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<record><TEI><teiHeader><fileDesc><titleStmt><title xml:lang="en">Conjunctival Lymphatic Response to Corneal Inflammation in Mice</title><author><name sortKey="Ecoiffier, Tatiana" sort="Ecoiffier, Tatiana" uniqKey="Ecoiffier T" first="Tatiana" last="Ecoiffier">Tatiana Ecoiffier</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I1">Center for Eye Disease and Development, Program in Vision Science, and School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Sadovnikova, Anna" sort="Sadovnikova, Anna" uniqKey="Sadovnikova A" first="Anna" last="Sadovnikova">Anna Sadovnikova</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I1">Center for Eye Disease and Development, Program in Vision Science, and School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Yuen, Don" sort="Yuen, Don" uniqKey="Yuen D" first="Don" last="Yuen">Don Yuen</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I1">Center for Eye Disease and Development, Program in Vision Science, and School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Chen, Lu" sort="Chen, Lu" uniqKey="Chen L" first="Lu" last="Chen">Lu Chen</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I1">Center for Eye Disease and Development, Program in Vision Science, and School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA</nlm:aff></affiliation></author></titleStmt><publicationStmt><idno type="wicri:source">PMC</idno><idno type="pmid">22523656</idno><idno type="pmc">3317212</idno><idno type="url">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3317212</idno><idno type="RBID">PMC:3317212</idno><idno type="doi">10.1155/2012/953187</idno><date when="2012">2012</date><idno type="wicri:Area/Pmc/Corpus">004107</idno><idno type="wicri:explorRef" wicri:stream="Pmc" wicri:step="Corpus" wicri:corpus="PMC">004107</idno></publicationStmt><sourceDesc><biblStruct><analytic><title xml:lang="en" level="a" type="main">Conjunctival Lymphatic Response to Corneal Inflammation in Mice</title><author><name sortKey="Ecoiffier, Tatiana" sort="Ecoiffier, Tatiana" uniqKey="Ecoiffier T" first="Tatiana" last="Ecoiffier">Tatiana Ecoiffier</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I1">Center for Eye Disease and Development, Program in Vision Science, and School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Sadovnikova, Anna" sort="Sadovnikova, Anna" uniqKey="Sadovnikova A" first="Anna" last="Sadovnikova">Anna Sadovnikova</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I1">Center for Eye Disease and Development, Program in Vision Science, and School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Yuen, Don" sort="Yuen, Don" uniqKey="Yuen D" first="Don" last="Yuen">Don Yuen</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I1">Center for Eye Disease and Development, Program in Vision Science, and School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Chen, Lu" sort="Chen, Lu" uniqKey="Chen L" first="Lu" last="Chen">Lu Chen</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="I1">Center for Eye Disease and Development, Program in Vision Science, and School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA</nlm:aff></affiliation></author></analytic><series><title level="j">Journal of Ophthalmology</title><idno type="ISSN">2090-004X</idno><idno type="eISSN">2090-0058</idno><imprint><date when="2012">2012</date></imprint></series></biblStruct></sourceDesc></fileDesc><profileDesc><textClass></textClass></profileDesc></teiHeader><front><div type="abstract" xml:lang="en"><p>Due to its unique characteristics, the cornea has been widely used for vascular research. However, it has never been studied whether lymphatic vessels in the conjunctiva, its neighboring tissue, are affected by corneal lymphangiogenesis (LG). The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the distribution pattern of conjunctival lymphatic vessels changes during LG using a standardized two-suture placement model. Our data from immunofluorescent microscopic studies demonstrate, for the first time, that conjunctival lymphatic vessels were more distributed in the nasal side under both normal and inflamed conditions. Additionally, under the inflamed condition, conjunctival lymphatic vessels showed a higher density and more branching points, indicating that LG occurs in the conjunctiva in response to corneal inflammation. 