
{"id":42599,"date":"2024-12-10T12:36:44","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T11:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.btitrainingcenter.com\/potential-use-of-plasma-rich-in-growth-factors-in-age-related-macular-degeneration-evidence-from-a-mouse-model\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T13:03:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T12:03:34","slug":"potential-use-of-plasma-rich-in-growth-factors-in-age-related-macular-degeneration-evidence-from-a-mouse-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.btitrainingcenter.com\/pt-pt\/potential-use-of-plasma-rich-in-growth-factors-in-age-related-macular-degeneration-evidence-from-a-mouse-model\/","title":{"rendered":"Potential Use of Plasma Rich in Growth Factors in Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Evidence from a Mouse Model"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row content_text_aligment=&#8221;left&#8221; row_background_lines=&#8221;no&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title\">Abstract<\/h3>\n<div id=\"enc-abstract\" class=\"abstract-content selected\">\n<div id=\"enc-abstract\" class=\"abstract-content selected\">\n<p><strong class=\"sub-title\">Background and Objectives:\u00a0<\/strong>Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of low vision and legal blindness in adults in developed countries. Wet AMD can be successfully treated using vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibitors; however, dry AMD currently has no effective treatment. The purpose of this study is to analyze the efficacy of intraocular injection of plasma rich in growth factors (PRGF) in an AMD mouse model induced by intraperitoneal administration of sodium iodate.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"sub-title\">Materials and Methods:\u00a0<\/strong>Intravitreal application of PRGF (experimental group) and saline (control group) was performed immediately after intraperitoneal injection of sodium iodate. Retinographies were performed at 2 and 7 days after treatment administration. The eyes were retrieved for histological and immunohistological analysis. Statistical analysis was performed to compare the outcomes between the study groups.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"sub-title\">Results:\u00a0<\/strong>In comparison to saline solution, PRGF significantly decreased the depigmentation of the RPE, showing a more reddened retina. PRGF intravitreal treatment significantly reduced the glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) stained processes, suggesting a significant reduction in the risk of scar formation. Moreover, the myofibroblast invasion into the RPE cell layer was significantly reduced in the PRGF-treated group of mice. There was a tendency for better preservation of the photoreceptors in the PRGF group.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"sub-title\">Conclusions:\u00a0<\/strong>Within the limitations of this study, intravitreal injection of PRGF provided significant protection against the degeneration of the photoreceptors and the RPE induced by the systemic administration of NaIO3.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong class=\"sub-title\">Keywords:\u00a0<\/strong>age-related macular degeneration; geographic atrophy; plasma rich in growth factors; platelet rich plasma (PRP); retina; retinal pigment epithelial cell.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Figures<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; content_text_aligment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_column]<div class=\"qodef-image-gallery qodef-grid-list qodef-disable-bottom-space  qodef-ig-grid-type qodef-four-columns qodef-tiny-space  qodef-image-behavior-lightbox\">\n\t<div class=\"qodef-ig-inner qodef-outer-space\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-ig-image qodef-item-space\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-ig-image-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a itemprop=\"image\" class=\"qodef-ig-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.btitrainingcenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/medicina-60-02036-g001.jpg\" data-rel=\"prettyPhoto[image_gallery_pretty_photo-881]\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Figure 1.&lt;\/strong&gt; Representative macroscopic images of retinas on the same day of treatment (t0) and after 2 and 7 days of treatment administration from female and male mice of the different groups (control, NaIO3 -+ SS, and NaIO3 + PRGF). The control group showed the typical retinal redness throughout the study period, while the disease group (NaIO3 -+ SS) showed severe depigmentation of the retinal fundus at 2 days after intraperitoneal injection, which recovered at 7 days after treatment, but not to levels similar to the control group. The group of mice treated with PRGF (NaIO3 + PRGF) showed significantly less retinal depigmentation than the disease group on day 2, with a more reddened retina. At day 7, retinal depigmentation was significantly reduced, showing a white patch throughout the retina, but this patch was smaller than in the disease group (NaIO3 + SS). Macroscopic images show the different effects of NaIO3 depending on the sex of the mice, showing a significant reduction effect on the retina of female mice compared to the retina of male mice.\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.btitrainingcenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/medicina-60-02036-g001-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-ig-image qodef-item-space\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-ig-image-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a itemprop=\"image\" class=\"qodef-ig-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.btitrainingcenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/medicina-60-02036-g002.jpg\" data-rel=\"prettyPhoto[image_gallery_pretty_photo-881]\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Figure 2.&lt;\/strong&gt; Representative histological images of female and male mice from the different treatment groups (control, NaIO3 -+ SS, and NaIO3 + PRGF) at two different magnifications (2\u00d7 and 20\u00d7). Images at 20\u00d7 magnification correspond to the black boxed area drawn in the lower magnification (2\u00d7) upper image. The histological images show remarkable retinal disorganization in the disease group of mice compared to the control group and the PRGF group, while the retinas of the PRGF-treated mice showed similar histological morphology to the control group.