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Lens and retinal changes in the WBN/Kob rat (spontaneously diabetic strain). Electron-microscopic study.
Ophthalmic Research 1998
Male WBN/Kob rats represent a spontaneously diabetic strain with hyperglycemia, cataracts, nephropathy, neurophathy, pancreatic fibrosis and hyperlipemia. Cataracts and retinal changes in WBN/Kob rats were examined by light and electron microscopy to evaluate the ocular complications. Lens opacity was present in the posterior subcapsular and center of the anterior cortex of male 14-month-old WBN/Kob rats. Light and transmission electron microscopy showed swelling and irregularity of lens fibers. Scanning electron microscopy revealed that lens fibers were irregular and had many granules and bulging processes of various sizes on the cortical side of the opacified region. The nuclear side of the opacified region showed spongy changes and complete absence of lens fibers. Electron microscopy showed retinal degeneration in the photoreceptor outer segments of 1-month-old male WBN/Kob rats. Light microscopy showed thin outer segments and outer nuclear layers in 5-month-old rats, and electron microscopy revealed severe degeneration in the outer segments. The retinas of 11-month-old rats were thinner; the outer plexiform layer was very thin; the photoreceptor cell nuclei in the outer nuclear layer had decreased to one layer and were almost in contact with the inner nuclear layer nuclei, while the visual cells had disappeared. Retinal degeneration had progressed even further in 14-month-old rats, and very few photoreceptor cell nuclei remained. The retinal capillary lumens were small, and their pericytes had thickened basement membranes. The basement membranes of retinal capillaries from WBN/Kob rats were significantly thicker than those from control Wistar rats (p < 0.0001). Although this rat has spontaneous diabetic features, such as cataracts, its retinal changes look more degenerative.
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