This material is based upon work supported by the United States Department of Defense through an interagency agreement (#19-1006-IM) with the Temporary Corneal Repair acquisition program (United States Army Medical Materiel Development Agency).

Before performing this protocol, be aware that there are legal and ethical requirements in place for the use of animals in research and training. If live animals are used for the source of ocular tissue, seek approval by the local ethical or legal authority (IACUC or Ethics committee, etc.) before beginning. If there is any question in obtaining approval for the use of animals, do not proceed. We previously determined and reported that fresh porcine eyes obtained and used within 24 h post-mortem compared closest to in vivo physiology and fared well for these studies (Animal Technologies, Tyler, TX, USA)10,13. No live animals were used throughout this protocol, using a tissue vendor to obtain tissue within 24 h.
NOTE: Prior to tissue arrival, fabricate the organ culture dishes (Supplementary Protocol 1), clamping rings (Supplementary Protocol 1), dish stands (Supplementary Protocol 1), pressure transducer data collection setup (Supplementary Protocol 2), and pneumatic puncture platform (Supplementary Protocol 3). Sterilize the dishes, tools, and supplies and prepare the work areas. It&#39;s useful to have a non-sterile area to perform gross dissection on the eyes, as they usually come with connective, extra orbital tissue attached. Execute these first steps on an open, clean work surface, and then transfer the eyes aseptically into a BSC II cabinet for micro-dissection (cabinet #1). Optimally, the BSC II cabinet utilized for micro-dissection is separated from the dish assembly BSC II cabinet (cabinet #2) to minimize airflow and maximize workspace. Set up the micro-dissection cabinet with a dissecting microscope and a way to visualize the work surface (camera or eyepieces protruding from the cabinet).
1. Sterilization steps, supplies (see Table of Materials for more details), and setup
<ol>
	<li>Prepare&#160;and gas-sterilize the following items (1 kit for each eye): ASOC dish, clamping ring, two fluidic connectors with O-rings, two 18 G needle hubs, four screws, two lengths of PE-100 tubing (length of distance should be long enough to extend from the dish inside the incubator to the syringe pump and pressure transducer data collection setup), two 18 G 90&#176; bent needle hubs, two 3-way valves.</li>
	<li>Prepare and autoclave the following kits.
	<ol>
		<li>Prepare and autoclave the micro-dissection instrument kit, containing one pair of fine forceps, one pair of Vannas scissors, one pair of medium toothed forceps, one pair of large scissors, cotton swabs, and a razor blade or scalpel.</li>
		<li>Prepare and autoclave the assembly instrument kit, containing one pair of medium toothed forceps, one pair of surgical scissors, and one L-key.</li>
		<li>Prepare and autoclave the daily kit (quantity: one per day of culture), containing one L-key to tighten clamping rings to dishes each day as needed.</li>
		<li>Autoclave four 100 mL beakers for disinfecting and storing eyes and anterior segments.</li>
		<li>Autoclave the puncture objects.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
	<li>Gather the following sterile items: Petri dish (1 dish/eye), gauze (1-2/eye), dish stand, 20 mL syringes (1/eye), 10 mL syringes (1/eye), nylon syringe filters (1/eye).</li>
	<li>Prepare sterile media: DMEM with 4% FBS, 1x Glutamax, 1x Gentamicin, 1x Antibiotic-Antimycotic (AA; approximately 30-40 mL complete media/eye).</li>
	<li>Prepare AA-PBS: PBS with 1x AA (~500 mL).</li>
	<li>Prepare the gross dissection tool pack: clean and dry large surgical scissors and forceps.</li>
	<li>Set up the non-sterile dissection workspace: Gather supplies from gross dissection tool pack, enucleated porcine eyes submerged in PBS and on ice, surgical drape, 100 mL beaker with PBS. Lay out the surgical drape and items required for gross dissection.</li>
	<li>Set up the sterile dissection workspace: Gather supplies from micro-dissection instrument kit, sterile gauze, dissecting microscope, betadine solution, sterile PBS, sterile media, four sterilized 100 mL beakers, sterile Petri dish. Aseptically transfer to BSC II cabinet #1. Set up the cabinet for visualizing eyes on the dissecting microscope.</li>
	<li>Set up the ASOC assembly workspace: Gather gas-sterilized kits (dish kit and lid kit), assembly instrument kit, sterile media, dish stands, sterile Petri dishes, sterile syringes, and syringe filters. Aseptically transfer to BSC II cabinet #2. Set up the cabinet for dish assembly.</li>
	<li>When eyes are stabilized and ready for puncture (72 h post-setup), aseptically transfer them to a BSC II cabinet. Set up the OG injury induction workspace: Pneumatic powered injury induction device (assembly detailed in Supplemental 3) and Lab Jack and cross-tracking vise to hold the ASOC dish.</li>
</ol>
2. Dissection of tissue
<ol>
	<li>Prepare the porcine tissue using non-sterile dissection workspace.
	<ol>
		<li>Procure enucleated porcine eyes from a local abattoir, animal studies, or vendor. Maintain the eyes on ice submerged in PBS during delivery and use immediately upon receiving.</li>
		<li>Cut away the extraorbital tissue and trim the conjunctiva leaving only the corneoscleral shell and optic nerve. Perform the dissection under non-sterile conditions with large surgical scissors and forceps in a gross dissection tool pack.</li>
		<li>Place the eyes back into fresh PBS on ice until all eyes required for experimental setup have been preliminary/gross dissected.</li>
		<li>Submerge the eyes in 10% betadine solution for 2 min in closed containers and transfer aseptically to BSC II cabinet #1. Perform all the subsequent works under sterile conditions to minimize contaminations during setup.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
	<li>Sterilely dissect anterior segments.
	<ol>
