Metabolic analysis of reepithelializing rabbit cornea using phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
Metabolic analysis of reepithelializing rabbit cornea using phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
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使用磷 31 核磁共振波谱对兔角膜上皮再生进行代谢分析。
DOI:
10.1007/bf02764295
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发表时间:
1990
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Kenyon,KR
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作者:
Hayashi,K;Cheng,HM;Iwasaki,M;Xiong,H;Kenyon,KR
To investigate metabolic differences between the central and peripheral cornea the latter including the limbal area, corneas were dissected and examined using phosphorus-31 (31P) nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Since most31P signals originate from the epithelium,31P spectra of the cornea primarily represent the metabolic state of the epithelium. The spectra of the peripheral cornea showed all phosphorus resonances detected in the whole cornea; in contrast, the central cornea showed no phosphocreatine and glycerophosrylethanolamine, and only low levels of ATP. These results indicate that there is a higher metabolic activity in the peripheral epithelium, especially in the limbal area, than in the central epithelium. To evaluate the metabolic state of corneal epithelium during regeneration, we also examined corneas reepithelializing after 7 mm of central epithelial tissue had been removed by mechanical scraping. Rabbits were killed 24 and 48 h after scraping. The reepithelializing corneas clearly showed an increase in ATP, phosphocreatine, and sugar phosphates with time, although phosphorylcholine remained depressed. These findings suggest that the reepithelializing cornea has an elevated level of energy production and that it may have reached a higher steady state, thereby indicating accelerated metabolism of the epithelium during regeneration.