Abstract |
The concomitant protective effects of the aldose reductase inhibitor, 7-dimethylsulfamoyl-xanthone-2-carboxylic acid, were established by three lens parameters (soluble crystallin proteins, growth and cell hydration) because their quantitation provided a comprehensive index of lens physiology during sugar cataractogenesis in the rat neonate. Their fused eyelids provided the orbital pouch for topical administration of inhibitor to the treated lens; the contralateral pouch served as an untreated control. Protein preservation was determined by gel filtration chromatography. In galactose-maintained neonates, untreated lenses exhibited only 50% of the normal Fraction II protein whereas xanthone-treatment maintained 73% of this component. Quantitative analysis of scanning electron micrographs indicated that xanthone-treatment partially protected lenses against both intra and extracellular fluid accumulation as determined by measurements of individual fiber cell thickness, density (the number of cells/10 micron cortex), and interdigitation. In addition, xanthone-treatment improved lens growth as evidenced by radius and dry weight measurements. Our results suggest that topically applied xanthone partially inhibited sugar cataractogenesis.
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Authors | A Beyer-Mears, E Cruz, J Nicolas-Alexandre, E Varagiannis |
Journal | Archives internationales de pharmacodynamie et de therapie
(Arch Int Pharmacodyn Ther)
Vol. 259
Issue 1
Pg. 166-76
(Sep 1982)
ISSN: 0003-9780 [Print] Belgium |
PMID | 6817723
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
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Chemical References |
- Crystallins
- Xanthenes
- Xanthones
- 7-dimethylsulfamoylxanthone-2-carboxylic acid
- Sugar Alcohol Dehydrogenases
- Aldehyde Reductase
- Galactose
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Topics |
- Aldehyde Reductase
(antagonists & inhibitors)
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Body Water
(metabolism)
- Cataract
(etiology, prevention & control)
- Crystallins
(metabolism)
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental
(complications)
- Galactose
(pharmacology)
- Lens, Crystalline
(drug effects, growth & development)
- Rats
- Sugar Alcohol Dehydrogenases
(antagonists & inhibitors)
- Xanthenes
(pharmacology)
- Xanthones
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