Purpose:To investigate the intraocular growth and biological characteristics of mice embryonic stem cells in nude mice.Methods:Murine embryonic stem cells(D3 cell line)were cultured and maintained in an undifferentiat...Purpose:To investigate the intraocular growth and biological characteristics of mice embryonic stem cells in nude mice.Methods:Murine embryonic stem cells(D3 cell line)were cultured and maintained in an undifferentiated state in vitro,then transplanted into the anterior chamber of nude mice.Mophological and immunohistochemical examinations were implemented.Results:Two to three days after transplantation,yellow-white floating granules,sheets and masses were seen inside the anterior chamber and vitreous cavity,and enlarged gradually,14-20days later,the mice were executed.Morphological examination showed that there were undifferentiated cells and some round or polygonal differentiated cells in anterior chamber and vitreous cavity.The morphology of these differentiated cells were similar to that of the retina.The cells were highly positive in NSE staining.Conclusion:The tranplanted embryonic stem cells cold grow in the eyes of nude mice with tendency to differentiate into neurons and retina-like structure.展开更多
Purpose:To investigate the influencing factors in culturing Srague-Dawley(S-D) rats retinal neurons in order to lay foundation for further experimental research.Materials and Methods:Retinal cells were plated on plast...Purpose:To investigate the influencing factors in culturing Srague-Dawley(S-D) rats retinal neurons in order to lay foundation for further experimental research.Materials and Methods:Retinal cells were plated on plastic plates and coverslips coated with poly-lysine or ethylene imine polymer for primary culture.The cultured cells were divided into following groups:1.Culture medium changed every 2 tp 3 days vs changed only once;2.Cytosine arabinoside(Ara-C)added to the culture medium vs not added.The cells were observed and pictured under inverted phase contrast microscope.The cells were identified through immunocytochemistry.Results:The immunofluorescence showed that most of the cultured cells were neurons,among them were a few retinal ganglion cells.In the cultured group of which substrata coated with poly-l-lysine and culture medium added with Ara-c,the neurons intended to aggregate into clusters with relatively straight neurites.In the group of which substrata coated with ethylene imine polymer and medium added with Ara-c,the neurons grew dispersively with bent neurites.Both of them survived for 2 to 3 weeks.The cells which plated in the medium not added with Ara-c did not aggregate into clusters and survived longer than 4 weeks.In the group of which medium changed several times,the survival time of neurons was shorter than that in the medium changed only once.Conclusions:The retinal neurons plated on the substrata coated with ethylene imine polymer are easy to observe because of its dispersive growth.It is not favorable for the growth of the neurons by changing culture medium many times.Ara-c may possibly have side effect on the growth of retinal neurons.展开更多
Purpose:To identify differential genes expressed in the rabbit ciliary epithelium duringthe circadian cycle of aqueous flow.Methods: Total RNA from ciliary epithelium of rabbits at 8AM (light on 1 hour) and8PM(light o...Purpose:To identify differential genes expressed in the rabbit ciliary epithelium duringthe circadian cycle of aqueous flow.Methods: Total RNA from ciliary epithelium of rabbits at 8AM (light on 1 hour) and8PM(light off 1 hour) were compared by differential display reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaetion(DD RT-PCR), using 6 % denaturing polyacrylamide electro-phoresis, choose differential display bands, cut and reamplify with the same primer, cloneand sequence. Search the database of Genbank, prolong them with 5' RACE and 3'RACE technique then clone, sequence and search database of Genbank.Results: 93 Significant differences gene expression were detected between light on andlight off in the rabbit ciliary epithelium.Conclusion: Differential display is a powerful tool to screen differentially expressedgenes in circadian rhythm of ciliary epithelium.展开更多
