Rat Cornea Model for Inhibition of Angiogenesis Induced by Suture

Park, Ji Young; Chung, Sung Kun; Joo, Choun Ki

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to establish a model system of induced neovascularization(NV) and the inhibitory chemicals tested on the avascular tissue, namely cornea. We induced corneal NV condition by suturing the cornea of Sparague-Dawley rat with one stitch of 10-0 nylon in immitation of corneal transplantation and terramycin was applied on the cornea for 1 week to prevent corneal inflammation. The progression of suture-induced corneal NV was investigated at various time pints(1, 7 days, 2, 3, 4 and 8wks) after the suture. The formation of new capillary tubs was observed at 5-7 days after suture. The arc of NV was increased gradually and peaked in 3 weeks and decreased hereafter while the length of vessels did not change during he course of NV once it reached the maximum. We also developed a corneal model for NV inhibition in which CB 2`-ph(1)(2`-O-Benzonylcinnamaldehyde), the NV inhibitor, contained in the form of Hydron Pellet was inserted into the stroma of the cornea followed by suturing the cornea. In this model for inhibition of NV, Hydron Pellet was inserted in the cornea successfully without causing the corneal inflammation. In this study, we developed a suture-induced corneal NV model system which enables us to perform various experiments reproducibly and investigate the effect of NV inhibitor.