PMID- 31666618 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20201029 LR - 20210110 IS - 2045-2322 (Electronic) IS - 2045-2322 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 1 DP - 2019 Oct 30 TI - The effects of intravitreal sodium iodate injection on retinal degeneration following vitrectomy in rabbits. PG - 15696 LID - 10.1038/s41598-019-52172-y [doi] LID - 15696 AB - We sought to develop and characterize outer retinal degeneration induced by intravitreal injection of sodium iodate (SI) after vitrectomy in rabbits. To determine the effective dose of SI, the right eyes of 19 male New Zealand white rabbits received an intravitreal injection of SI or sham. Based on the dose-dependence results, 0.4 mg of SI in 0.05 mL of total volume was injected into the right eyes of 10 rabbits at two weeks after vitrectomy. In the dose-dependence study, localized retinal atrophy was observed with 0.3- and 0.4-mg SI injections without vitrectomy. Severe and diffuse retinal atrophy was identified by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) at one month after a 0.5-mg SI injection following vitrectomy. In the second experiment, 0.4 mg of SI in 0.05 mL was injected, and the severity of outer retinal degeneration was graded as one of two types according to electroretinography (ERG) response change. There was no response on ERG in complete retinal degeneration, 30% of all 10 rabbits. Intravitreal injection of 0.4 mg of SI into vitrectomized rabbit eyes induces diffuse outer retinal degeneration, and the degree of retinal degeneration can be evaluated through in vivo ophthalmic examination. FAU - Ahn, So Min AU - Ahn SM AD - Department of Ophthalmology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. FAU - Ahn, Jungryul AU - Ahn J AD - Department of Physiology, Chungbuk National University School of Medicine, Cheongju, Korea. FAU - Cha, Seongkwang AU - Cha S AD - Department of Physiology, Chungbuk National University School of Medicine, Cheongju, Korea. FAU - Yun, Cheolmin AU - Yun C AD - Department of Ophthalmology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. FAU - Park, Tae Kwann AU - Park TK AD - Department of Ophthalmology, Bucheon Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon, Korea. FAU - Kim, Young-Jin AU - Kim YJ AD - Medical Device Development Center, Osong Medical Innovation Foundation, Cheongju, Korea. FAU - Goo, Yong Sook AU - Goo YS AD - Department of Physiology, Chungbuk National University School of Medicine, Cheongju, Korea. ysgoo@chungbuk.ac.kr. FAU - Kim, Seong-Woo AU - Kim SW AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0073-5800 AD - Department of Ophthalmology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. ksw64723@korea.ac.kr. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20191030 PL - England TA - Sci Rep JT - Scientific reports JID - 101563288 RN - 0 (Iodates) RN - U558PCS5Z9 (sodium iodate) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Electroretinography MH - Humans MH - Intravitreal Injections MH - Iodates/*pharmacology MH - Rabbits MH - Retina/diagnostic imaging/*drug effects/pathology MH - Retinal Degeneration/*drug therapy/pathology/surgery MH - Tomography, Optical Coherence MH - Vitrectomy/methods MH - Vitreous Body/diagnostic imaging/*drug effects/surgery PMC - PMC6821727 COIS- The authors declare no competing interests. EDAT- 2019/11/02 06:00 MHDA- 2020/10/30 06:00 PMCR- 2019/10/30 CRDT- 2019/11/01 06:00 PHST- 2019/08/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/10/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/11/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/11/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/10/30 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/10/30 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1038/s41598-019-52172-y [pii] AID - 52172 [pii] AID - 10.1038/s41598-019-52172-y [doi] PST - epublish SO - Sci Rep. 2019 Oct 30;9(1):15696. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-52172-y.