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INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE
卷 58, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.16-20772
关键词
collagen; lamina cribrosa; microscopy; optic nerve head; sclera
资金
- US National Institutes of Health [R01-EY023966, R01-EY025011, P30-EY008098]
- Canadian Institutes for Health Research [1234448]
PURPOSE. The purpose of this study was to leverage polarized light microscopy (PLM) to visualize the collagen fiber architecture of posterior pole and optic nerve head with micrometer-scale resolution and to identify and quantify major organizational components. METHODS. Eight sheep posterior poles were cryosectioned and imaged using PLM. Collagen fiber orientation was determined by using custom scripts, and the resulting orientation maps were inspected and quantified to identify major structural elements and tested for differences in mean fiber orientation and anisotropy, using linear mixed effect models. RESULTS. Images revealed an intricate organization of collagen fibers in the posterior pole. In the lamina cribrosa, interweaving fibers formed large knots and wrapped around nerve fiber pores, with beam insertions into the scleral canal wall that were either narrow and straight or wide. In the peripapillary sclera, three significantly different (P < 0.0001) components were identified: fibers oriented circumferentially proximal to the canal, radially in the innermost sclera, and unaligned with interweaving fibers. The radial fibers were between 60 and 180 lm thick, extending at least 3 mm from the canal. CONCLUSIONS. PLM revealed structural aspects of the lamina cribrosa and sclera that may have important biomechanical roles but that were previously unreported or not characterized quantitatively. In the lamina cribrosa, these roles included wide and narrow beam insertions and details of collagen fibers interweaving and wrapping around the pores. In the sclera, we described regions of circumferential, radial, and unaligned `` random'' fibers. Although there is consensus that circumferential fibers protect neural tissues by resisting canal expansion, the role of the radial fibers remains unclear.
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