Nitric oxide synthase inhibitors prevent the growth-inhibiting effects of quinpirole.
Nitric oxide synthase inhibitors prevent the growth-inhibiting effects of quinpirole.
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10.1097/opx.0000000000000041
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2013-11
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Totonelly K
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Nickla DL;Lee L;Totonelly K
Both dopamine and nitric oxide (NO) have been implicated in the signal cascade mediating ocular growth inhibition. If both are part of the same pathway, which precedes the other? We tested the hypothesis that dopamine acts upstream of NO, by using two NOS inhibitors in combination with the dopamine agonist quinpirole, and measuring the effects on ocular growth rate. Chicks wore −10 D lenses or diffusers (FD) for 4d starting at age 13d. Experimental eyes received daily 20 μl injections of the following: Quinpirole: lens: n=12; FD: n=20; n-ω-propyl-L-arginine (n-PLA): lens: n=6; FD: n=4; quinpirole + n-PLA: lens: n=17; FD: n=19; quinpirole + L-NIO: lens: n=12; FD: n=12. Saline injections were done as controls. High frequency ultrasonography was done at the start, and on day 5, prior to injections and 3 hours later. Refractions were measured on day5. As expected, quinpirole prevented the development of axial myopia in both paradigms. When quinpirole was combined with either NOS inhibitor, however, eyes became myopic compared to quinpirole (FD: n-PLA: −5.9D vs −3.4D; L-NIO: −5.8D vs −3.4D; LENS: n-PLA: −3.5D vs −0.4D; p<0.05 for all; L-NIO was not significant). This was the result of a dis-inhibition of vitreous chamber growth vs quinpirole (FD: n-PLA: 401 vs 275 μm/4d; L-NIO: 440 vs 275 μm/4d; LENS: n-PLA: 407 vs 253/4d; L-NIO: 403 vs 253 μm/4d; p<0.05). Only n-PLA prevented the quinpirole-induced choroidal thickening in lens-wearing eyes (0 vs 31 μm/3hr; p<0.05). Choroidal thickening was not inhibited by either drug in FD eyes. Dopamine acts upstream of NO and the choroidal response in the signal cascade mediating ocular growth inhibition in both form deprivation and negative lens wear. That neither NOS inhibitor inhibits choroidal thickening in FD eyes suggests that the choroidal mechanisms differ in the two paradigms.