		<li>After 2 min in betadine solution, transfer the eyes into three serial washes of sterile AA-PBS to remove excess betadine solution from the ocular surface while maintaining sterility of the ocular tissue. After three washes, maintain the tissue in AA-PBS until further use.</li>
		<li>Hemisect the eye using a razor blade/scalpel and curved scissors. Place the eye on an AA-PBS-soaked gauze and create an incision with a sterile razor blade or scalpel near the equator of the eye (60/40 split with 40 on the anterior side). Using curved surgical scissors, hemisect the eye to isolate the anterior eye (corneal half). 
		NOTE: The cut around the anterior segment needs to be continuous to prevent jagged, rough edges in the sclera that will create fluid leaks after setup in the organ culture.</li>
		<li>Use microscissors as a shovel to scoop vitreous humor from the anterior segment. Remove the lens from the anterior segment using microscissors. Leave the anterior segments in AA-PBS until further dissection steps. 
		NOTE: All the eyes that will be dissected can be held at this step and one by one taken through the remainder of the dissection process.</li>
		<li>With a dissecting microscope, cut back iris to iris root gradually, radially until trabecular meshwork (TM) is visible. The TM is a pigmented tissue that comprises fibers circumferentially oriented around the corneoscleral shell. Careful cuts into the iris toward the iris root will expose the depth of the TM under the tissue.</li>
		<li>Cut 360&#176; around the iris at the same depth as the initial cut into the tissue to expose the entire TM region. Clean up any remaining residual iris covering TM as is necessary.</li>
		<li>Trim the ciliary body remnants posterior to the TM, leaving only a thin band of tissue posterior to the TM region (approximately 1 mm).</li>
		<li>Place the dissected anterior segment (AS) in media until further setup in ASOC in BSC II cabinet #2. 
		NOTE: All eyes can be held at this point prior to ASOC setup if a single user is performing dissection and organ culture dish assembly.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
</ol>
3. Setting up anterior segments in organ culture dishes
<ol>
	<li>Place a single AS in a Petri dish with AS inverted (cup up). Using a cotton swab, wet in the media and gently dab in the center of the cornea to remove any pigment. Using forceps to hold the eye and the same swab, wipe the cotton swab around the sclera to remove extra pigment.</li>
	<li>Invert the AS and place on top of bottom part of the dish over the elevated region, centering the cornea over the elevated region in the dish. Place the clamping ring on top of the newly placed AS.</li>
	<li>Place four screws into the corresponding holes to hold the ring in place with the AS under the ring. Gently hand-tighten the screws with the L-key. 
	NOTE: The tightening step will happen daily throughout the experiment, so the goal of the initial tightening here is to ensure the media does not leak while avoiding breaking the clamping ring.</li>
	<li>With a sterile Petri dish set, place the top over the dish and invert the setup. Attach the dish stand. Attach the fluidic connectors with O-rings to threaded ports on the bottom of the dish.</li>
	<li>To one fluidic connector, attach an 18 G 90&#176; bent needle hub, a length of tubing, an 18 G needle hub, a nylon syringe filter, a three-way valve, and a 20 mL syringe filled with media.</li>
	<li>To the second fluidic connector, attach an 18 G 90&#176; degree bent needle hub, length of tubing, an 18 G needle hub, a three-way valve, and the barrel portion of a sterile 10 mL syringe (this will act as a reservoir to catch liquid and bubbles from the ASOC).</li>
	<li>With three-way valves open appropriately to the syringes, gently push media through the system using the fluidics connector port identified in step 3.5 to inflate the AS, fill media in the tubing, and eventually the reservoir. 
	NOTE: If media leaks into the ASOC dish, the AS is not secured tightly enough with the clamping ring.</li>
	<li>Remove bubbles by gently pushing media into the dish and inverting the dish to push out the bubbles and into the reservoir.</li>
	<li>Place the dish and stand upright. Place the bottom portion of a Petri dish underneath the feet of the stand, careful not to ensnarl the tubing.</li>
</ol>
4. Starting anterior segment organ culture
<ol>
	<li>ASOC is now ready for incubation. Place the ASOC dish into the cell culture incubator (37 &#176;C, 5% CO2). Ensure the height of the ASOC dish in the incubator above the pressure transducers is known and accounted for to calculate IOP accurately (Supplementary Protocol 4).</li>
	<li>Direct the tubing lines out through the bottom of the 37 &#176;C, 5% CO2 incubator door so that they do not interfere with the opening and closing of the door. Attach the 20 mL syringe to the syringe pump set at 2.5 &#181;L/min.</li>
	<li>Position the tubing line with the reservoir at the pressure transducer instrument. Connect the side 3-way valve to the pressure transducer setup while flowing PBS through the line to avoid air bubbles entering the tubing lines. 
	NOTE: Empty the PBS from the reservoirs after the system is set up to reduce the likelihood of reservoir contamination with microbial growth for the duration of the organ culture.</li>
	<li>Initiate IOP data collection by first ensuring a microSD card is present for saving data files. Then, turn on the pressure transducer setup to begin data collection. 
	&#8203;NOTE: Details for setting up the pressure transducer data collection device are provided in Supplementary Protocol 2.</li>
</ol>
5. Daily maintenance of ASOC
<ol>
	<li>After the ASOC has had 24 h to equilibrate, remove the dishes from the 37 &#176;C, 5% CO2 incubator and place them into the BSC II cabinet. 
	NOTE: On pressure data acquisition, these time periods look like spikes as the ASOCs are removed from the incubator (height change) and adjusted in the cabinet.</li>
