Prophylactic exposure of human corneal endothelial cells to Rho-associated kinase inhibitor reduced apoptosis rate after phacoemulsification: Ex vivo study

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
Asaf AchironVicktoria Vishnevskia-Dai

Abstract

To evaluate whether prophylactic exposure of corneal endothelial cells (CECs) to a selective Rho-associated kinase (ROCK) inhibitor will inhibit CEC apoptosis after phacoemulsification. Laboratory evaluations at the Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel and the Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat-Gan, Israel and the Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat-Gan, Israel. Experimental study. Human donor corneolimbal rings were divided into fragments that were stored in commercial storage media with or without the addition of 10 mM ROCK inhibitor for 1 week and were then exposed to phacoemulsification energy. Samples were dissociated into single cells by trypsin digestion and CECs were targeted using the antihuman CD166 antibody, a new biomarker. The CEC survival was evaluated for early and late apoptosis rate with flow cytometric analysis of annexin-V and propidium iodide (PI) double staining. Six corneoscleral rings from 4 donors were studied. After phacoemulsification, CEC exposed to ROCK inhibitor demonstrated a 37.06% reduction in early apoptosis rate (29.36% ± 4.33% [SD] versus 46.65% ± 1.51%, P = .006) and 45.27% reduction in late apoptosis rate (17.6% ± 16.81% versus 32.16% ± 26.30%, P = .007), comp...Continue Reading

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