Cytochrome c Release and Caspase-3 Activation in Retinal Ganglion Cells Following Different Distance of Axotomy of the Optic Nerve in Adult Hamsters |
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| Authors: | M.-H.?He,Z.?H.?Cheung,E.-H.?Yu,D.?K.?C.?Tay,K.-F.?So author-information" > author-information__contact u-icon-before" > mailto:hrmaskf@hkucc.hku.hk" title=" hrmaskf@hkucc.hku.hk" itemprop=" email" data-track=" click" data-track-action=" Email author" data-track-label=" " >Email author |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Anatomy, The University of Hong Kong, P.R. China;(2) Department of Anatomy, Peking University Health Science center, P.R. China;(3) Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, P.R. China |
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| Abstract: | This study examined the relationship between the distance of axotomy and the death of injured retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) in adult hamsters and the relationship of cytochrome c and caspase-3 on the death pathway of RGCs. The left optic nerve (ON) of adult hamsters was transected either at 1 or 3 mm away from the optic disc, and retrogradely labeled with Flurogold on the ON stump. After a predetermined period of postoperative time, the surviving RGCs were counted by retina flat-mount, and the activation of cytochrome c and caspase-3 were investigated by immunohistochemistry. Cell loss was found to be much faster (P < 0.01), more cells with cytochrome c were observed (P < 0.05) and the activation of caspase-3 was earlier when ON was transected 1 mm away from the optic disc than when was transected 3 mm away from the optic disc. Distance of axotomy affects the axotomized cell death rate where more RGCs died when the ON transection was applied closer to the eye. The timing of activation of caspase-3 in the RGCs may be linked to the distance of axotomy.Special issue dedicated to Dr. Lawrence F. Eng |
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| Keywords: | Apoptosis ganglion cells mitochondria optic nerve signal transduction |
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