	<li>Check for leaks under each dish on the Petri plate. If present, check for tight fluidic connections under the dish and re-tighten if necessary. Check for leaks in the dish top using a sterile L-key to tighten the screws in the clamping ring. 
	NOTE: The AS sclera tissue will compress and reduce thickness by 24 h, and the clamping ring will need to be tightened.</li>
	<li>Aspirate the media from the dish well. 
	NOTE: The trabecular meshwork is filtering fluid from the media being pumped into the ASOC. Therefore, media will be present in the ASOC dish along the edges.</li>
	<li>Repeat steps 3.7 and 3.8 to remove any trapped air bubbles.</li>
	<li>Refill syringes on the syringe pumps, ensure the syringe pumps are operating, and confirm the alignment of valves for perfusion into the ASOC. Return the ASOC dish to the 37 &#176;C, 5% CO2 incubator. 
	&#8203;NOTE: Optimally, these steps should be performed daily. However, the use of a 20 mL starting volume of media, the ASOC dish well volume, and a pump rate of 2.5 &#181;L/min should be sufficient to let the system run for several days undisturbed.</li>
</ol>
6. OG injury induction with pneumatic-powered puncture device
NOTE: Construction of the pneumatic puncture device is detailed in Supplementary Protocol 3. OG injuries are induced after IOP has stabilized, which normally occurs after 3 days in culture. Acceptable IOP values are 5-20 mmHg based on physiological IOP, which can be determined by evaluating the IOP data files or setting LED indicators in the pressure measurement system as described in Supplementary Protocol 2.
<ol>
	<li>Prepare the BSC II cabinet for OG injury induction as detailed in step 1.10. Connect the puncture platform to a compressed air line. Attach the sterile puncture object to the chuck. 
	NOTE: An air compressor can be used to power the device, but tank compressed air or built-in laboratory lines can suffice if pressure is greater than 50 psi.</li>
	<li>Set the pressure regulator on the puncture platform to 50 psi for adequate puncture force on objects up to 4.5 mm in diameter. Position the cross-tracking vise on the lab jack in front of the puncture platform to hold the ASOC dish during injury induction.</li>
	<li>Remove ASOC setup from 37 &#176;C, 5% CO2 incubator, and place in the cross-tracking vise perpendicular to the puncture platform (Figure 2) after removing the lid and setting it aside. Keep the anterior segment perfusing but close off the 3-way valve port to the pressure transducer to prevent over-pressurization damage to the transducer.</li>
	<li>Extend the piston arm to its maximal distance and position the corneal apex within 1 mm of the puncture object. Retract the piston arm and bring the anterior segment 1 cm closer to the puncture object. 
	NOTE: This distance has been optimized for high-efficiency injury induction without hitting the ASOC dish.</li>
	<li>Fire the puncture device by turning it on and opening the solenoid valve with the second switch on the device. To retract the device, press the second switch again to remove the puncture device from the eye. Verify proper injury induction by visual inspection and media leaking from the injury site.</li>
	<li>Remove ASOC dish from the vise; place the lid back onto the dish assembly and open the fluidic line to the pressure transducer. Place the ASOC back into the 37 &#176;C, 5% CO2 incubator. 
	&#8203;NOTE: At this point, therapeutic can be applied to the AS to assess its efficacy for sealing OG injuries.</li>
</ol>
7. Removing ASOC from culture
NOTE: Depending on endpoint analysis (see Representative Results for possible endpoint methods), the AS needs to remain in the ASOC dish inflated while other methods require AS tissue isolated from the culture chamber. The below methodology describes how to take AS out of the organ culture dishes and to remove the rest of the setup.
<ol>
	<li>Remove the ASOC dishes from the 37 &#176;C, 5% CO2 incubator. Close the 3-way valve to the syringe and reservoir and disconnect the tubing from the system. Discard the syringe, reservoir, and filter. Place the 3-way valves, tubing, and needle hubs in a separate container for washing and sterilizing.</li>
	<li>Disconnect the needle hubs from the fluidic connections on the bottom of the dish. Unthread the fluidic connectors and o-rings. Place all items in a container for washing and sterilizing.</li>
	<li>Remove the four screws from the clamping ring using the L-key. Carefully remove the clamping ring.</li>
	<li>Using forceps, remove the AS from the dish and, depending on endpoint analysis and image, place in fixative or appropriate biohazard waste.</li>
</ol>
8. IOP data analysis
<ol>
	<li>Connect the microSD card to a computer to remove the .txt file containing data from the most recent experimental run. 
	NOTE: The file is named in the code controlling the microcontroller and should be updated for each experiment (see Supplementary Protocol 2).</li>
	<li>Import the data into a spreadsheet.</li>
	<li>Organize the data into 12 columns: Time (in min) and mV signal for each of 11 pressure transducer channels. The first ten channels correspond to ten ASOC experimental setups. The final transducer signal is for a sensor open to air as a control channel to confirm mV signal did not alter due to changes in the input signal. Plot control channel versus time to confirm mV signal was consistent throughout.</li>
	<li>Convert the mV signals for ten channels into mmHg using slope-intercept equations generated from the initial calibration of each sensor (see Supplementary Protocol 4).</li>
	<li>Plot time (convert to days to simplify data interpretation) versus each of the ten channels to determine how the IOP fluctuated across the experimental time course.</li>
	<li>Determine average IOP values at key points in the data to more easily compare values between each and how they are altered before and after OG injury induction. Average 2-3 h of data for each 24 h interval to determine IOP at each day of ASOC. 
	NOTE: Representative IOP results are shown in Figure 4.</li>
</ol>

