Establishment of an acute extraocular muscle injury model in cats
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Hong Yan. Department of Ophthalmology, Xi’an No. 4 Hospital, Shaanxi Eye Hospital, Affiliated Guangren Hospital School of Medicine, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710004, Shaanxi Province, China; Department of Ophthalmology, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an 710038, Shaanxi Province, China. yhongb@fmmu.edu.cn

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Supported by the Natural Science Research Foundation of Shaanxi Province, China (No.SJ08C241).

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    AIM: To describe an acute extraocular muscle injury model in cats. METHODS: Seventy-two cats were randomly divided into 6 groups (12 cats per group). Cats’ left lateral recti were clamped using a surgical needle holder with a clamping strength of 2 (Groups A and D), 4 (Groups B and E) and 6 kg (Groups C and F). The right lateral recti were treated as controls. On the 4th and 7th days, hematoxylin eosin (HE) staining, immunohistochemical staining for proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), muscle force measurements and ocular alignment changes were performed to evaluate the extent of injuries. RESULTS: The morphological changes were graded as mild, moderate or severe by HE staining in all experiment groups. PCNA immunohistochemical staining indicated repairment of muscle fibers in the damaged area. On the 4th and 7th days after clamping, the injured lateral muscle exhibited an elevated threshold for electric stimulation. The muscle forces among groups 2, 4 and 6 kg injury at 4d (Groups A, B and C) were statistically significant (P<0.05), but no significant differences were noted among groups 2, 4 and 6 kg injury at 7d (Groups D, E and F) (P>0.05), respectively. In addition, medial deviation in ocular alignment was also present to various degrees in all groups. CONCLUSION: A cat model of acute extraocular muscle injury can be established by rectus clamping. Different clamping strengths can make different degrees of muscle injury. This model may help the future study in the acute extraocular muscle injury.

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Jun-Jie Zhi, Hong Yan, Li-Hua Sun. Establishment of an acute extraocular muscle injury model in cats. Int J Ophthalmol, 2018,11(9):1475-1481

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  • Received:July 24,2017
  • Revised:May 07,2018
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  • Online: August 06,2018
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