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<front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">J Ophthalmol</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="iso-abbrev">J Ophthalmol</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">JOP</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Journal of Ophthalmology</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2090-004X</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2090-0058</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Hindawi Publishing Corporation</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="pmid">22523656</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="pmc">3317212</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1155/2012/953187</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Conjunctival Lymphatic Response to Corneal Inflammation in Mice</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Ecoiffier</surname><given-names>Tatiana</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="I1"></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Sadovnikova</surname><given-names>Anna</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="I1"></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Yuen</surname><given-names>Don</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="I1"></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Chen</surname><given-names>Lu</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="I1"></xref><xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1">*</xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="I1">Center for Eye Disease and Development, Program in Vision Science, and School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA</aff><author-notes><corresp id="cor1">*Lu Chen: <email>chenlu@berkeley.edu</email></corresp><fn fn-type="other"><p>Academic Editor: Shintaro Nakao</p></fn></author-notes><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><year>2012</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>15</day><month>3</month><year>2012</year></pub-date><volume>2012</volume><elocation-id>953187</elocation-id><history><date date-type="received"><day>14</day><month>9</month><year>2011</year></date><date date-type="rev-recd"><day>7</day><month>11</month><year>2011</year></date><date date-type="accepted"><day>8</day><month>11</month><year>2011</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright © 2012 Tatiana Ecoiffier et al.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2012</copyright-year><license xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"><license-p>This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Due to its unique characteristics, the cornea has been widely used for vascular research. However, it has never been studied whether lymphatic vessels in the conjunctiva, its neighboring tissue, are affected by corneal lymphangiogenesis (LG). The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the distribution pattern of conjunctival lymphatic vessels changes during LG using a standardized two-suture placement model. Our data from immunofluorescent microscopic studies demonstrate, for the first time, that conjunctival lymphatic vessels were more distributed in the nasal side under both normal and inflamed conditions. Additionally, under the inflamed condition, conjunctival lymphatic vessels showed a higher density and more branching points, indicating that LG occurs in the conjunctiva in response to corneal inflammation. This study not only provides novel insights into lymphatic events in the ocular surface but also offers new guidelines for developing therapeutic strategies to treat lymphatic diseases at related sites.</p></abstract></article-meta></front><body><sec id="sec1"><title>1. Introduction</title><p>Lymphangiogenesis (LG) has emerged as a new field to understand the fundamental mechanisms of a wide spectrum of physiological and pathological conditions. Lymphatic network penetrates most tissues in the body and plays critical role in many functions, which include immune responses, fat and vitamin absorption, and body fluid regulation. Numerous diseases and conditions are therefore associated with lymphatic dysfunction, such as inflammatory diseases, transplant rejection, cancer metastasis, autoimmune diseases, and lymphedema [<xref rid="B1" ref-type="bibr">1</xref>–<xref rid="B6" ref-type="bibr">6</xref>]. Unlike blood vessels, lymphatics are not easily visible. However, the recent identification of several lymphatic-specific markers, such as lymphatic vessel endothelial hyaluronan receptor-1 (LYVE-1), vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-3 (VEGFR-3), and Prospero homeobox protein 1 (Prox1) has allowed scientists to further study LG mechanisms [<xref rid="B2" ref-type="bibr">2</xref>, <xref rid="B7" ref-type="bibr">7</xref>–<xref rid="B9" ref-type="bibr">9</xref>]. The cornea has been a model of choice for LG investigation due to its unique characteristics [<xref rid="B10" ref-type="bibr">10</xref>–<xref rid="B13" ref-type="bibr">12</xref>]. As the forefront medium in the passage of light to the retina, it is transparent by nature and devoid of any vasculatures. Nevertheless, its neighboring tissue, the conjunctiva, has a rich supply of both blood and lymphatic vessels [<xref rid="B13" ref-type="bibr">12</xref>]. As a major component of the immune reflex arc [<xref rid="B4" ref-type="bibr">4</xref>], the lymphatic channel facilitates the trafficking of antigen-presenting cells from the peripheral tissue (e.g., ocular surface) to draining lymph nodes. It therefore provides a therapeutic target in immunogenic disorders such as corneal transplant rejection [<xref rid="B14" ref-type="bibr">13</xref>–<xref rid="B17" ref-type="bibr">16</xref>].