\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.btitrainingcenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/medicina-60-02036-g002-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-ig-image qodef-item-space\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-ig-image-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a itemprop=\"image\" class=\"qodef-ig-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.btitrainingcenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/medicina-60-02036-g003.jpg\" data-rel=\"prettyPhoto[image_gallery_pretty_photo-881]\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Figure 3.&lt;\/strong&gt; Immunohistochemical analysis of GFAP protein expression. The results showed that GFAP expression increased after intraperitoneal administration of NaIO3 compared with the control group. On the other hand, intravitreal administration of PRGF reduced GFAP expression. However, no significant differences were observed between the different groups. Representative GFAP immunohistochemical images show an increased number of GFAP-positive processes throughout the retina of mice in the disease group (black arrowheads) compared with the control and PRGF groups. Noteworthy differences in GFAP protein expression were observed in relation to the mice\u2019s genders.\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.btitrainingcenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/medicina-60-02036-g003-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-ig-image qodef-item-space\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-ig-image-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a itemprop=\"image\" class=\"qodef-ig-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.btitrainingcenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/medicina-60-02036-g004.jpg\" data-rel=\"prettyPhoto[image_gallery_pretty_photo-881]\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Figure 4.&lt;\/strong&gt; Smooth muscle alpha actin (SMA) expression in the mice retina of the different treatment groups. The squared area in the retina in each image has been enlarged in the upper left corner of the same image. SMA expression was significantly increased in the retinal choriocapillary area in mice in the disease group compared to the control group. PRGF treatment reduced SMA expression in the disease group. On the other hand, a clear difference in SMA expression was observed between female and male retinas.\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.btitrainingcenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/medicina-60-02036-g004-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-ig-image qodef-item-space\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-ig-image-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a itemprop=\"image\" class=\"qodef-ig-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.btitrainingcenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/medicina-60-02036-g005.jpg\" data-rel=\"prettyPhoto[image_gallery_pretty_photo-881]\" title=\"&lt;strong&gt;Figure 5.&lt;\/strong&gt; Immunohistochemical analysis of rhodopsin in the retina of treated mice. The results showed that rhodopsin was significantly reduced in the retina of mice in which NaIO3 was administered intraperitoneally compared with the control group. On the other hand, PRGF increased rhodopsin expression with respect to the disease group, though without reaching statistical significance. Rhodopsin immunohistochemical imaging shows that, although the rhodopsin-positive area was markedly higher in the PRGF group than in the disease group, no significant differences were observed between them. The image in the upper left corner of each image corresponds to the magnification of the white-boxed retinal area of the same image. The enlarged image shows that the length of the photoreceptor outer segments, delimited between the black arrow and the white arrow, is significantly shorter in the retina of the disease group compared with the control group and the PRGF group. *: statistically significant (p &lt; 0.05).\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.btitrainingcenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/medicina-60-02036-g005-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<a itemprop=\"url\" href=\"https:\/\/www.btitrainingcenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/14-medicina-60-02036.pdf.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"  class=\"qodef-btn qodef-btn-medium qodef-btn-solid btnWebRosa2\"  >\n    <span class=\"qodef-btn-text\">Descarregar artigo<\/span>\n    <\/a>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Medicina (Kaunas). 2024 Dec 10;60(12):2036.<\/strong><br \/>\nAge-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of low vision and legal blindness in adults in developed countries. Wet AMD can be successfully treated using vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibitors; however, dry AMD currently has no effective treatment. The purpose of this study is to analyze the efficacy of intraocular injection of plasma rich in growth factors (PRGF) in an AMD mouse model induced by intraperitoneal administration of sodium iodate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2002,"featured_media":42554,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[158],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-medicina-regenerativa-pt-pt"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.btitrainingcenter.com\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.btitrainingcenter.com\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.btitrainingcenter.com\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.btitrainingcenter.com\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2002"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.btitrainingcenter.com\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42599"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.btitrainingcenter.com\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42602,"href":"https:\/\/www.btitrainingcenter.com\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42599\/revisions\/42602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.btitrainingcenter.com\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.btitrainingcenter.com\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.btitrainingcenter.com\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.btitrainingcenter.com\/pt-pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}