Purpose: To construct the enhanced yellow fluorescent protein (EYFP) vector carryinginterferon-y gene (ifn-γ) in order to provide an ideal reporter in the expression of ifn-γand location of protein in vitro and in v...Purpose: To construct the enhanced yellow fluorescent protein (EYFP) vector carryinginterferon-y gene (ifn-γ) in order to provide an ideal reporter in the expression of ifn-γand location of protein in vitro and in vivo.Method: According to the nucleotide sequence of ifn-y gene, a pair of oligonucleotideswas designed as primer whose two end contained nucleotide sequence of EcoR V and NotⅠ restriction endonuclease respectively. The gene encoding for inf-y was amplified usingPCR technique. After the PCR product was retrieved and purified, it was digested withEcoR V and Not Ⅰ restriction endonuclease, and then cloned into the plasmidpIRES-EYFP. The recombinant plasmid plRES-EYFPIFN-γwas identified by restrictionendonuclease enzyme analysis and DNA sequence analysis.Results: The ifn-γ was successfully amplified and verified by partial DNA sequenceanalysis. The recombinant plasmid was correctly screened.Conclusion: The EYFP expression vector carrying ifn-γgene was successfully established.This research work has formed a base for monitoring the ifn-y gene expression andprotein position in living cells.展开更多
Purpose:To evaluate the correlation of retinal thickness between optical coherence tomography(OCT)images and histologic slides.Methods:Retinal thickness was measured in 16 rabbit retinal histologic slides.The same eye...Purpose:To evaluate the correlation of retinal thickness between optical coherence tomography(OCT)images and histologic slides.Methods:Retinal thickness was measured in 16 rabbit retinal histologic slides.The same eyes has been previously measured by OCT fr the comparison of results between two methods.Retinal thickness of each OCT image section was measured using both the manually assisted(requiring localization of reflectivity peaks by observer)and automated modes of the computer software.Results:Retinal thickness measured by OCT demonstrated a high degree of correlation with retinal histologic study.The automated method(Cc=0.66,P<0.01) was less reliable than the manually assisted one (Cc=0.84,P<0.001).The former had an error in 95% confidence interval,ranged between-0.71 and 11.09μm.The latter had a less error,ranged from -2.99 to 5.13μm.Conclusion:OCT can quantitatively measure the retinal thickness.However,automatical identification of the reflective boundaries by computer may result in errors in some cases.To masure the retinal thickess by manually assisted mode can increase the accuracy.展开更多
基金by National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (39870801,39400144)Natural Sciences Foundation of Guangdong Province (98011) 211 Project Foundation (98007)
文摘Purpose:To investigate the intraocular growth and biological characteristics of mice embryonic stem cells in nude mice.Methods:Murine embryonic stem cells(D3 cell line)were cultured and maintained in an undifferentiated state in vitro,then transplanted into the anterior chamber of nude mice.Mophological and immunohistochemical examinations were implemented.Results:Two to three days after transplantation,yellow-white floating granules,sheets and masses were seen inside the anterior chamber and vitreous cavity,and enlarged gradually,14-20days later,the mice were executed.Morphological examination showed that there were undifferentiated cells and some round or polygonal differentiated cells in anterior chamber and vitreous cavity.The morphology of these differentiated cells were similar to that of the retina.The cells were highly positive in NSE staining.Conclusion:The tranplanted embryonic stem cells cold grow in the eyes of nude mice with tendency to differentiate into neurons and retina-like structure.
