PURPOSE: To develop a reproducible ex vivo model of corneal endothelial cell injury using phacoemulsification in porcine eyes and to evaluate the effects of mesenchymal stromal cell secretome in this injury model. SETTING: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois, USA. DESIGN: Experimental study. METHODS: A corneal endothelial injury model was optimized using different powers and durations of ultrasound energy inside ex vivo porcine eyes. Conditioned media from corneal mesenchymal stem cells was collected under serum-free conditions from passages 4 to 6. Immediately after the phacoemulsification injury, the anterior chamber fluid was replaced with unconditioned media or conditioned media and incubated at 37°C for 4 hours. At the end, endothelial cell viability was evaluated using trypan blue staining and analyzed with ImageJ software. RESULTS: Using specific parameters (50% power for 30 seconds), phacoemulsification inside fresh porcine eyes led to a consistent level of endothelial cell injury. Incubation with corneal mesenchymal stromal cell-conditioned media after the injury significantly reduced endothelial cells loss compared with unconditioned media (mean 1.29% ± 0.91% [SD] and 5.33% ± 3.24%, respectively, P < .05). CONCLUSIONS: Phacoemulsification inside fresh porcine eyes provided a reproducible model to study endothelial cell injury. Treatment with corneal mesenchymal stromal cell secretome after injury appeared to significantly enhance the survival of corneal endothelial cells. This might provide a new strategy for preventing corneal endothelial cell loss after phacoemulsification or other endothelial injuries. Further in vivo studies are necessary to determine the therapeutic potential.
PURPOSE: To develop a reproducible ex vivo model of corneal endothelial cell injury using phacoemulsification in porcine eyes and to evaluate the effects of mesenchymal stromal cell secretome in this injury model. SETTING: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois, USA. DESIGN: Experimental study. METHODS: A corneal endothelial injury model was optimized using different powers and durations of ultrasound energy inside ex vivo porcine eyes. Conditioned media from corneal mesenchymal stem cells was collected under serum-free conditions from passages 4 to 6. Immediately after the phacoemulsification injury, the anterior chamber fluid was replaced with unconditioned media or conditioned media and incubated at 37°C for 4 hours. At the end, endothelial cell viability was evaluated using trypan blue staining and analyzed with ImageJ software. RESULTS: Using specific parameters (50% power for 30 seconds), phacoemulsification inside fresh porcine eyes led to a consistent level of endothelial cell injury. Incubation with corneal mesenchymal stromal cell-conditioned media after the injury significantly reduced endothelial cells loss compared with unconditioned media (mean 1.29% ± 0.91% [SD] and 5.33% ± 3.24%, respectively, P < .05). CONCLUSIONS: Phacoemulsification inside fresh porcine eyes provided a reproducible model to study endothelial cell injury. Treatment with corneal mesenchymal stromal cell secretome after injury appeared to significantly enhance the survival of corneal endothelial cells. This might provide a new strategy for preventing corneal endothelial cell loss after phacoemulsification or other endothelial injuries. Further in vivo studies are necessary to determine the therapeutic potential.
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