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EYE & CONTACT LENS-SCIENCE AND CLINICAL PRACTICE
Volume 49, Issue 8, Pages 348-356Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0000000000000999
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Contact lenses; Water content; Cornea; Vitamin; Amino acid
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This study investigated the effects of nutrient supplementation on corneal cell repair after contact lens-induced damage. The supplementation of vitamin B2, vitamin B12, asparagine, and taurine was found to help improve contact lens-induced damage.
Objectives:The long-term use of contact lenses may damage the structure of the ocular surface and cause metabolic disorders in corneal cells. Vitamins and amino acids help maintain the physiological function of the eye. In the present study, the effects of nutrient (vitamin and amino acid) supplementation on corneal cell repair after contact lens-induced damage was investigated.Methods:High-performance liquid chromatography was used to quantify the nutrient contents of minimum essential medium, and the MTT assay was used to measure the viability of corneal cells. A Statens Seruminstitut rabbit cornea cellular model was established to simulate contact lens-induced keratopathy and investigate the effects of vitamin and amino acid supplementations on corneal cell repair.Results:The high water content lens group (78%) has a cell viability as high as 83.3%, whereas the cell viability of the low water content lens group (38%) is only 51.6%. The 32.0% difference between the two groups confirms the correlation between water content of lens and corneal viability.Conclusions:Vitamin B2, vitamin B12, asparagine, and taurine supplementation may help improve contact lens-induced damage.
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