Laser-assisted Selective Ablation of Porcine Corneal Endothelial Cells: A Technique to Induce Focused Porcine Corneal Endothelial Injury for Ex Vivo Studies
Published: April 30, 2023
Abstract
Source: Holzhey, A. et al., Development of a Noninvasive, Laser-Assisted Experimental Model of Corneal Endothelial Cell Loss. J. Vis. Exp. (2020)
This video demonstrates a non-invasive laser-assisted procedure to selectively damage the corneal endothelial cells in the porcine eye. The developed ex vivo model of endothelial cell damage can be used to study diseases of the corneal endothelium.
Protocol
All procedures involving animal models have been reviewed by the local institutional animal care committee and the JoVE veterinary review board. 1. Preparation of organ culture and laser treatment Obtain freshly enucleated porcine eyes from the local abattoir. Keep them cool (4 °C) in Dulbecco's modified Eagle medium (DMEM) with high glucose, supplemented with L-glutamine, sodium pyruvate, penicillin/streptomycin (1%), and porcine serum (10%), henceforth referred to in thi…
Representative Results
Figure 1: Experimental setup. (A) Eyes were fixed in a partially 3D-printed holding apparatus, which allowed precise alignment with respect to the laser beam. (B) Before laser treatment, the tissue was evaluated with an anterior segment optical coherence tomography device to check for major anterior segment pathologies. Positions of focal laser points are in…
Disclosures
The authors have nothing to disclose.
Materials
| Barron vacuum trephine | Katena | K20-2058 | |
| Cryostat | Leica | CM 3050S | |
| Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium – high glucose | PAA | E-15009 | |
| Eye holder | Self | N/A | |
| Inverted Microscope | Leica | DMI 6000 B | |
| KH2PO4 | Merck | 529568 | |
| Na2HPO4 | Merck | 1065860500 | |
| Nd:YAG laser | Zeiss Meditec | visuLAS YAG II plus | |
| OCT Tissue Tek | Sakura Finetechnical | 4583 | |
| Penicillin-Streptomycin | Sigma-Aldrich | P4333 | |
| Phosphate Buffered Saline (PBS) | Gibco | 10010056 | |
| Porcine serum | Sigma-Aldrich | 12736C | |
| Spectral-domain optical coherence tomograph | Heidelberg Engineering | Spectralis | |
| Tissue culture plate 12-well | Sarstedt | 833921 | |
| Viscoelastic | OmniVision | Methocel |
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Laser-assisted Selective Ablation of Porcine Corneal Endothelial Cells: A Technique to Induce Focused Porcine Corneal Endothelial Injury for Ex Vivo Studies. J. Vis. Exp. (Pending Publication), e20908, doi: (2023).