Nonaxoplasmic transfer of indocyanine green into the optic nerve after intravitreal application.
Nonaxoplasmic transfer of indocyanine green into the optic nerve after intravitreal application.
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10.1097/00006982-200506000-00031
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2005-06
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M. Pâques
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M. Pâques
I read with great interest the recent article by Çekiç et al1 about the mechanisms involved in retroocular migration of intravitreal indocyanine green (ICG). They reported that migration of ICG is limited to the anterior portion of the optic nerve and does not spread to the chiasma; therefore, it is likely to be due to nonaxoplasmic transport. The latter is probably due to impregnation of periaxonal lipids, such as myelin, and to vitreal fluid shift across the optic nerve, 2, 3 and ICG does not diffuse posterior to the chiasma. As indicated by Çekiç et al, their data appear somewhat contradictory to those of a previous study by my group. 4 Indeed, using similar methods, we found that ICG rapidly and consistently migrated up to the superior colliculus. In addition, the transport of ICG into discrete axonal vesicles was confirmed by infrared light microscopy. Therefore, in our opinion, there appears to be little doubt that ICG is actively transported into axons, in addition to nonspecific extraaxoplasmic diffusion. Unfortunately, Çekiç et al did not discuss the possible sources of these discrepancies. I would like to underline the following points. First, the gas vitrectomy procedure is likely to provoke an increase in intraocular pressure and subsequently damage to retinal ganglion cells and alteration of axonal transport. Reporting intraocular pressure and histologic data for their gas-vitrectomized eyes could therefore be of interest. Using a reference tracer in operated eyes without axonal transport blockade could be useful to determine if there was indeed persistence of anterograde axonal transport. Second, only two eyes underwent ICG injection into the vitreous without vitrectomy, and these animals were examined on day 1 but not later on. According to our data, on day 1, ICG would have migrated only a few millimeters posteriorly. Çekiç et al did not indicate if nonvitrectomized ICG-injected animals were examined at later time points.