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Swelling and Loss of Photoreceptors in Chronic Human and Experimental Glaucomas
T. Michael Nork, MD, MS;
James N. Ver Hoeve, PhD;
Gretchen L. Poulsen;
Robert W. Nickells, PhD;
Matthew D. Davis, MD;
Arthur J. Weber, PhD;
Vaegan, PhD;
Shirley H. Sarks, MD;
Heath L. Lemley, MD;
Lyndell L. Millecchia, PhD
Arch Ophthalmol. 2000;118:235-245.
Objective To determine whether outer retinal changes occur in chronic, presumed primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG).
Methods The outer retinas from 128 human eyes with a diagnosis of chronic glaucoma (presumably POAG in most cases) and 90 control eyes were examined histologically by 3 masked observers for photoreceptor swelling and loss. Retinas from 9 rhesus monkeys with glaucoma induced experimentally by laser trabecular destruction were compared with 7 fellow (control) eyes. The mean pressure elevations in the eyes with laser trabecular destruction ranged from 26.6 to 53.6 mm Hg with durations varying from 7 to 33 weeks.
Results Swelling of the red- and green-sensitive cones was observed in a statistically significantly greater proportion of human eyes with presumed POAG compared with the control eyes. Patchy loss of red/green cones and rods was also found in some of the glaucomatous retinas. In a subset of the human eyes with end-stage disease, cone swelling was a variable finding. Although no photoreceptor loss was found in the 9 monkey eyes with experimental glaucoma, 8 had swelling of their red/green cones that was remarkably similar to that seen in the human eyes. Swelling was not present in any of the control monkey eyes.
Conclusions The photoreceptors are affected by chronically elevated intraocular pressure.
Clinical Relevance These findings may explain some of the abnormalities of color vision and the electrophysiological effects that have been observed in patients with POAG.
From the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison (Drs Nork, Ver Hoeve, Nickells, and Davis and Ms Poulsen); Department of Anatomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing (Dr Weber); Eye and Vision Research Institute, Sydney, Australia (Dr Vaegan); Department of Ophthalmology, University of New South Wales, and Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Sydney, Australia (Dr Sarks); and Department of Ophthalmology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown (Drs Lemley and Millecchia).
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