BoQiyu , DongLijie , ZhangYan , 周玉 , 刘勋 , 韩倩 , 王飞
  • Tianjin Medical University Hospital, Tianjin Medical University Eye Institute, School of Optometry and Ophthalmology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300384, China;
王飞, Email: wangfei1@gmail.com
Retinal diseases/etiology; MicroRNAs; Animal experimentation
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1005-1015.2015.01.019
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Objective To study morphological characteristics and microRNA (miR) expression profiling in a mouse model of oxygen-induced retinopathy (OIR). Methods Healthy C57BL/6J female mice and pups were randomly divided into normal and OIR group at postnatal day 7 (P7). The normal group was raised in a conventional cage and exposed to room air for 10 days. The OIR group was raised in a sealed chamber and exposed to (75±2)% oxygen. The moms were alternated between the two groups every day to promote their survival under hyperoxia. The OIR group was returned to the room air at P12. At P17, mice from either group were retro-orbitally injected with high molecular weight fluorescein isothiocyanate-dextran (FITC-dextran), the eye balls were fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde, and the retinal whole mounts were prepared. The retinal vessels labeled with FITC-dextran were observed under a fluorescence microscope; the eye balls were also processed for paraffin sections and Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E) staining. The cell nucleus in the newly-formed vessels beyond the inner limiting membrane was quantified. The miR was extracted from the eyes, reverse transcribed, and subjected to a customized miR array analysis. The real-time PCR was preformed to verify the results of the miR array. Results Retinal whole mounts labeled with FITC-dextran showed that the peripheral retinal microvessels in the OIR group were tortuous, disorganized with neovascular buds, and the avascular area was prominent in central retina. In contrast, the vessels were smooth, organized, and evenly distributed in the retinas of normal group. The percentage of avascular area in total retina area in OIR group (25.81±2.12)% was 4-fold that in normal group (6.57±3.6)% (P < 0.01, normal group vs OIR group). H & E staining showed that the number of the cell nuclei beyond inner limiting membrane was (28.41±4.01) in OIR retina, which was substantially higher than that (0.16±0.31) in normal retina (P < 0.01, normal group vs OIR group). More interestingly, the results of miR array showed that 21 out of the 80 miRs examined exhibited more than 1.5-fold changes at expression level. Among these 21 miRs, 9 were up-regulated, 12 were down-regulated; 4 miRs showed more than 3-fold expression changes, 3 were down-regulated and 1 was up-regulated. The expression of the 4 miRs was verified by real-time PCR. The expression trends of miR-3078, miR-140, miR-29b and miR-29c were consistent with those revealed by the miR array. MiR-3078 was significantly up-regulated (t=-2.380, P < 0.05. normal group vs OIR group), and the other 3 miRs were significantly down-regulated (t=2.638, 2.323, 2.415, P < 0.05. normal group vs OIR group). Conclusions The OIR mouse model has been established in our study. Differential expression of the microRNAs, including miR-3078, 140, 29b and 29c, was detected in normal and OIR mouse retinas. These miR expression changes may be associated with retinal neovascularization. These results would provide the new leads for further studying pathogenic mechanisms and therapeutic targets for neovascular retinopathy.

Citation： BoQiyu, DongLijie, ZhangYan. MicroRNA expression profiling in a mouse model of oxygen-induced retinopathy. Chinese Journal of Ocular Fundus Diseases, 2015, 31(1): 77-82. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1005-1015.2015.01.019 Copy

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