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There are critical steps with the ASOC OG injury platform that should be highlighted to improve the likelihood of success when using the methodology. First, during the anterior segment dissection, preserving the trabecular meshwork is essential but challenging to do correctly. If the TM is disrupted, the eye will not maintain physiological pressure and will not meet eligibility criteria for experimental use. It is recommended to practice the dissection process under normal conditions first rather than introducing the add...

Open globe (OG) injuries can result in permanent loss of vision when not treated or at least stabilized following injury1. Delays, however, are prevalent in remote areas where access to ophthalmic intervention is not readily available, such as in rural areas or on the battlefield in military scenarios. When treatment is not readily available, the current standard of care is to protect the eye with a rigid shield until medical intervention is possible. In military medicine, this delay is currently up to 24 h, but it is anticipated to increase up to 72 h in future combat operations in urban environments where air evacuation is not possible2,3,4. These delays can be even longer in rural, remote civilian applications where access to ophthalmic intervention is limited5,6. An untreated OG injury is highly susceptible to infection and loss of intraocular pressure (IOP) due to the watertight seal of the eye being compromised7,8. Loss of IOP can impact tissue viability, making any medical intervention unlikely to restore vision if the delay between injury and therapeutic is too long9.
To enable the development of easy-to-apply therapeutics for sealing OG injuries until an ophthalmic specialist can be reached, a benchtop OG injury model was previously developed10,11. With this model, high-speed injuries were created in whole porcine eyes while IOP was captured by pressure transducers. Therapeutics can then be applied to assess their ability to seal the OG injury site12. However, as this model uses whole porcine eyes, it can only assess immediate therapeutic performance with no way of tracking longer-term performance across the possible 72 h window in which the therapeutic must stabilize the injury site until the patient reaches specialty care. As a result, an anterior segment organ culture (ASOC) OG injury model was developed and detailed in this protocol as a platform for tracking long-term therapeutic performance13.
ASOC is a widely used technique for maintaining avascular tissue of the anterior segment, such as the cornea, for multiple weeks post-enucleation14,15,16,17. The anterior segment is maintained under physiological IOP by perfusing fluid at physiological flow rates and preserving the trabecular meshwork outflow region, the tissue responsible for regulating IOP, during ASOC setup18,19. The ASOC platform can maintain tissue physiologically, induce an OG injury using a pneumatic-powered device, apply a therapeutic, and track injury stabilization for at least 72 h post-injury13.
Here, the protocol provides a step-by-step methodology for using the ASOC platform. First it details how to set up and fabricate the ASOC platform. Next, the protocol details how to aseptically dissect the anterior segment and maintain the trabecular meshwork, followed by setting up anterior segment tissue in custom-built organ culture dishes. Then, it details how to create open globe injuries and apply therapeutic immediately following injury. Lastly, the protocol provides an overview on characterization parameters that are possible for use with this method that assesses functional, mechanical, and biological properties of the eye and how well the injury was stabilized. Overall, this model provides a much-needed platform to accelerate product development for stabilizing and treating open globe injuries and improve the poor vision prognosis following injury.

