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Altered retinal function and structure after chronic placental insufficiency. 2002

Bang V Bui, and Sandra M Rees, and Michelle Loeliger, and Jacinta Caddy, and Alexandra H Rehn, and James A Armitage, and Algis J Vingrys
Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences, University of Melbourne 3010, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia.

OBJECTIVE To consider whether growth restriction secondary to chronic placental insufficiency results in postnatal deficits in retinal structure and function. METHODS Chronic placental insufficiency was induced just before midgestation in guinea pigs through unilateral ligation of the uterine artery. Eight weeks after birth, electroretinograms were recorded from prenatally compromised (PC, n = 6) and control (n = 15) animals. Data were collected for b-wave amplitude and implicit time, also the modeled receptoral (P3) response and oscillatory potentials were extracted. After electroretinography, retinas were prepared for structural analysis (PC, n = 6; control, n = 7). A separate cohort of PC (n = 8) and control (n = 9) animals underwent tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivity (TH-IR, dopaminergic neurons) and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate diaphorase (NADPH-d) histochemistry (neuronal nitric oxide synthase, nNOS)--these being markers of amacrine cell subpopulations. RESULTS Electroretinography revealed two PC guinea pigs with marked changes to saturated receptoral amplitude (Rm(P3)), sensitivity (log S) and postreceptoral waveforms. Grouped PC data revealed significantly reduced Rm(P3), whereas log S was not affected. The b-wave amplitudes were normal, but b-wave implicit times were delayed (P < 0.05) in PC animals. Amplitudes and peak times of oscillatory potentials were also significantly reduced and delayed (P < 0.05). Morphologic analysis revealed significant reductions in all cellular and plexiform (synaptic) layers in both the central (P < 0.05) and peripheral (P < 0.05) retina in PC animals. The outer retina, which contains the photoreceptors and the outer plexiform layer was particularly affected. The reduced growth of plexiform layers suggests a reduction in the growth of the neuropile in PC animals compared with control animals. The total number (P < 0.03) and density (P < 0.05) of TH-IR neurons was reduced, whereas the total number and density of nNOS-positive amacrine cells was not significantly different between PC and control animals. CONCLUSIONS Chronic placental insufficiency results in morphologic and functional alterations to the retina. Electroretinogram deficits in PC animals indicated both inner and outer retinal anomalies. Such affects could contribute to the visual impairments reported in very-low-birth-weight children, some of whom are growth restricted.

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D007124 Immunoenzyme Techniques Immunologic techniques based on the use of: (1) enzyme-antibody conjugates; (2) enzyme-antigen conjugates; (3) antienzyme antibody followed by its homologous enzyme; or (4) enzyme-antienzyme complexes. These are used histologically for visualizing or labeling tissue specimens. Antibody Enzyme Technique, Unlabeled,Enzyme Immunoassay,Enzyme-Labeled Antibody Technique,Immunoassay, Enzyme,Immunoperoxidase Techniques,Peroxidase-Antiperoxidase Complex Technique,Peroxidase-Labeled Antibody Technique,Antibody Enzyme Technic, Unlabeled,Enzyme-Labeled Antibody Technic,Immunoenzyme Technics,Immunoperoxidase Technics,Peroxidase-Antiperoxidase Complex Technic,Peroxidase-Labeled Antibody Technic,Antibody Technic, Enzyme-Labeled,Antibody Technic, Peroxidase-Labeled,Antibody Technics, Enzyme-Labeled,Antibody Technics, Peroxidase-Labeled,Antibody Technique, Enzyme-Labeled,Antibody Technique, Peroxidase-Labeled,Antibody Techniques, Enzyme-Labeled,Antibody Techniques, Peroxidase-Labeled,Enzyme Immunoassays,Enzyme Labeled Antibody Technic,Enzyme Labeled Antibody Technique,Enzyme-Labeled Antibody Technics,Enzyme-Labeled Antibody Techniques,Immunoassays, Enzyme,Immunoenzyme Technic,Immunoenzyme Technique,Immunoperoxidase Technic,Immunoperoxidase Technique,Peroxidase Antiperoxidase Complex Technic,Peroxidase Antiperoxidase Complex Technique,Peroxidase Labeled Antibody Technic,Peroxidase Labeled Antibody Technique,Peroxidase-Antiperoxidase Complex Technics,Peroxidase-Antiperoxidase Complex Techniques,Peroxidase-Labeled Antibody Technics,Peroxidase-Labeled Antibody Techniques,Technic, Enzyme-Labeled Antibody,Technic, Immunoenzyme,Technic, Immunoperoxidase,Technic, Peroxidase-Antiperoxidase Complex,Technic, Peroxidase-Labeled Antibody,Technics, Enzyme-Labeled Antibody,Technics, Immunoenzyme,Technics, Immunoperoxidase,Technics, Peroxidase-Antiperoxidase Complex,Technics, Peroxidase-Labeled Antibody,Technique, Enzyme-Labeled Antibody,Technique, Immunoenzyme,Technique, Immunoperoxidase,Technique, Peroxidase-Antiperoxidase Complex,Technique, Peroxidase-Labeled Antibody,Techniques, Enzyme-Labeled Antibody,Techniques, Immunoenzyme,Techniques, Immunoperoxidase,Techniques, Peroxidase-Antiperoxidase Complex,Techniques, Peroxidase-Labeled Antibody
D009252 NADPH Dehydrogenase A flavoprotein that reversibly oxidizes NADPH to NADP and a reduced acceptor. EC 1.6.99.1. NADP Dehydrogenase,NADP Diaphorase,NADPH Diaphorase,Old Yellow Enzyme,TPN Diaphorase,Dehydrogenase, NADP,Dehydrogenase, NADPH,Diaphorase, NADP,Diaphorase, NADPH,Diaphorase, TPN,Enzyme, Old Yellow
D010927 Placental Insufficiency Failure of the PLACENTA to deliver an adequate supply of nutrients and OXYGEN to the FETUS. Insufficiency, Placental
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D012160 Retina The ten-layered nervous tissue membrane of the eye. It is continuous with the OPTIC NERVE and receives images of external objects and transmits visual impulses to the brain. Its outer surface is in contact with the CHOROID and the inner surface with the VITREOUS BODY. The outer-most layer is pigmented, whereas the inner nine layers are transparent. Ora Serrata
D012164 Retinal Diseases Diseases involving the RETINA. Disease, Retinal,Diseases, Retinal,Retinal Disease
D002908 Chronic Disease Diseases which have one or more of the following characteristics: they are permanent, leave residual disability, are caused by nonreversible pathological alteration, require special training of the patient for rehabilitation, or may be expected to require a long period of supervision, observation, or care (Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed). For epidemiological studies chronic disease often includes HEART DISEASES; STROKE; CANCER; and diabetes (DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2). Chronic Condition,Chronic Illness,Chronically Ill,Chronic Conditions,Chronic Diseases,Chronic Illnesses,Condition, Chronic,Disease, Chronic,Illness, Chronic
D004596 Electroretinography Recording of electric potentials in the retina after stimulation by light. Electroretinographies
D005260 Female Females
D006168 Guinea Pigs A common name used for the genus Cavia. The most common species is Cavia porcellus which is the domesticated guinea pig used for pets and biomedical research. Cavia,Cavia porcellus,Guinea Pig,Pig, Guinea,Pigs, Guinea

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