</p><p>While most of the previous studies on lymphatic research in the ocular surface have focused on the cornea, to date, it still remains largely unknown how conjunctival lymphatic vessels are distributed and whether they respond to pathological stimulations at the cornea. Using a standardized two-suture placement model for corneal inflammation [<xref rid="B18" ref-type="bibr">17</xref>], we herein provide the first evidence showing a nasal dominant distribution of lymphatic vessels in the conjunctiva under both normal and inflamed conditions. Moreover, we report a novel finding that corneal inflammation not only induces LG at the site, but also in the neighboring tissue of the conjunctiva. These results offer new insights into ocular surface anatomy and pathogenesis, which are also important for developing more effective therapeutic strategies to treat relevant diseases.</p></sec><sec id="sec2"><title>2. Methods</title><sec sec-type="subsection" id="sec2.1"><title>2.1. Animal</title><p>6 to 8-week-old male BALB/c (Taconic Farms, Germantown, NY) were used for the experiments. All mice were treated according to ARVO Statement for the Use of Animals in Ophthalmic and Vision Research, and all protocols were approved by the Animal Care and Use Committee, University of California, Berkeley. Mice were anesthetized using a mixture of ketamine, xylazine, and acepromazine (50 mg, 10 mg, and 1 mg/kg body weight, resp.) for each surgical procedure.</p></sec><sec sec-type="subsection" id="sec2.2"><title>2.2. Corneal Suture Placement</title><p>Our standard two-suture placement model was used to induce corneal inflammation as described previously [<xref rid="B18" ref-type="bibr">17</xref>]. Briefly, to appreciate the nasal versus temporal distributions of the vessels, two diametrically opposed 11–0 nylon sutures (AROSurgical, Newport Beach, CA) were placed at 3 pm and 9 pm of the cornea following a demarcation of a 1.5 mm trephine (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig1">Figure 1</xref>). Two weeks later, perilimbal bulbar conjunctivae (defined as a ring area 0.8 mm distal to the limbal vasculatures) were collected for immunofluorescent microscopic studies. The experiments were repeated twice with 7 mice in the normal and sutured group, respectively.</p></sec><sec sec-type="subsection" id="sec2.3"><title>2.3. Immunofluorescent Microscopic Studies</title><p>The experiments were performed according to our standard protocol [<xref rid="B18" ref-type="bibr">17</xref>–<xref rid="B21" ref-type="bibr">20</xref>]. Briefly, freshly excised tissues, labeled at 6 pm for orientation, were fixed in acetone for immunofluorescent staining. Nonspecific staining was blocked with 10% donkey serum and 2% BSA. The samples were stained overnight with purified rabbit anti-mouse LYVE-1 antibody (1 : 200 dilution; Abcam, Cambridge, MA). After thorough washings in PBS, samples were incubate with a rhodamine conjugated donkey anti-rabbit secondary antibody (1 : 200 dilution; Jackson ImmunoResearch, West Grove, PA) for 2 hours at room temperature. Samples were covered with Vector Shield mounting medium (Vector Laboratories, Burlingame, CA) and examined by an epifluorescence deconvolution microscope (AxioImager M1, Carl Zeiss AG, Gottingen, Germany).</p></sec><sec sec-type="subsection" id="sec2.4"><title>2.4. Vascular Quantification</title><p>Lymphatic density in the perilimbal bulbar conjunctival area was graded and analyzed using the NIH Image J software, as described previously [<xref rid="B22" ref-type="bibr">21</xref>]. Basically individual lymphatic vessels in the defined area were highlighted and added together to generate a density score measured in pixels for each sample analyzed. The nasal and temporal sides were divided by a midline across 6 and 12 o'clock (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig1">Figure 1</xref>).</p></sec><sec sec-type="subsection" id="sec2.5"><title>2.5. Statistical Analysis</title><p>Data are expressed as the mean ± SEM. The statistical significance of the difference between each group was evaluated using student <italic>t</italic> test with GraphPad Prism software (GraphPad Software, Inc., La Jolla, CA). <italic>P</italic> < 0.05 was considered significant.