Correlations of parameters of the oxidative-antioxidative system in the lens, aqueous humor and tear fluid with the grade of lens opacity in rabbits with cataract and/or bacterial keratitis: an experimental study

Purpose: To determine correlations of the parameters of the oxidative-anti-oxidative system in the lens, aqueous humor and tear fluid with the grade of lens opacity in rabbits with cataract and/or bacterial keratitis treated versus not treated with methyl-ethyl pyridinol hydrochloride (MH). Methods...

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Main Authors: V. Ia. Usov, Tarik Abou Tarboush, S. G. Kolomiichuk
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Published: Ukrainian Society of Ophthalmologists 2025-04-01
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description Purpose: To determine correlations of the parameters of the oxidative-anti-oxidative system in the lens, aqueous humor and tear fluid with the grade of lens opacity in rabbits with cataract and/or bacterial keratitis treated versus not treated with methyl-ethyl pyridinol hydrochloride (MH). Methods: Fifty-four adult Chinchilla rabbits were used for all experiments. Superficial bacterial keratitis only was induced only in the right eye (groups 1 and 2), and each of animals in group 2 received five four-week cycles of four-times-a-day-treatment with MH in the right eye separated by four-week breaks. In animals of groups 3 and 4, cataract was induced by nine-hours-a-day total exposure to 350-1150 nm ultraviolet (UV) radiation from a mercury-arc lamp for a period 40 weeks. Each of animals in group 4 received MH treatment in both eyes using the same scheme as noted above. In animals of groups 5 and 6, cataract was induced in the same way as in animals of group 3, and keratitis was induced in the same way as in animals of group 1. Each of animals in group 6 received MH treatment in the right eye using the same scheme as noted above. Group 7 comprised intact control rabbits. The Spearmen rank correlation was used to assess associations between the grade of lens opacity, activities of glutathione peroxidase (GP) and catalase (CT), and levels of malondialdehyde (MDA) and diene conjugate (DC). Results: The grade of lens opacity was negatively correlated with the activities of GP and CT, and positively correlated with the levels of lipid peroxidation products (MDA and DC) for rabbits with keratitis only, cataract only, and especially keratitis plus cataract, treated or not treated with MH. There was no substantial change in the values of correlation coefficients for rabbits treated with MH compared to those not treated with MH. Conclusion: Our findings of correlations between the above-mentioned parameters indicate the important role the metabolic abnormalities have in the formation of structural and functional changes in the lens of animals with corneal inflammation. These findings also lay ground for introducing pathogenesis-targeted metabolic correction with MH for oxidative-antioxidative system imbalance in ocular tissues
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spelling doaj-art-6eeec37bc1cd4cbb8571c61468e99bb52025-08-20T01:54:02ZengUkrainian Society of OphthalmologistsJournal of Ophthalmology2412-87402025-04-012495710.31288/oftalmolzh202524957Correlations of parameters of the oxidative-antioxidative system in the lens, aqueous humor and tear fluid with the grade of lens opacity in rabbits with cataract and/or bacterial keratitis: an experimental studyV. Ia. Usov0Tarik Abou Tarboush1S. G. Kolomiichuk2Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University, Mykolaiv, UkraineSI "The Filatov Institute of Eye Diseases and Tissue Therapy of the NAMS of Ukraine; Odesa, UkraineSI "The Filatov Institute of Eye Diseases and Tissue Therapy of the NAMS of Ukraine"Purpose: To determine correlations of the parameters of the oxidative-anti-oxidative system in the lens, aqueous humor and tear fluid with the grade of lens opacity in rabbits with cataract and/or bacterial keratitis treated versus not treated with methyl-ethyl pyridinol hydrochloride (MH). Methods: Fifty-four adult Chinchilla rabbits were used for all experiments. Superficial bacterial keratitis only was induced only in the right eye (groups 1 and 2), and each of animals in group 2 received five four-week cycles of four-times-a-day-treatment with MH in the right eye separated by four-week breaks. In animals of groups 3 and 4, cataract was induced by nine-hours-a-day total exposure to 350-1150 nm ultraviolet (UV) radiation from a mercury-arc lamp for a period 40 weeks. Each of animals in group 4 received MH treatment in both eyes using the same scheme as noted above. In animals of groups 5 and 6, cataract was induced in the same way as in animals of group 3, and keratitis was induced in the same way as in animals of group 1. Each of animals in group 6 received MH treatment in the right eye using the same scheme as noted above. Group 7 comprised intact control rabbits. The Spearmen rank correlation was used to assess associations between the grade of lens opacity, activities of glutathione peroxidase (GP) and catalase (CT), and levels of malondialdehyde (MDA) and diene conjugate (DC). Results: The grade of lens opacity was negatively correlated with the activities of GP and CT, and positively correlated with the levels of lipid peroxidation products (MDA and DC) for rabbits with keratitis only, cataract only, and especially keratitis plus cataract, treated or not treated with MH. There was no substantial change in the values of correlation coefficients for rabbits treated with MH compared to those not treated with MH. Conclusion: Our findings of correlations between the above-mentioned parameters indicate the important role the metabolic abnormalities have in the formation of structural and functional changes in the lens of animals with corneal inflammation. These findings also lay ground for introducing pathogenesis-targeted metabolic correction with MH for oxidative-antioxidative system imbalance in ocular tissueshttps://ua.ozhurnal.com/index.php/files/article/view/222cataractkeratitislipid peroxidationantioxidant enzymesmethyl-ethyl pyridinol hydrochloridelenscorneaexperiment
spellingShingle V. Ia. Usov
Tarik Abou Tarboush
S. G. Kolomiichuk
Correlations of parameters of the oxidative-antioxidative system in the lens, aqueous humor and tear fluid with the grade of lens opacity in rabbits with cataract and/or bacterial keratitis: an experimental study
Journal of Ophthalmology
cataract
keratitis
lipid peroxidation
antioxidant enzymes
methyl-ethyl pyridinol hydrochloride
lens
cornea
experiment
title Correlations of parameters of the oxidative-antioxidative system in the lens, aqueous humor and tear fluid with the grade of lens opacity in rabbits with cataract and/or bacterial keratitis: an experimental study
title_full Correlations of parameters of the oxidative-antioxidative system in the lens, aqueous humor and tear fluid with the grade of lens opacity in rabbits with cataract and/or bacterial keratitis: an experimental study
title_fullStr Correlations of parameters of the oxidative-antioxidative system in the lens, aqueous humor and tear fluid with the grade of lens opacity in rabbits with cataract and/or bacterial keratitis: an experimental study
title_full_unstemmed Correlations of parameters of the oxidative-antioxidative system in the lens, aqueous humor and tear fluid with the grade of lens opacity in rabbits with cataract and/or bacterial keratitis: an experimental study
title_short Correlations of parameters of the oxidative-antioxidative system in the lens, aqueous humor and tear fluid with the grade of lens opacity in rabbits with cataract and/or bacterial keratitis: an experimental study
title_sort correlations of parameters of the oxidative antioxidative system in the lens aqueous humor and tear fluid with the grade of lens opacity in rabbits with cataract and or bacterial keratitis an experimental study
topic cataract
keratitis
lipid peroxidation
antioxidant enzymes
methyl-ethyl pyridinol hydrochloride
lens
cornea
experiment
url https://ua.ozhurnal.com/index.php/files/article/view/222
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