基金by National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (No.39770789)Natural Sciences Foundation of Guangdong Province (No.990092)
文摘Purpose:To investigate the influencing factors in culturing Srague-Dawley(S-D) rats retinal neurons in order to lay foundation for further experimental research.Materials and Methods:Retinal cells were plated on plastic plates and coverslips coated with poly-lysine or ethylene imine polymer for primary culture.The cultured cells were divided into following groups:1.Culture medium changed every 2 tp 3 days vs changed only once;2.Cytosine arabinoside(Ara-C)added to the culture medium vs not added.The cells were observed and pictured under inverted phase contrast microscope.The cells were identified through immunocytochemistry.Results:The immunofluorescence showed that most of the cultured cells were neurons,among them were a few retinal ganglion cells.In the cultured group of which substrata coated with poly-l-lysine and culture medium added with Ara-c,the neurons intended to aggregate into clusters with relatively straight neurites.In the group of which substrata coated with ethylene imine polymer and medium added with Ara-c,the neurons grew dispersively with bent neurites.Both of them survived for 2 to 3 weeks.The cells which plated in the medium not added with Ara-c did not aggregate into clusters and survived longer than 4 weeks.In the group of which medium changed several times,the survival time of neurons was shorter than that in the medium changed only once.Conclusions:The retinal neurons plated on the substrata coated with ethylene imine polymer are easy to observe because of its dispersive growth.It is not favorable for the growth of the neurons by changing culture medium many times.Ara-c may possibly have side effect on the growth of retinal neurons.
基金This Project was supported by a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.39800163)by grant for the discipline point of dortorate(No.9856)offered by the Chinese Committee of Education and grant from Natural Science Foundation of Gu
文摘Purpose:To identify differential genes expressed in the rabbit ciliary epithelium duringthe circadian cycle of aqueous flow.Methods: Total RNA from ciliary epithelium of rabbits at 8AM (light on 1 hour) and8PM(light off 1 hour) were compared by differential display reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaetion(DD RT-PCR), using 6 % denaturing polyacrylamide electro-phoresis, choose differential display bands, cut and reamplify with the same primer, cloneand sequence. Search the database of Genbank, prolong them with 5' RACE and 3'RACE technique then clone, sequence and search database of Genbank.Results: 93 Significant differences gene expression were detected between light on andlight off in the rabbit ciliary epithelium.Conclusion: Differential display is a powerful tool to screen differentially expressedgenes in circadian rhythm of ciliary epithelium.
基金This paper is granted by National Nature Science Foudation of China(No.39700153)Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(No.970082)
文摘Purpose: To construct the enhanced yellow fluorescent protein (EYFP) vector carryinginterferon-y gene (ifn-γ) in order to provide an ideal reporter in the expression of ifn-γand location of protein in vitro and in vivo.Method: According to the nucleotide sequence of ifn-y gene, a pair of oligonucleotideswas designed as primer whose two end contained nucleotide sequence of EcoR V and NotⅠ restriction endonuclease respectively. The gene encoding for inf-y was amplified usingPCR technique. After the PCR product was retrieved and purified, it was digested withEcoR V and Not Ⅰ restriction endonuclease, and then cloned into the plasmidpIRES-EYFP. The recombinant plasmid plRES-EYFPIFN-γwas identified by restrictionendonuclease enzyme analysis and DNA sequence analysis.Results: The ifn-γ was successfully amplified and verified by partial DNA sequenceanalysis. The recombinant plasmid was correctly screened.Conclusion: The EYFP expression vector carrying ifn-γgene was successfully established.This research work has formed a base for monitoring the ifn-y gene expression andprotein position in living cells.
文摘Purpose:To evaluate the correlation of retinal thickness between optical coherence tomography(OCT)images and histologic slides.Methods:Retinal thickness was measured in 16 rabbit retinal histologic slides.The same eyes has been previously measured by OCT fr the comparison of results between two methods.Retinal thickness of each OCT image section was measured using both the manually assisted(requiring localization of reflectivity peaks by observer)and automated modes of the computer software.Results:Retinal thickness measured by OCT demonstrated a high degree of correlation with retinal histologic study.The automated method(Cc=0.66,P<0.01) was less reliable than the manually assisted one (Cc=0.84,P<0.001).The former had an error in 95% confidence interval,ranged between-0.71 and 11.09μm.The latter had a less error,ranged from -2.99 to 5.13μm.Conclusion:OCT can quantitatively measure the retinal thickness.However,automatical identification of the reflective boundaries by computer may result in errors in some cases.To masure the retinal thickess by manually assisted mode can increase the accuracy.