</p></sec></sec><sec id="sec3"><title>3. Results</title><sec sec-type="subsection" id="sec3.1"><title>3.1. Conjunctival Lymphatic Vessels Observe a Nasal Dominant Distribution under Normal Condition</title><p>We first set to investigate normal distribution of lymphatic vessels in the conjunctiva using a specific antibody against the lymphatic marker LYVE-1. Our results from the immunofluorescent microscopic studies confirmed that in the normal setting, the conjunctiva was endowed with lymphatic vessels. Surprisingly, it was also found that these vessels were not evenly distributed around the clock. As shown in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig2">Figure 2(a)</xref>, conjunctival lymphatic vessels were present more frequently in the nasal side. The results from repetitive studies were summarized in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig2">Figure 2(b)</xref> (<italic>P</italic> < 0.05).</p></sec><sec sec-type="subsection" id="sec3.2"><title>3.2. Conjunctival Lymphatic Density is Increased during Corneal Inflammation</title><p>We next examined whether conjunctival lymphatic vasculatures were affected by corneal inflammation using the two-suture placement model as previously described [<xref rid="B18" ref-type="bibr">17</xref>] and further illustrated in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig1">Figure 1</xref>. This particular model with two equally placed sutures allowed us to perform a precise evaluation between the nasal and temporal sides of the ocular surface. As shown in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig3">Figure 3(a)</xref>, a significant increase of lymphatic vessels was observed in the conjunctiva after the inflammatory stimulation in the cornea. Summarized data from repetitive experiments were presented in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig3">Figure 3(b)</xref> (<italic>P</italic> < 0.05).</p></sec><sec sec-type="subsection" id="sec3.3"><title>3.3. Conjunctival Lymphatic Vessels Maintain the Nasal Polarity during Corneal Inflammation</title><p>As we have observed a nasal dominance in lymphatic vessels distribution in normal conjunctiva, we next determined whether this pattern was preserved during corneal inflammation. As shown in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig4">Figure 4(a)</xref>, this nasal dominant arrangement was still maintained 2 weeks after corneal suture placement. The results from repetitive studies were summarized in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig4">Figure 4(b)</xref> (<italic>P</italic> < 0.05).</p></sec><sec sec-type="subsection" id="sec3.4"><title>3.4. Conjunctival Lymphatic Vessels Demonstrate More Branching Points in the Nasal Side during Corneal Inflammation</title><p>To further characterize the novel findings on increased conjunctival lymphatic density during corneal inflammation, we also examined the number of lymphatic branching points between normal and inflamed condition at both nasal and temporal sides. Our results showed a significant increase of lymphatic branching points in the conjunctiva of the sutured cornea compared to the normal condition. Moreover, it was found that this increase was largely due to an increase of branching points in the nasal than in the temporal side (Figures <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig5">5(a)</xref> and <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig5">5(b)</xref>, <italic>P</italic> < 0.05).</p></sec></sec><sec id="sec4"><title>4. Discussion</title><p>In this study, we present novel findings that are important for our understanding of lymphatic vessels in the ocular surface, which include both the cornea and the conjunctiva. Our data on the physiological and pathological organization of lymphatic vasculatures in the conjunctiva have shown that conjunctival lymphatic vessels maintain a nasal dominant distribution pattern under both normal and inflamed conditions. This study also defines the conjunctiva as a new site for LG response after an inflammatory stimulation in the ocular surface.</p><p>To our knowledge, this is the first study on the disparate distribution of lymphatic vessels in the conjunctiva. Nonetheless our findings are consistent with several previous reports on polarized distribution of ocular tissues. For example, we recently reported a similar nasal dominant distribution of lymphatic vessels in the cornea [<xref rid="B18" ref-type="bibr">17</xref>]. The analogous nasal preference pattern has also been observed in antigen-induced conjunctiva-associated lymphoid tissue (CALT) [<xref rid="B23" ref-type="bibr">22</xref>, <xref rid="B24" ref-type="bibr">23</xref>], and limbal epithelial crypts [<xref rid="B25" ref-type="bibr">24</xref>]. A more recent work byMckenna et al.also highlighted the nasal polarization of eye innervation during embryonic development [<xref rid="B26" ref-type="bibr">25</xref>]. Interestingly, dendritic cells of the bulbar conjunctival stroma are more frequently located in the superonasal quadrant [<xref rid="B27" ref-type="bibr">26</xref>]. In the clinic, it has been long observed that certain ocular diseases, such as pinguecula and pterygium, predominantly affect the nasal side of the ocular surface. Though the exact mechanisms remain unknown, new evidence have confirmed the presence of lymphatic vessels in human