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anterior segment organ culture platform for tracking open globe injuries and therapeutic performance

Open globe injuries have poor visual outcomes, often resulting in permanent loss of vision. This is partly due to an extended delay between injury and medical intervention in rural environments and military medicine applications where ophthalmic care is not readily available. Untreated injuries are susceptible to infection after the eye has lost its watertight seal, as well as loss of tissue viability due to intraocular hypotension. Therapeutics to temporarily seal open globe injuries, if properly developed, may be able to restore intraocular pressure and prevent infection until proper ophthalmic care is possible. To facilitate product development, detailed here is the use of an anterior segment organ culture open globe injury platform for tracking therapeutic performance for at least 72 h post-injury. Porcine anterior segment tissue can be maintained in custom-designed organ culture dishes and held at physiological intraocular pressure. Puncture injuries can be created with a pneumatic-powered system capable of generating injury sizes up to 4.5 mm in diameter, similar to military-relevant injury sizes. Loss of intraocular pressure can be observed for 72 h post-injury confirming proper injury induction and loss of the eye&#39;s watertight seal. Therapeutic performance can be tracked by application to the eye after injury induction and then tracking intraocular pressure for multiple days. Further, the anterior segment injury model is applicable to widely used methods for functionally and biologically tracking anterior segment physiology, such as assessing transparency, ocular mechanics, corneal epithelium health, and tissue viability. Overall, the method described here is a necessary next step toward developing biomaterial therapeutics for temporarily sealing open globe injuries when ophthalmic care is not readily available.

Images captured via Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) are shown for OG injured eyes to illustrate how a successful injury induction looks. Figure 3 shows images for control and OG injured AS tissue immediately after injury and 72 h later. Two views are shown: cross-sectional images through the injury site and top-down maximum intensity projection (MIPs) to visualize the surface area of the image. Control eyes show no noticeable disruption in the cornea, while clear injuries can be located t...

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Anterior Segment Organ Culture Platform for Tracking Open Globe Injuries and Therapeutic Performance

Open globe eye injuries may go untreated for multiple days in rural or military-relevant scenarios, resulting in blindness. Therapeutics are needed to minimize loss of vision. Here, we detail an organ culture open globe injury model. With this model, potential therapeutics for stabilizing these injuries can be properly evaluated.

Open globe injuries have poor visual outcomes, often resulting in permanent loss of vision. This is partly due to an extended delay between injury and ...

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1.8K Views.  Fort Sam Houston. Open globe eye injuries may go untreated for multiple days in rural or military-relevant scenarios, resulting in blindness. Therapeutics are needed to minimize loss of vision. Here, we detail an organ culture open globe injury model. With this model, potential therapeutics for stabilizing these injuries can be properly evaluated.

