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Diabetic neovascularization: permeability and ultrastructure.

H Miller, B Miller, S Zonis

    Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
    |November 1, 1984
    PubMed
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    Newly formed blood vessels in proliferative diabetic retinopathy are more permeable due to intermediate junctions. This leakage, primarily through interendothelial clefts, explains fluorescein passage in this condition.

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    Area of Science:

    • Ophthalmology
    • Vascular Biology
    • Diabetic Retinopathy Research

    Background:

    • Proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) involves abnormal blood vessel growth.
    • Vessel permeability is a key factor in PDR pathogenesis and vision loss.
    • Understanding the structural basis of this permeability is crucial for treatment.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To correlate the permeability of new blood vessels in PDR with their ultrastructural characteristics.
    • To identify the specific pathways responsible for fluorescein leakage in PDR.

    Main Methods:

    • Correlation of vessel permeability with ultrastructural features.
    • Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) of newly formed blood vessels in PDR.
    • Fluorescein permeability assessment of young and old neovascular vessels.

    Main Results:

    • Younger, proliferating vessels in PDR demonstrated significantly higher fluorescein permeability compared to older vessels.
    • TEM revealed intermediate interendothelial junctions in young vessels and tight macula occludens junctions in older vessels.
    • Fenestrations were rarely observed in either young or old neovascular endothelial cells.

    Conclusions:

    • The primary route for fluorescein leakage from neovascular vessels in PDR is through interendothelial clefts.
    • Differences in interendothelial junctional complexes correlate with varying vessel permeability in PDR.
    • Targeting interendothelial junctions may offer a therapeutic strategy for PDR.

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