Pigment Dispersion Contributes to Ocular Immune Privilege in a DBA/2J Mouse Model of Pigmentary Glaucoma.
Li Qian, Pu Liping, Cheng Sijie, Tang Shaoping, Zhang Jingxue, Qing Guoping
AI Summary
Pigment dispersion in glaucoma mice enhances ocular immune privilege by increasing immunosuppressive factors and regulatory T cells, potentially protecting the eye from inflammation.
Abstract
Purpose
To investigate the effects of anterior chamber pigment dispersion on ocular immune privilege and the possible mechanisms involved in a DBA/2J mouse model of pigmentary glaucoma.
Methods
DBA/2J mice were utilized as a pigment dispersion model, and age-matched C57BL/6J mice were used as the control group in this study. Proteins in the aqueous humor (AH) and serum were quantified using the bicinchoninic acid assay. Immune cells in the AH were detected using hematoxylin and eosin staining and immunocytochemistry. The expression of TGF-β2 in the AH and cytokine levels (IL-10, IFN-γ) in serum were measured using ELISA. Anterior chamber-associated immune deviation (ACAID) was induced in DBA/2J mice by injecting antigens into the anterior chamber. Delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) assays were used to assess the induction of ACAID. In DBA/2J mice, before and after pigment dispersion, following anterior chamber injection of pigment particles, and after ACAID modeling, the expression of regulatory T cells (Tregs) was detected using flow cytometry.
Results
Compared to C57BL/6J mice, the protein concentration, immune cell count, and TGF-β2 levels in the AH were elevated in DBA/2J mice. Protein concentration and IL-10 levels in serum were increased, while IFN-γ levels were decreased in DBA/2J. Additionally, the expression of Treg cells in the spleen of DBA/2J mice was significantly increased after pigment dispersion and anterior chamber injection of pigment particles. At 3 and 6 months, DTH responses in DBA/2J mice were not inhibited, thus preventing ACAID induction. However, the opposite was observed at 9 months in DBA/2J mice. Furthermore, the ACAID group exhibited an augmented expression of Treg cells.
Conclusions
Dispersion of pigment particles in the anterior chamber of the eye enhances the state of ocular immune privilege by influencing the immunosuppressive microenvironment and inducing more Treg cells to reestablish ACAID.
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Key Concepts4
Compared to C57BL/6J mice, the protein concentration, immune cell count, and TGF-β2 levels in the aqueous humor were elevated in DBA/2J mice, a pigment dispersion model.
In DBA/2J mice, the expression of regulatory T cells (Tregs) in the spleen was significantly increased after pigment dispersion and anterior chamber injection of pigment particles.
At 3 and 6 months, delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) responses in DBA/2J mice were not inhibited, thus preventing anterior chamber-associated immune deviation (ACAID) induction, but the opposite was observed at 9 months in DBA/2J mice.
Dispersion of pigment particles in the anterior chamber of the eye in DBA/2J mice enhances the state of ocular immune privilege by influencing the immunosuppressive microenvironment and inducing more Treg cells to reestablish ACAID.
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