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From the Departments of 1 Ophthalmology and 2 Pathology, Hôpital Saint Antoine, Paris, France; the 3 Electron Microscopy Laboratory, Paris VI University, Paris, France; and the 4 Laboratory of Neuropathology, School of Medicine Paris–Ouest, Garches, France.
PURPOSE. To investigate whether apoptosis plays a notable role in degeneration of corneal endothelial cells in patients with Fuchs’ dystrophy.
METHODS. Forty-seven corneal buttons from 41 patients with Fuchs’ dystrophy were studied. Nucleus labeling, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and TdT-dUTP terminal nick-end labeling (TUNEL) were used to detect apoptosis. TEM and TUNEL were performed on sections of all 47 corneal buttons, and nucleus labeling was performed on the last 10 corneas. Seven human donor corneas, two corneal buttons from two patients with keratoconus, and one corneal button from a patient with interstitial keratitis were used as negative controls for detection of apoptotic endothelial cells. Negative controls were studied by means of nucleus labeling, TUNEL, and TEM.
RESULTS. In the nucleus labeling assay, the average percentage of apoptotic endothelial cells was 2.65% in the Fuchs’ dystrophy group (n = 10) and 0.23% in the control group (n = 10; P = 0.0003). In the TUNEL assay, labeling of some endothelial cells was observed on 42 of 47 corneas in the Fuchs’ dystrophy group, whereas it was absent on most specimens of the control group. In TEM, most endothelial cell nuclei had a normal appearance, and apoptotic endothelial cells featuring condensed nucleus and decreased cell size could be observed exceptionally. Some apoptotic cells were found in the basal epithelial cell layer by means of nucleus labeling, TUNEL, and TEM in the Fuchs’ dystrophy group but not in the control group.
CONCLUSIONS. This study suggests that apoptosis plays an important role in endothelial cell degeneration in Fuchs’ dystrophy. Because of a lack of conclusive evidence of increased endothelial apoptosis by TEM, further studies are needed to ascertain this finding.
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