Abstract:
:All aqueous humor draining through the conventional outflow pathway must cross the endothelium of Schlemm's canal (SC), likely by passing through micron-sized transendothelial pores. SC pores are non-uniformly distributed along the inner wall endothelium, but it is unclear how the distribution of pores relates to the non-uniform or segmental distribution of aqueous humor outflow through the trabecular meshwork. It is hypothesized that regions in the juxtacanalicular tissue (JCT) with higher local outflow should coincide with regions of greater inner wall pore density compared to JCT regions with lower outflow. Three pairs of non-glaucomatous human donor eyes were perfused at 8 mmHg with fluorescent tracer nanospheres to decorate local patterns of outflow segmentation through the JCT. The inner wall was stained for CD31 and/or vimentin and imaged en face using confocal and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Confocal and SEM images were spatially registered to examine the spatial relationship between inner wall pore density and tracer intensity in the underlying JCT. For each eye, tracer intensity, pore density (n) and pore diameter (D) (for both transcellular "I" and paracellular "B" pores) were measured in 4-7 regions of interest (ROIs; 50 × 150 μm each). Analysis of covariance was used to examine the relationship between tracer intensity and pore density, as well as the relationship between tracer intensity and three pore metrics (nD, nD(2) and nD(3)) that represent the local hydraulic conductivity of the outflow pathway as predicted by various hydrodynamic models. Tracer intensity in the JCT correlated positively with local pore density when considering total pores (p = 0.044) and paracellular B pores on their own (p = 0.016), but not transcellular I-pores on their own (p = 0.54). Local hydraulic conductivity as predicted by the three hydrodynamic models all showed a significant positive correlation with tracer intensity when considering total pores and B-pores (p < 0.0015 and p < 10(-4)) but not I-pores (p > 0.38). These data suggest that aqueous humor passes through micron-sized pores in the inner wall endothelium of SC. Paracellular B-pores appear to have a dominant contribution towards transendothelial filtration across the inner wall relative to transcellular I-pores. Impaired pore formation, as previously described in glaucomatous SC cells, may thereby contribute to greater outflow heterogeneity, outflow obstruction, and IOP elevation in glaucoma.
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Exp Eye Resjournal_title
Experimental eye researchauthors
Braakman ST,Read AT,Chan DW,Ethier CR,Overby DRdoi
10.1016/j.exer.2014.11.008subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2015-01-01 00:00:00pages
87-96eissn
0014-4835issn
1096-0007pii
S0014-4835(14)00304-2journal_volume
130pub_type
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