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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-1-31
pubmed:abstractText
The present study was undertaken to test whether inhibition of the proangiogenic inflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha can modulate retinal hypoxia and preretinal neovascularization in a murine model of oxygen-induced retinopathy (OIR). OIR was produced in TNF-alpha-/- and wild-type (WT) control C57B6 neonatal mice by exposure to 75% oxygen between postnatal days 7 and 12 (P7 to P12). Half of each WT litter was treated with the cytokine inhibitor semapimod (formerly known as CNI-1493) (5 mg/kg) by daily intraperitoneal injection from the time of reintroduction to room air at P12 until P17. The extent of preretinal neovascularization and intraretinal revascularization was quantified by image analysis of retinal flat-mounts and retinal hypoxia correlated with vascularization by immunofluorescent localization of the hypoxia-sensitive drug pimonidazole (hypoxyprobe, HP). HP adducts were also characterized by Western analysis and quantified by competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. TNF-alpha-/- and WT mice showed a similar sensitivity to hyperoxia-induced retinal ischemia at P12. At P13 some delay in early reperfusion was evident in TNF-alpha-/- and WT mice treated with semapimod. However, at P17 both these groups had significantly better vascular recovery with less ischemic/hypoxic retina and preretinal neovascularization compared to untreated retinopathy in WT mice. Immunohistochemistry showed deposition of HP in the avascular inner retina but not in areas underlying preretinal neovascularization, indicating that such aberrant vasculature can reduce retinal hypoxia. Inhibition of TNF-alpha significantly improves vascular recovery within ischemic tissue and reduces pathological neovascularization in OIR. HP provides a useful tool for mapping and quantifying tissue hypoxia in experimental ischemic retinopathy.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0002-9440
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
166
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
637-44
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15681845-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15681845-Anoxia, pubmed-meshheading:15681845-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:15681845-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:15681845-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:15681845-Hydrazones, pubmed-meshheading:15681845-Hyperoxia, pubmed-meshheading:15681845-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:15681845-Ischemia, pubmed-meshheading:15681845-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15681845-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:15681845-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:15681845-Microscopy, Confocal, pubmed-meshheading:15681845-Neovascularization, Pathologic, pubmed-meshheading:15681845-Retina, pubmed-meshheading:15681845-Retinal Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:15681845-Retinal Neovascularization, pubmed-meshheading:15681845-Retinal Vessels, pubmed-meshheading:15681845-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15681845-Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Inhibition of tumor necrosis factor-alpha improves physiological angiogenesis and reduces pathological neovascularization in ischemic retinopathy.
pubmed:affiliation
Ophthalmology and Vision Science, Queen's University Belfast, Royal Victoria Hospital, Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 6BA, Northern Ireland, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't