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Brimonidine tartrate effect on retinal spreading depression depends on Müller cells.

Authors :
Pimentel de Oliveira, Vinícius Vanzan
Morterá Rodrigues, Marcio Penha
de Alencar, Adroaldo
Cronemberger, Sebastião
Calixto, Nassim
Dantas, Adalmir Morterá
Source :
Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia. Nov/Dec2014, Vol. 73 Issue 6, p335-340. 6p.
Publication Year :
2014

Abstract

Objective: Demonstrate the Brimonidine effect over Retinal Spreading Depression (SD). Brimonidine is an alpha-2-adrenergic receptor agonist, used in the management of glaucoma. Alpha2-agonists have been shown to be neuroprotective in various experimental models, however the molecular and cellular targets leading to these actions are still poorly defined. The SD of neuronal electric activity is a wave of cellular massive sustained depolarization that damages the nervous tissue. Local trauma, pressure, ischemic injuries and other chemical agents as high extracellular potassium concentration or glutamate, can trigger SD, leading to exaggerated focal electrical followed by an electrical silence. Methods: Using chicken retina as model, we performed alpha2-receptor detection by Western Blotting and Immunohistochemistry. After that we obtained electrical signals of SD by microelectrodes on retina in the absence or presence of Brimonidine. For in vivo visualization we observed retina with optical coherence tomography on normal state, with SD passing, and with SD + Brimonidine. Results: Our data demonstrated that: (1) alpha2-adrenergic receptors are present in Müller cells, (2) the treatment with Brimonidine decreases the SD's velocity as well as the voltage of SD waves and (3) OCT revealed that SD creates a hyper reflectance at inner plexiform layer, but on retinal treatment with brimonidine, SD was not visualized. Conclusion: Our study about brimonidine possible pathways of neuroprotection we observed it reduces SD (a neuronal damage wave), identified a new cellular target - the Müller cells, as well as, firstly demonstrated SD on OCT, showing that the inner plexiform layer is the main optically affected layer on SD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00347280
Volume :
73
Issue :
6
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
108447850
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.5935/0034-7280.20140071