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Live-Cell Imaging of Intact Ex Vivo Globes Using a Novel 3D Printed Holder

Corneal epithelial wound healing is a migratory process initiated by the activation of purinergic receptors expressed on epithelial cells. This activation results in calcium mobilization events that propagate from cell to cell, which are essential for initiating cellular motility into the wound bed, promoting efficient wound healing. The Trinkaus-Randall lab has developed a methodology for imaging the corneal wound healing response in ex vivo murine globes in real time. This approach involves enucleating an intact globe from a mouse that has been euthanized per established protocols and immediately incubating the globe with a calcium indicator dye. A counterstain that stains other features of the cell can be applied at this stage to assist with imaging and show cellular landmarks. The protocol worked well with several different live cell dyes used for counterstaining, including SiR actin to stain actin and deep red plasma membrane stain to stain the cell membrane. To examine the response to a wound, the corneal epithelium is injured using a 25 G needle, and the globes are placed in a 3D printed holder. The dimensions of the 3D printed holder are calibrated to ensure immobilization of the globe throughout the duration of the experiment and can be modified to accommodate eyes of different sizes. Live cell imaging of the wound response is performed continuously at various depths throughout the tissue over time using confocal microscopy. This protocol allows us to generate high-resolution, publication-quality images using a 20x air objective on a confocal microscope. Other objectives can also be used for this protocol. It represents a significant improvement in the quality of live cell imaging in ex vivo murine globes and permits the identification of nerves and epithelium.

Live-Cell Imaging of Intact Ex Vivo Globes Using a Novel 3D Printed Holder

The present work describes a novel experimental protocol that utilizes a 3D printed holder to enable high-resolution live cell imaging of enucleated globes. Through this protocol, the cellular calcium signaling activity in wounded corneal epithelium from ex vivo globes can be observed in real time.

Corneal epithelial wound healing is a migratory process initiated by the activation of purinergic receptors expressed on epithelial cells. This activation ...

Biochemistry

Ex Vivo Corneal Organ Culture Model for Wound Healing Studies

The cornea has been used extensively as a model system to study wound healing. The ability to generate and utilize primary mammalian cells in two dimensional (2D) and three dimensional (3D) culture has generated a wealth of information not only about corneal biology but also about wound healing, myofibroblast biology, and scarring in general. The goal of the protocol is an assay system for quantifying myofibroblast development, which characterizes scarring. We demonstrate a corneal organ culture ex vivo model using pig eyes. In this anterior keratectomy wound, corneas still in the globe are wounded with a circular blade called a trephine. A plug of approximately 1/3 of the anterior cornea is removed including the epithelium, the basement membrane, and the anterior part of the stroma. After wounding, corneas are cut from the globe, mounted on a collagen/agar base, and cultured for two weeks in supplemented-serum free medium with stabilized vitamin C to augment cell proliferation and extracellular matrix secretion by resident fibroblasts. Activation of myofibroblasts in the anterior stroma is evident in the healed cornea. This model can be used to assay wound closure, the development of myofibroblasts and fibrotic markers, and for toxicology studies. In addition, the effects of small molecule inhibitors as well as lipid-mediated siRNA transfection for gene knockdown can be tested in this system.

A protocol for an ex vivo corneal organ culture model useful for wound healing studies is described. This model system can be used to assess the effects of agents to promote regenerative healing or drug toxicity in an organized 3D multicellular environment.

The cornea has been used extensively as a model system to study wound healing. The ability to generate and utilize primary mammalian cells in two ...

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Development and Implementation of a Multi-Disciplinary Technology Enhanced Care Pathway for Youth and Adults with Concussion

The evidence-informed standardization of care along disease lines is recommended to improve outcomes and reduce healthcare costs. The aim of this project is to 1) describe the development and implementation of the Concussion Carepath, 2) demonstrate the process of integrating technology in the form of a mobile application to enable the carepath and guide clinical decision-making, and 3) present data on the utility of the C3 app in facilitating decision-making throughout the injury recovery process. A multi-disciplinary team of experts in concussion care was formed to develop an evidence-informed algorithm, outlining best practices for the clinical management of concussion along three phases of recovery &#8211; acute, subacute, and post-concussive. A custom mobile application, the Cleveland Clinic Concussion (C3) app was developed and validated to provide a platform for the systematic collection of objective, biomechanical outcomes and to provide guidance in clinical decision-making in the field and clinical environments. The Cleveland Clinic Concussion app included an electronic incident report, assessment modules to measure important aspects of cognitive and motor function, and a return to play module to systematically document the six phases of post-injury rehabilitation. The assessment modules served as qualifiers within the carepath algorithm, driving referral for specialty services as indicated. Overall, the carepath coupled with the C3 app functioned in unison to facilitate communication among the interdisciplinary team, prevent stagnant care, and drive patients to the right provider at the right time for efficient and effective clinical management.

A multidisciplinary carepath to standardize disparate concussion care was developed and implemented at the Cleveland Clinic. The Cleveland Clinic Concussion (C3) mobile application was used to enable the carepath through biomechanical outcomes characterizing cognitive and motor function. Patient outcomes improved while cost of care was reduced following implementation.

The evidence-informed standardization of care along disease lines is recommended to improve outcomes and reduce healthcare costs. The aim of this project ...

