Abstract
The purpose of the study is to determine if intravitreal injection of c-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) affects intraocular pressure (IOP), aqueous humor dynamics and guanosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) concentration in the aqueous humor of the rabbit eye. Also we investigated whether CNP-like immunoreactivities (CNP-LI) were present in porcine aqueous humor and whether CNP-LI were detected in rabbit and porcine ciliary body. The IOP was measured after intravitreal injection of 2 pmol∼20 nmol CNP into rabbit eyes. Aqueous humor dynamics (aqueous humor flow, outflow facility, and uveoscleral outflow) and cGMP concentration in the aqueous humor were determined at approximately 6 hr after CNP injection. The CNP concentration in aqueous was measured by radioimmunoassay in porcine eye, and CNP-LI were detected with a monoclonal antibody in porcine and rabbit eyes. Intravitreally injected CNP caused IOP reduction in a dose-dependent manner (P<0.0001) and the maximum effect was observed at 4∼6 hr. CNP increased total outflow facility by approximately 35%, but did not affect aqueous humor flow or uveoscleral outflow. The cGMP concentration in the aqueous of CNP-treated eyes was about 4- to 14-fold higher than that in the contralateral untreated eyes. CNP concentration in aqueous was about 2-fold higher than that in plasma, and CNP-LI were found in non-pigmented epithelium of the ciliary body of both rabbit and porcine eyes. CNP may play an important role in the regulation of IOP.
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