PMID- 15505075 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20041208 LR - 20151119 IS - 0146-0404 (Print) IS - 0146-0404 (Linking) VI - 45 IP - 11 DP - 2004 Nov TI - In vivo three-dimensional evaluation of leukocyte behavior in retinal microcirculation of mice. PG - 4197-201 AB - PURPOSE: To evaluate new physiologic and three-dimensional methods for monitoring leukocyte behavior in mouse retina. METHODS: Endotoxin-induced uveitis (EIU) was produced in mice by footpad injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Leukocytes were labeled with acridine orange (AO). Leukocyte rolling in the retinal microcirculation was evaluated in vivo with AO digital fluorography. The number of migrated leukocytes was counted in flatmounted retina. The behavior of leukocyte migration was observed three-dimensionally at the time of peak migration. After leukocytes were labeled with AO, the mice were perfused with rhodamine-labeled concanavalin A lectin to stain the vascular endothelium. Leukocyte migration into the retina was then monitored three-dimensionally with confocal microscopy, and the velocity of the migration was measured. RESULTS: Both leukocyte rolling and migration peaked at 48 hours after LPS injection. Leukocytes were seen to extravasate from the deeper capillary layers and to migrate toward the outer layer of the retina. The traveling velocity of extravasated leukocytes in retinal tissue was 2.0 +/- 0.1 microm/h. CONCLUSIONS: New methods have been demonstrated for the three-dimensional and quantitative evaluation of leukocyte behavior in mouse retina. FAU - Miyahara, Shinsuke AU - Miyahara S AD - Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. FAU - Kiryu, Junichi AU - Kiryu J FAU - Miyamoto, Kazuaki AU - Miyamoto K FAU - Katsuta, Hideto AU - Katsuta H FAU - Hirose, Fumitaka AU - Hirose F FAU - Tamura, Hiroshi AU - Tamura H FAU - Musashi, Kunihiro AU - Musashi K FAU - Honda, Yoshihito AU - Honda Y FAU - Yoshimura, Nagahisa AU - Yoshimura N LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci JT - Investigative ophthalmology & visual science JID - 7703701 RN - 0 (Fluorescent Dyes) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - F30N4O6XVV (Acridine Orange) SB - IM MH - Acridine Orange MH - Animals MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Endothelium, Vascular/metabolism MH - Fluorescent Dyes MH - Fluorophotometry MH - Leukocyte Count MH - Leukocytes/*physiology MH - Lipopolysaccharides/toxicity MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Microcirculation MH - Microscopy, Confocal MH - Retinal Vessels/*physiology MH - *Salmonella typhimurium MH - Uveitis/chemically induced/*physiopathology EDAT- 2004/10/27 09:00 MHDA- 2004/12/16 09:00 CRDT- 2004/10/27 09:00 PHST- 2004/10/27 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2004/12/16 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2004/10/27 09:00 [entrez] AID - 45/11/4197 [pii] AID - 10.1167/iovs.04-0192 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2004 Nov;45(11):4197-201. doi: 10.1167/iovs.04-0192.