Translaminar Autonomous System Model for the Modulation of Intraocular and Intracranial Pressure in Human Donor Posterior Segments

There is a current unmet need for a new preclinical human model that can target disease etiology ex vivo using intracranial pressure (ICP) and intraocular pressure (IOP) which&#160;can identify various pathogenic paradigms related to the glaucoma pathogenesis. Ex vivo human anterior segment perfusion organ culture models have previously been successfully utilized and applied as effective technologies for the discovery of glaucoma pathogenesis and testing of therapeutics. Preclinical drug screening and research performed on ex vivo human organ systems can be more translatable to clinical research. This article describes in detail the generation and operation of a novel ex vivo human translaminar pressure model called the translaminar autonomous system (TAS). The TAS model can independently regulate ICP and IOP using human donor posterior segments. The model allows for studying pathogenesis in a preclinical manner. It can reduce the use of living animals in ophthalmic research. In contrast to in vitro experimental models, optic nerve head (ONH) tissue structure, complexity, and integrity can also be maintained within the ex vivo TAS model.

We describe and detail the use of the translaminar autonomous system. This system utilizes the human posterior segment to independently regulate the pressure inside the segment (intraocular) and surrounding the optic nerve (intracranial) to generate a translaminar pressure gradient that mimics features of glaucomatous optic neuropathy.

There is a current unmet need for a new preclinical human model that can target disease etiology ex vivo using intracranial pressure (ICP) and intraocular ...

Neuroscience

In Vivo Methods to Assess Retinal Ganglion Cell and Optic Nerve Function and Structure in Large Animals

The optic nerve collects axons signals from the retinal ganglion cells and transmits visual signal to the brain. Large animal models of optic nerve injury are essential for translating novel therapeutic strategies from rodent models to clinical application due to their closer similarities to humans in size and anatomy. Here we describe some in vivo methods to evaluate the function and structure of the retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) and optic nerve (ON) in large animals, including visual evoked potential (VEP), pattern electroretinogram (PERG) and optical coherence tomography (OCT). Both goat and non-human primate were employed in this study. By presenting these in vivo methods step by step, we hope to increase experimental reproducibility among different labs and facilitate the usage of large animal models of optic neuropathies.

In Vivo Methods to Assess Retinal Ganglion Cell and Optic Nerve Function and Structure in Large Animals

Here we demostrate several in vivo tests (flash visual evoked potential, pattern electroretinogram and optic coherence tomography) in goat and rhesus macaque to understand the structure and function of the optic nerve and its neurons.

The optic nerve collects axons signals from the retinal ganglion cells and transmits visual signal to the brain. Large animal models of optic nerve injury ...

A Human Corneal Organ Culture Model of Descemet's Stripping Only with Accelerated Healing Stimulated by Engineered Fibroblast Growth Factor 1

Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy (FECD) results from dysfunctional corneal endothelial cells (CECs) and is currently treated by transplantation of the whole cornea or Descemet's membrane. Recent developments in ocular surgery have established Descemet's Stripping Only (DSO), a surgical technique in which a central circle of guttae-dense Descemet's membrane is removed to allow for the migration of CECs onto the smooth stroma, restoring function and vision to the cornea. While this potential treatment option is of high interest in the field of ophthalmic research, no successful ex vivo models of DSO have been established and clinical data is limited. This work presents a novel wound-healing model simulating DSO in human donor corneas. Using this approach to evaluate the efficacy of the human engineered FGF1 (NM141), we found that treatment accelerated healing via stimulation of migration and proliferation of CECs. This finding was confirmed in 11 pairs of human corneas with signs of dystrophy reported by the eye banks in order to verify that these results can be replicated in patients with Fuchs' Dystrophy, as the target population of the DSO procedure.

Descemet's Stripping Only is an experimental procedure wherein patients with central corneal guttae resulting from Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy have Descemet's membrane stripped for peripheral cells to regenerate the endothelial layer. We present novel methodology simulating DSO in dystrophic human corneas ex vivo with accelerated healing stimulated by eFGF1 (NM141).

Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy (FECD) results from dysfunctional corneal endothelial cells (CECs) and is currently treated by transplantation of the ...

Augmented Reality Navigation-Guided Core Decompression for Osteonecrosis of Femoral Head

Osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) is a common joint disease in young and middle-aged patients, which seriously burdens their lives and work. For early-stage ONFH, core decompression surgery is a classical and effective hip preservation therapy. In traditional procedures of core decompression with Kirschner wire, there are still many problems such as X-ray exposure, repeated puncture verification, and damage to normal bone tissue. The blindness of the puncture process and the inability to provide real-time visualization are crucial reasons for these problems.
To optimize this procedure, our team developed an intraoperative navigation system on the basis of augmented reality (AR) technology. This surgical system can intuitively display the anatomy of the surgical areas and render preoperative images and virtual needles to intraoperative video in real-time. With the guide of the navigation system, surgeons can accurately insert Kirschner wires into the targeted lesion area and minimize the collateral damage. We conducted 10 cases of core decompression surgery with this system. The efficiency of positioning and fluoroscopy is greatly improved compared to the traditional procedures, and the accuracy of puncture is also guaranteed.

