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ProfessorDarrylOverby

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Bioengineering

Professor of Mechanobiology
 
 
 
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3.07Bessemer BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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@article{Reina-Torres:2020:10.1167/iovs.61.10.45,
author = {Reina-Torres, E and Boussommier-Calleja, A and Sherwood, JM and Overby, DR},
doi = {10.1167/iovs.61.10.45},
journal = {Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science},
pages = {45--45},
title = {Aqueous humor outflow requires active cellular metabolism in mice.},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/iovs.61.10.45},
volume = {61},
year = {2020}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose: Conventional wisdom posits that aqueous humor leaves the eye by passive bulk flow without involving energy-dependent processes. However, recent studies have shown that active processes, such as cell contractility, contribute to outflow regulation. Here, we examine whether inhibiting cellular metabolism affects outflow facility in mice. Methods: We measured outflow facility in paired enucleated eyes from C57BL/6J mice using iPerfusion. We had three Experimental Sets: ES1, perfused at 35°C versus 22°C; ES2, perfused with metabolic inhibitors versus vehicle at 35°C; and ES3, perfused at 35°C versus 22°C in the presence of metabolic inhibitors. Inhibitors targeted glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation (2-deoxy-D-glucose, 3PO and sodium azide). We also measured adenosine triphosphate (ATP) levels in separate murine anterior segments treated like ES1 and ES2. Results: Reducing temperature decreased facility by 63% [38%, 78%] (mean [95% confidence interval (CI)], n = 10 pairs; P = 0.002) in ES1 after correcting for changes in viscosity. Metabolic inhibitors reduced facility by 21% [9%, 31%] (n = 9, P = 0.006) in ES2. In the presence of inhibitors, temperature reduction decreased facility by 44% [29%, 56%] (n = 8, P < 0.001) in ES3. Metabolic inhibitors reduced anterior segment adenosine triphosphate (ATP) levels by 90% [83%, 97%] (n = 5, P<0.001), but reducing temperature did not affect ATP. Conclusions: Inhibiting cellular metabolism decreases outflow facility within minutes. This implies that outflow is not entirely passive, but depends partly on energy-dependent cellular processes, at least in mice. This study also suggests that there is a yet unidentified mechanism, which is strongly temperature-dependent but metabolism-independent, that is necessary for nearly half of normal outflow function in mice.
AU  - Reina-Torres,E
AU  - Boussommier-Calleja,A
AU  - Sherwood,JM
AU  - Overby,DR
DO  - 10.1167/iovs.61.10.45
EP  - 45
PY  - 2020///
SN  - 0146-0404
SP  - 45
TI  - Aqueous humor outflow requires active cellular metabolism in mice.
T2  - Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/iovs.61.10.45
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32845955
UR  - https://iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2770703
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/82744
VL  - 61
ER  -
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