The findings of optical coherence tomography of retinal degeneration in relation to the morphological and electroretinographic features in RPE65-/- mice.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Mutations of the gene encoding RPE65 cause Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) retinitis pigmentosa (RP). The optical coherence tomography (OCT) is increasingly utilized to noninvasively evaluate various types of retinal diseases, including RP. The present study was conducted to characterize the OCT findings of the RPE65-/- mice-an animal model of LCA and RP-in relation to the morphological features based on histological and electron microscopic findings as well as electroretinography (ERG) features.

Materials and methods

RPE65-/- mice were employed as a model of retinal degeneration. C57BL/6J mice were used as a wild-type control. OCT was performed on the RPE65-/- mice from postnatal day (P) 22 to 170. The longitudinal changes in the OCT images and fundus pictures were

SUBMITTER: Tanabu R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6350961 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature