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INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE
Volume 48, Issue 3, Pages 1290-1297Publisher
ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-0847
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PURPOSE. To study the involvement of stress-induced acetylc 10-linesterase (AChE) expression in light-induced retinal damage in albino rats. METHODS. Adult albino rats were exposed for 24 hours to bright, damaging light. AChE expression was monitored by) in situ hybridization, by histochemistry for AChE activity, and by immunocytochemistry. An orphan antisense agent (Monars n; Ester Neurosciences, Ltd., Herzlia Pituach, Israel) was administered intraperitoneally to minimize light-induced AChE expression. The electroretinogram (ERG) was recorded to ass ss retinal function. RESULTS. Twenty-four-hour exposure to bright light caused severe reduction in the ERG responses and augmented expression of mRNA for the read-through variant of AChE (AChE R) in photoreceptor inner segments (IS), bipolar cells, and g n-glion cells. AChE activity increased in IS. The expressed AChE protein was a novel variant, characterized by an extended, N terminus (N-AChE). Systemic administration of the orphan n-tisense agent, Monarsen, reduced the photic induction of mRNA for AChE-R, and of the N-AChE protein. Rats exposed to bright, damaging light and treated daily with Monarsen exhibited larger ERG responses, relatively thicker outer nuclear la: er (ONL), and more ONL nuclei than did rats exposed to the same damaging light but treated daily with saline. CONCLUSIONS. The findings indicate that the photic-induced novel variant of AChE (N-AChE-R) may be causally involved with retinal light damage and suggest the use of RNA targeting for limiting such damage.
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