Aging and intraocular pressure homeostasis in mice
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Author(s)
Li, Guorong
van Batenburg-Sherwood, Joseph
Safa, Babak N
Fraticelli Guzmán, Nina Sara
Wilson, Andrea
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Age and elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) are the two primary risk factors for glaucoma, an optic neuropathy that is the leading cause of irreversible blindness. In most people, IOP is tightly regulated over a lifetime by the conventional outflow tissues. However, the mechanistic contributions of age to conventional outflow dysregulation, elevated IOP and glaucoma are unknown. To address this gap in knowledge, we studied how age affects the morphology, biomechanical properties and function of conventional outflow tissues in C57BL/6 mice, which have an outflow system similar to humans. As reported in humans, we observed that IOP in mice was maintained within a tight range over their lifespan. Remarkably, despite a constellation of age-related changes to the conventional outflow tissues that would be expected to hinder aqueous drainage and impair homeostatic function (decreased cellularity, increased pigment accumulation, increased cellular senescence and increased stiffness), outflow facility, a measure of conventional outflow tissue fluid conductivity, was stable with age. We conclude that the murine conventional outflow system has significant functional reserve in healthy eyes. However, these age-related changes, when combined with other underlying factors, such as genetic susceptibility, are expected to increase risk for ocular hypertension and glaucoma.
Date Issued
2024-07
Date Acceptance
2024-03-14
Citation
Aging Cell, 2024, 23 (7)
ISSN
1474-9718
Publisher
Wiley
Journal / Book Title
Aging Cell
Volume
23
Issue
7
Copyright Statement
© 2024 The Authors. Aging Cell published by Anatomical Society and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
License URL
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38566432
Subjects
aqueous humor
outflow facility
Schlemm's canal
trabecular meshwork
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
England
Article Number
e14160
Date Publish Online
2024-04-02