. Cone loss follows rod loss and starts very soon, even before P30, the first age analyzed here. The characteristics of the rings suggest that secondary cone degeneration is influenced by retinal position and/or other intrinsic or extrinsic factors.
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23. Sectorial loss of retinal ganglion cells in inherited photoreceptor degeneration is due to RGC death
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García-Ayuso, Diego, primary, Salinas-Navarro, Manuel, additional, Nadal-Nicolás, Francisco Manuel, additional, Ortín-Martínez, Arturo, additional, Agudo-Barriuso, Marta, additional, Vidal-Sanz, Manuel, additional, and Villegas-Pérez, María P, additional
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24. Changes in the Photoreceptor Mosaic of P23H-1 Rats During Retinal Degeneration: Implications for Rod-Cone Dependent Survival
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García-Ayuso, Diego, primary, Ortín-Martínez, Arturo, additional, Jiménez-López, Manuel, additional, Galindo-Romero, Caridad, additional, Cuenca, Nicolás, additional, Pinilla, Isabel, additional, Vidal-Sanz, Manuel, additional, Agudo-Barriuso, Marta, additional, and Villegas-Pérez, María P., additional
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25. Quantification of the Effect of Different Levels of IOP in the Astroglia of the Rat Retina Ipsilateral and Contralateral to Experimental Glaucoma
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Ramírez, Ana I., primary, Salazar, Juan J., additional, de Hoz, Rosa, additional, Rojas, Blanca, additional, Gallego, Beatriz I., additional, Salinas-Navarro, Manuel, additional, Alarcón-Martínez, Luis, additional, Ortín-Martínez, Arturo, additional, Avilés-Trigueros, Marcelino, additional, Vidal-Sanz, Manuel, additional, Triviño, Alberto, additional, and Ramírez, Jose M., additional
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26. Automated Quantification and Topographical Distribution of the Whole Population of S- and L-Cones in Adult Albino and Pigmented Rats
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Ortín-Martínez, Arturo, primary, Jiménez-López, Manuel, additional, Nadal-Nicolás, Francisco M., additional, Salinas-Navarro, Manuel, additional, Alarcón-Martínez, Luis, additional, Sauvé, Yves, additional, Villegas-Pérez, Maria Paz, additional, Vidal-Sanz, Manuel, additional, and Agudo-Barriuso, Marta, additional
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- 2010
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27. Distribution of melanopsin positive neurons in pigmented and albino mice: evidence for melanopsin interneurons in the mouse retina.
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Valiente-Soriano, Francisco J., García-Ayuso, Diego, Ortín-Martínez, Arturo, Jiménez-López, Manuel, Galindo-Romero, Caridad, Villegas-Pérez, Maria Paz, Agudo-Barriuso, Marta, Vugler, Anthony A., and Vidal-Sanz, Manuel
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MELANOPSIN ,INTERNEURONS ,RETINAL ganglion cells ,LABORATORY mice ,HOMEOBOX proteins - Abstract
Here we have studied the population of intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) in adult pigmented and albino mice. Our data show that although pigmented (C57Bl/6) and albino (Swiss) mice have a similar total number of ipRGCs, their distribution is slightly different: while in pigmented mice ipRGCs are more abundant in the temporal retina, in albinos the ipRGCs are more abundant in superior retina. In both strains, ipRGCs are located in the retinal periphery, in the areas of lower Brn3a
+ RGC density. Both strains also contain displaced ipRGCs (d-ipRGCs) in the inner nuclear layer (INL) that account for 14% of total ipRGCs in pigmented mice and 5% in albinos. Tracing from both superior colliculli shows that 98% (pigmented) and 97% (albino) of the total ipRGCs, become retrogradely labeled, while double immunodetection of melanopsin and Brn3a confirms that few ipRGCs express this transcription factor in mice. Rather surprisingly, application of a retrograde tracer to the optic nerve (ON) labels all ipRGCs, except for a sub-population of the d-ipRGCs (14% in pigmented and 28% in albino, respectively) and melanopsin positive cells residing in the ciliary marginal zone (CMZ) of the retina. In the CMZ, between 20% (pigmented) and 24% (albino) of the melanopsin positive cells are unlabeled by the tracer and we suggest that this may be because they fail to send an axon into the ON. As such, this study provides the first evidence for a population of melanopsin interneurons in the mammalian retina. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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28. Melanopsin + RGCs Are fully Resistant to NMDA-Induced Excitotoxicity.
