Effects of Topical and Subconjunctival Bevacizumab in High-Risk Corneal Transplant Survival
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Dastjerdi, Mohammad H.
Saban, Daniel R.
Okanobo, Andre
Nallasamy, Nambi
Sadrai, Zahra
Hajrasouliha, Amir R.
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Dastjerdi, Mohammad H., Daniel R. Saban, Andre Okanobo, Nambi Nallasamy, Zahra Sadrai, Sunil K. Chauhan, Amir R. Hajrasouliha, and Reza Dana. 2010. “Effects of Topical and Subconjunctival Bevacizumab in High-Risk Corneal Transplant Survival.” Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science 51 (5) (May 1): 2411. doi:10.1167/iovs.09-3745.Abstract
Purpose.To investigate whether corneal graft survival could be improved by topical or subconjunctival bevacizumab in a murine model of vascularized high-risk corneal transplantation.
Methods.
Before corneal transplantation, intrastromal sutures were placed for 2 weeks in the corneas of BALB/c mice, inducing intense angiogenesis. Allogeneic corneal transplantation was performed using C57BL/6 donor mice. Topical bevacizumab (2.5%) was delivered 3 times a day for 3 weeks in one treatment group, and 0.02 mL (0.5 mg) bevacizumab was injected subconjunctivally at days 0, 4, 8, and 15 after transplantation in the other treatment group. The control group received no treatment. Grafts were examined twice a week for 8 weeks by slit-lamp microscopy and were photographed once a week by slit-lamp digital camera and scored for opacity. For assessment of corneal neovascularization (NV), a quantitative method was used to measure three primary metrics including neovascular area, vessel caliber, and neovessel invasion area.
Results.
Both topical and subconjunctival bevacizumab treatment reduced neovascular area and vessel caliber; however, the regression of corneal NV was more profound when treated subconjunctivally. The mean percentage reduction of neovascular area was 55% (P < 0.05) by week 8 in the subconjunctival treatment group and 33% (P = 0.15) in the topical group. Only subconjunctival bevacizumab treatment resulted in significant regression of neovessel invasion area (P < 0.05). All corneal transplants in both the control and the topical groups were rejected by 4 weeks after transplantation. However, in the subconjunctival treatment group, 33% of corneal grafts survived (P < 0.01).
Conclusions.
Subconjunctival bevacizumab may offer an adjunctive measure to conventional therapies in preventing graft rejection in high-risk corneal transplantation.
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