pterygium [<xref rid="B28" ref-type="bibr">27</xref>]. Our findings that the nasal side is naturally more endowed with lymphatic vessels may explain partly why this side is more prone to pathological disorders. Additionally, studies suggest that conjunctival defect in dry eye disease (DED) begins in the nasal area and spreads to the temporal area with disease progression [<xref rid="B29" ref-type="bibr">28</xref>, <xref rid="B30" ref-type="bibr">29</xref>]. Most recently, corneal LG was found to be critically involved in DED [<xref rid="B31" ref-type="bibr">30</xref>]. Taken together, our data may provide a new piece of evidence indicating a correlation between lymphatic response of the nasal side of the ocular surface and DED pathogenesis, which warrants further investigation and is beyond the scope of this study.</p><p>In spite of numerous studies on corneal LG with several animal models including suture placement, transplantation, micropocket implantation, herpes simplex virus infection, and chemical burn [<xref rid="B10" ref-type="bibr">10</xref>], conjunctival LG has not been yet reported. Our novel finding on conjunctival LG in response to corneal inflammation indicates that lymphatic vessels in the conjunctiva may play a more active role in ocular surface diseases than previously considered. Yet to be examined, conjunctival LG may also occur in other corneal disorders after an infectious, traumatic, or chemical insult. It is therefore important to consider both tissues together when evaluating disease conditions and designing anti-LG treatment regimens.</p><p>Finally, a comprehensive description of conjunctival lymphatics may have implication beyond the scope of the eye as well. Unlike the cornea but similar to many other tissues in the body, the conjunctiva has lymphatic supply under normal condition. Results from conjunctival research should therefore be readily applied to the other tissues. Due to its accessible location in the ocular surface, we foresee that further in-depth investigation on conjunctival lymphatics will reveal novel mechanisms and therapies for broad lymphatic diseases occurring both inside and outside the eye.</p></sec></body><back><ack><title>Acknowledgments</title><p>This work is supported in part by research grants from National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense, and the University of California at Berkeley (to L. Chen). 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Two sutures were placed at 3 and 9 o'clock of the cornea, respectively. Outer grey area: conjunctiva; Middle white circle: cornea; Inner circle: demarcation of the central cornea with the trephine where sutures were placed. Dashed line: demarcation between the nasal and temporal side. </p></caption><graphic xlink:href="JOP2012-953187.001"></graphic></fig><fig id="fig2" position="float"><label>Figure 2</label><caption><p>Comparison of lymphatic distribution in the nasal versus temporal side of normal conjunctiva. (a) Representative immunofluorescent micrographs demonstrating that lymphatic vessels were more prominent in the nasal side. LYVE-1: red; Original Magnification: ×50. (b) Summary of repetitive experiments.*<italic>P</italic> < 0.05. </p></caption><graphic xlink:href="JOP2012-953187.002"></graphic></fig><fig id="fig3" position="float"><label>Figure 3</label><caption><p>Comparison of lymphatic distribution in the conjunctiva between normal and inflamed conditions. (a) Representative immunofluorescent micrographs illustrating more lymphatic vessels in the conjunctiva of suture-induced inflamed cornea. LYVE-1: red. Original magnification: ×50. (b) Summary of repetitive experiments. *<italic>P</italic> < 0.05.</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="JOP2012-953187.003"></graphic></fig><fig id="fig4" position="float"><label>Figure 4</label><caption><p>Comparison of conjunctival lymphatic distribution in the nasal versus temporal side of the sutured cornea. (a) Representative immunofluorescent micrographs demonstrating that lymphatic vessels were more prominent in the nasal side. LYVE-1: red; Original Magnification: ×50. (b) Summary of repetitive experiments. *<italic>P</italic> < 0.05. </p></caption><graphic xlink:href="JOP2012-953187.004"></graphic></fig><fig id="fig5" position="float"><label>Figure 5</label><caption><p>Comparison of branching points in conjunctival lymphatic vessels. (a) Significant difference was found between conjunctival lymphatic vessels under the normal and inflamed conditions at the nasal side *<italic>P</italic> < 0.05. (b) Significant difference was found in conjunctival lymphatic branching points in the nasal versus temporal side under the inflamed condition. *<italic>P</italic> < 0.05.</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="JOP2012-953187.005"></graphic></fig></floats-group></pmc></record>Pour manipuler ce document sous Unix (Dilib)
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