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Vidal-Villegas B, Di Pierdomenico J, Miralles de Imperial-Ollero JA, Ortín-Martínez A, Nadal-Nicolás FM, Bernal-Garro JM, Cuenca Navarro N, Villegas-Pérez MP, and Vidal-Sanz M
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- Animals, Cell Count, Female, Intravitreal Injections, N-Methylaspartate administration & dosage, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate metabolism, Retinal Ganglion Cells metabolism, Retinal Ganglion Cells pathology, Rod Opsins analysis, Transcription Factor Brn-3A analysis, Transcription Factor Brn-3A metabolism, N-Methylaspartate toxicity, Retinal Ganglion Cells drug effects, Rod Opsins metabolism
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We studied short- and long-term effects of intravitreal injection of N -methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) on melanopsin-containing (m
+ ) and non-melanopsin-containing (Brn3a+ ) retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). In adult SD-rats, the left eye received a single intravitreal injection of 5µL of 100nM NMDA. At 3 and 15 months, retinal thickness was measured in vivo using Spectral Domain-Optical Coherence Tomography (SD-OCT). Ex vivo analyses were done at 3, 7, or 14 days or 15 months after damage. Whole-mounted retinas were immunolabelled for brain-specific homeobox/POU domain protein 3A (Brn3a) and melanopsin (m), the total number of Brn3a+ RGCs and m+ RGCs were quantified, and their topography represented. In control retinas, the mean total numbers of Brn3a+ RGCs and m+ RGCs were 78,903 ± 3572 and 2358 ± 144 (mean ± SD; n = 10), respectively. In the NMDA injected retinas, Brn3a+ RGCs numbers diminished to 49%, 28%, 24%, and 19%, at 3, 7, 14 days, and 15 months, respectively. There was no further loss between 7 days and 15 months. The number of immunoidentified m+ RGCs decreased significantly at 3 days, recovered between 3 and 7 days, and were back to normal thereafter. OCT measurements revealed a significant thinning of the left retinas at 3 and 15 months. Intravitreal injections of NMDA induced within a week a rapid loss of 72% of Brn3a+ RGCs, a transient downregulation of melanopsin expression (but not m+ RGC death), and a thinning of the inner retinal layers.- Published
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29. Functional and morphological effects of laser-induced ocular hypertension in retinas of adult albino Swiss mice.
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Salinas-Navarro M, Alarcón-Martínez L, Valiente-Soriano FJ, Ortín-Martínez A, Jiménez-López M, Avilés-Trigueros M, Villegas-Pérez MP, de la Villa P, and Vidal-Sanz M
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- Animals, Axons metabolism, Axons pathology, Cell Count, Electroretinography, Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Intraocular Pressure physiology, Light Coagulation, Male, Mice, Neurofilament Proteins metabolism, Ocular Hypertension chemically induced, Phosphorylation, Retinal Ganglion Cells metabolism, Retinal Ganglion Cells pathology, Staining and Labeling, Stilbamidines metabolism, Time Factors, Aging pathology, Lasers, Ocular Hypertension pathology, Ocular Hypertension physiopathology, Retina pathology, Retina physiopathology
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Purpose: To investigate the effects of laser photocoagulation (LP)-induced ocular hypertension (OHT) on the survival and retrograde axonal transport of retinal ganglion cells (RGC), as well as on the function of retinal layers., Methods: Adult albino Swiss mice (35-45 g) received laser photocoagulation of limbal and episcleral veins in the left eye. Mice were sacrificed at 8, 17, 35, and 63 days. Intraocular pressure (IOP) in both eyes was measured with a Tono-Lab before LP and at various days after LP. Flash electroretinogram (ERG) scotopic threshold response (STR) and a- and b-wave amplitudes were recorded before LP and at various times after LP. RGCs were labeled with 10% hydroxystilbamidine methanesulfonate (OHSt) applied to both superior colliculi before sacrifice and in some mice, with dextran tetramethylrhodamine (DTMR) applied to the ocular stump of the intraorbitally transected optic nerve. Retinas were immunostained for RT97 or Brn3a. Retinas were prepared as whole-mounts and photographed under a fluorescence microscope. Labeled RGCs were counted using image analysis software, and an isodensity contour plot was generated for each retina., Results: IOP increased to twice its basal values by 24 h and was maintained until day 5, after which IOP gradually declined to reach basal values by 1 wk. Similar IOP increases were observed in all groups. The mean total number of OHSt(+) RGCs was 13,428+/-6,295 (n=12), 10,456+/-14,301 (n=13), 12,622+/-14,174 (n=21), and 10,451+/-13,949 (n=13) for groups I, II, III, and IV, respectively; these values represented 28%, 23%, 26%, and 22% of the values found in their contralateral fellow retinas. The mean total population of Brn3a(+) RGCs was 24,343+/-5,739 (n=12) and 10,219+/-8,887 (n=9), respectively, for groups I and III; these values represented 49% and 20%, respectively, of the values found in their fellow eyes. OHT retinas showed an absence of OHSt(+) and DTMR(+) RGCs in both focal wedge-shaped and diffuse regions of the retina. By 1 wk, there was a discrepancy between the total number of surviving OHSt(+) RGCs and Brn3a(+) RGCs, suggesting that a large proportion of RGCs had impaired retrograde axonal transport. In the retinal areas lacking backlabeled RGCs, neurofibrillar staining revealed aberrant expression of RT97 within axons and RGC bodies characteristic of axotomy. Elevated IOP induced significant reductions in the registered ERG waves, including positive STR, a- and b-waves, that were observed by 24 h and remained throughout the period of study for the three groups analyzed., Conclusions: LP of the perilimbal and episcleral veins resulted in OHT leading to a lack of retrograde axonal transport in approximately 75% of the original RGC population. This lack did not progress further between 8 and 63 days, and it was both focal (in sectors with the apex located in the optic disc) and diffuse within the retina. In addition, severe amplitude diminutions of the STR and a- and b-waves of the ERG appeared as early as 24 h after lasering and did not recover throughout the period of study, indicating that increased IOP results in severe damage to the innermost, inner nuclear, and outer nuclear layers of the retina.
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