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Melatonin receptors in chick ocular tissues: implications for a role of melatonin in ocular growth regulation.

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PURPOSE:The influences of diurnal rhythms involving a variety of ocular parameters are implicated in the development of myopia. The purpose of this study was to determine the expression of the melatonin receptor subtype proteins in chick ocular tissues and to examine the role of the circadian signaling molecule melatonin in normal ocular growth and the exaggerated ocular growth associated with the development of myopia. METHODS:Expression of the Mel(1a), Mel(1b), and Mel(1c) melatonin receptor proteins in ocular tissues was examined by Western blot analyses, slot blot analyses, and immunocytochemistry. For examining the effect of melatonin on ocular growth, chicks were maintained on a 12-hour light-dark cycle and were monocularly form-vision deprived in one eye with a translucent occluder for 5 days. During the 5-day treatment period, chicks were injected systemically during the early dark period with melatonin (0.6 mg) or 2% ethanol vehicle control. Ocular dimensions of normal and deprived eyes were examined by high frequency A-scan ultrasound. RESULTS:Immunocytochemical analysis of chick ocular tissues revealed the cellular distribution of the Mel(1a) receptor subtype in the cornea, choroid, sclera, and retina. Western blot and slot blot analyses demonstrated that all three receptors were present in these tissues and they demonstrated distinct diurnal rhythms of protein expression in the retina-RPE-choroid, with peak levels of Mel(1a) and Mel(1b) occurring during the night and peak levels of Mel(1c) during the day. Systemic administration of melatonin resulted in significant changes in anterior chamber depth, vitreous chamber depth, and choroidal thickness of form-deprived and/or control eyes. CONCLUSIONS:Results of this study show that all three melatonin receptor subtypes are expressed in retinal and extraretinal ocular tissues of the chick eye. The finding that administration of melatonin alters the growth of several ocular tissues in both control and form-deprived eyes suggests that melatonin, acting through specific melatonin receptors in ocular tissues, plays a role in ocular growth and development. This conclusion suggests that the action of melatonin, combined with expression of melatonin receptors, is involved in the regulation of the diurnal rhythm of ocular growth.

journal_name

Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci

journal_title

Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors

Rada JA,Wiechmann AF

doi

10.1167/iovs.05-0195

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pub_date

2006-01-01 00:00:00

pages

25-33

issue

eissn

0146-0404

issn

1552-5783

pii

47/1/25

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Melatonin receptors in chick ocular tissues: implications for a role of melatonin in ocular growth regulation.