Abstract
Both in vitro and in vivo studies have implicated a role for tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF alpha) in various demyelinating diseases, including HIV-related encephalopathy. To investigate whether intravitreal TNF alpha can induce optic nerve axonal damage in a rabbit eye model, fifteen rabbit eyes were initially injected with TNF alpha (final concentrations: 2U, 20U, and 200U respectively) and studied at varying time intervals for up to 24 weeks post-injection, using light and electron microscopy. Control optic nerves (no injection or diluent injection only) had normal myelinated axons and glia; the myelinated regions, neural retina, retinal glia and vasculature of control retinas were normal. In TNF alpha-exposed optic nerves, intact, degenerating and demyelinated axons were interspersed. Astrogliosis was present, particularly from 8 weeks p.i. and was noted up to 24 weeks. Oligodendrocytes were not severely affected in TNF alpha-exposed optic nerves, and activated macrophages or microglia were not obvious. Axonal degeneration was visible among the more superficial myelinated fibers in TNF alpha-exposed retinas however the neural retina glia were unaffected. These observations suggest that the axonal degeneration induced in T...Continue Reading
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