Augmented reality technology was applied to core decompression for osteonecrosis of the femoral head to realize real-time visualization of this surgical procedure. This method can effectively improve the safety and precision of core decompression.

Osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) is a common joint disease in young and middle-aged patients, which seriously burdens their lives and work. For ...

Custom Overpressure Air System for Inducing CNS Injuries in Murine Models

System for Focal, Closed-System Central Nervous System Injury

The prevalence of closed-system central nervous system (CNS) injuries underscores the need for an enhanced understanding of these traumas to improve protective and therapeutic interventions. Crucial to this research are animal models that replicate closed-system CNS injuries. In this context, a custom overpressure air system was engineered to reproduce a range of closed-system CNS injuries in murine models, including ocular, brain, and spinal cord trauma. To date, the system has been used to administer eye-, head-, or spine-directed overpressure air to model anteroposterior pole injury in the eye, indirect traumatic optic neuropathy (ITON), focal traumatic brain injury, and spinal cord injury. This paper provides a detailed protocol outlining the system&#39;s design and operation and shares representative results demonstrating its effectiveness. The robust framework presented here provides a strong foundation for ongoing research in CNS trauma. By leveraging the system&#8217;s flexible attributes, investigators can modify and carefully control the location, severity, and timing of injuries. This allows for comprehensive comparisons of molecular mechanisms and therapeutic efficacy across multiple closed-system CNS injuries.

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This protocol describes a custom overpressure air system designed to induce closed-system central nervous system (CNS) injuries in mice, including ocular, brain, and spinal cord traumas. The goal of this protocol is to provide a framework for researchers to easily adapt and expand the system for their unique CNS trauma studies.

The prevalence of closed-system central nervous system (CNS) injuries underscores the need for an enhanced understanding of these traumas to improve ...

Lateral Canthotomy and Inferior Cantholysis

Source: James W Bonz, MD, Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Lateral canthotomy is a potentially eyesight-saving procedure when performed emergently for an orbital compartment syndrome. An orbital compartment syndrome results from a buildup of pressure behind the eye; as pressure mounts, both the optic nerve and its vascular supply are compressed, rapidly leading to nerve damage and blindness if the pressure is not quickly relieved.
The medial and lateral canthal tendons hold the eyelids firmly in place forming an anatomical compartment with limited space for the globe. In an orbital compartment syndrome, pressure rapidly increases as the globe is forced against the eyelids. Lateral canthotomy is the procedure by which the lateral canthal tendon is severed, thereby releasing the globe from its fixed position. Often, severing of the lateral canthal tendon alone is not enough to release the globe and the inferior portion (inferior crus) of the lateral canthal tendon also needs to be severed (inferior cantholysis). This increases precious space behind the eye by allowing the globe to become more proptotic, resulting in decompression. Most frequently, orbital compartment syndrome is the result of acute facial trauma, with the subsequent development of a retrobulbar hematoma.
Examination of the patient will reveal a proptotic globe as it strains from the pressure against the tendons anchoring it in place. Patients experience decreased visual acuity and severe eye pain. Patients may develop a relative afferent pupillary defect (RAFD), otherwise known as a Marcus Gunn pupil, and will have increased intraocular pressure (IOP).

Extraocular Eye: Lateral Canthotomy and Inferior Cantholysis

Source: James W Bonz, MD, Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Anterior Eye Segment Dissection: A Method to Isolate Cornea Bearing Anterior Segment from Porcine Eye

Source: Boice, E. N., Snider, E. J. <a href="https://jove.unicartagenaproxy.elogim.com/v/62649">Anterior Segment Organ Culture Platform for Tracking Open Globe Injuries and Therapeutic Performance.</a> J. Vis. Exp. (2021).
In this video, we demonstrate the dissection of the cornea-bearing anterior segment of the porcine eye. The isolated segment can be used for organ culturing to study the pathophysiology of eye disorders.

Source: Boice, E. N., Snider, E. J. Anterior Segment Organ Culture Platform for Tracking Open Globe Injuries and Therapeutic Performance. J. Vis. Exp. ...

Anterior Segment Organ Culture Platform for Tracking Open Globe Injuries and Therapeutic Performance

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