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Effects of Dopamine on Ciliary Blood Flow, Aqueous Production, and Intraocular Pressure in Rabbits

¹ From the Department of Physiology, University of Vienna Medical School, Vienna, Austria; and the ² Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas.

	Abstract

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PURPOSE. Dopamine is a known modulator of cardiovascular function and intraocular pressure (IOP). In this study, the authors investigate the dose-dependent effects of dopamine on IOP, ciliary hemodynamics, and aqueous production in anesthetized rabbits to test the hypothesis that aqueous production becomes blood-flow–dependent if ciliary perfusion declines below some unknown critical level.

METHODS. Two protocols were performed. In the first protocol, mean arterial pressure (MAP) and IOP were measured by direct cannulation, and ciliary blood flow was measured transsclerally by laser Doppler flowmetry, while MAP was varied mechanically over a wide range before and during intravenous dopamine infusion (40 µg/min, n = 8; 80 µg/min, n = 10; 600 µg/min, n = 7; 1800 µg/min, n = 5). In the second protocol, MAP and IOP were measured by direct cannulation, and aqueous flow was measured by fluorophotometry, before and during intravenous dopamine infusion (40 µg/min, n = 8; 600 µg/min, n = 11).

RESULTS. The low infusion rate shifted the ciliary pressure flow curves upward and increased aqueous production (40 µg/min), whereas the higher infusion rates shifted the pressure flow curves downward (600 and 1800 µg/min) and decreased aqueous production (600 µg/min). All infusion rates decreased IOP.

CONCLUSIONS. Dopamine causes dose-dependent, parallel changes in ciliary blood flow and aqueous production, with ciliary vasodilation and secretory stimulation at the lowest infusion rate and vasoconstriction and secretory inhibition at higher infusion rates. Dopamine also significantly lowers IOP.

	Introduction

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Dopamine is an endogenous catecholamine with a variety of direct actions in addition to being the biochemical precursor to norepinephrine and epinephrine. The direct and indirect cardiovascular effects of dopamine have been studied extensively and are well characterized. One unique aspect of dopamine’s cardiovascular effects is that low doses cause vasodilation and decrease systemic blood pressure, whereas high doses cause vasoconstriction and increase systemic blood pressure.^{1 2} It is unknown whether dopamine at different doses has similar effects on ciliary vascular resistance.

In contrast to its cardiovascular actions, dopamine’s involvement in IOP regulation and aqueous humor production are ambiguous. The IOP lowering effect of dopamine after topical or intravenous application was first shown in conscious rabbits in 1976.³ Subsequent work indicated that the IOP response to dopamine is biphasic, with an early increase followed by a sustained decrease of IOP.⁴ The limited in vitro evidence suggests dopamine stimulates aqueous production, but the in vivo evidence is inconclusive, and the effect of different dopamine levels on aqueous production is unknown.⁵

Given the known involvement of catecholamines in IOP homeostasis and the relative lack of information about dopamine in the anterior segment, the present study sought to determine the effects of infusions with several doses of dopamine on ciliary blood flow, aqueous production, and IOP.

	Methods

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All animal procedures were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and conducted in accordance with the ARVO Statement for the Use of Animals in Ophthalmic and Vision Research. At the end of the experiment, all animals were killed with an overdose of anesthetic without ever regaining consciousness.

Animal Preparation
New Zealand albino rabbits (2–3 kg) of both sexes were housed for 1 to 3 days in the vivarium with food and water ad libitum before the experiments. The animals were anesthetized with pentobarbital sodium (30 mg/kg, intravenous, supplemented as needed) and paralyzed with gallamine triethiodide (1 mg/kg) to eliminate eye movement. Blood pressure was monitored to ensure the adequacy of anesthesia. The animals were intubated through a tracheotomy and supplied with room air. Expired PCO₂ was monitored (Datex Normocap 200, Tewksbury, MA) and maintained at 40 to 45 mm Hg. A heating pad was used to maintain normal body temperature (38–39°C). All intravenous injections and infusions were given through cannulas placed in the marginal ear veins.

To estimate the ocular arterial pressure, a catheter was inserted into the right ear artery and connected to a pressure transducer positioned at the same height above the heart as the eye. After the initial surgical preparation, the animals were mounted in a stereotaxic head holder, and the right eye cannulated with a 23-gauge needle inserted into the vitreous cavity through the pars plana to measure the IOP with a pressure transducer. To avoid the rabbit ocular trauma response and release of prostaglandins,⁶ the right eye was anesthetized topically with lidocaine before cannulation, and care was taken not to disturb the cornea and anterior chamber.

Ciliary Blood Flow Protocol
The goal of this protocol was to compare the ciliary pressure–blood flow relationship before and during intravenous infusion of dopamine at 40 (D40, n = 8), 80 (D80, n = 10), 600 (D600, n = 7), and 1800 (D1800, n = 5) µg/min. To achieve a wide range of perfusion pressures, MAP was controlled mechanically with hydraulic occluders placed around the thoracic descending aorta and the inferior vena cava through a right thoracotomy. The aortic occluder was used to redirect the cardiac output to the upper body, thus increasing the MAP at the eye. The caval occluder was used to impede venous return, thus lowering cardiac output and reducing MAP throughout the circulation. The IOP was not controlled, because the MAP was varied over a wide range, and sufficient time was allotted between tests at different levels of MAP (pressure runs) for the measured variables to return to baseline. The pressure runs were also of short duration (1.5–2.5 minutes) to minimize ischemic injury and compensatory responses.

Laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) was used to measure ciliary blood flow. LDF provides three indices of perfusion derived from the frequency spectra collected from tissue illuminated with laser light: the number of moving blood cells, their mean velocity, and the flux, which is the product of the velocity and number of moving blood cells. The flux has been shown to correlate linearly with independent measures of blood flow in a variety of tissues. A detailed description of LDF and its validation are published elsewhere.⁷

The laser Doppler flowmeter used in this study (model PF4000; Perimed, Stockholm, Sweden), used an infrared laser diode (780 nm, 1 mW) coupled to a fiber optic probe (0.25 mm fiber separation; PF403; Perimed, Stockholm, Sweden). The flowmeter was calibrated so that the flux registered 250 perfusion units (PU) when the probe was placed in a suspension of latex particles at 22°C, and zero PU when placed against a plastic disc.

To measure ciliary perfusion, the probe was attached to a modified cartridge holder of a phonograph tonearm. The tonearm counterweight was set so that the probe tip was held against the sclera with a force of approximately 0.5 g. The tip was placed at a site overlying the ciliary body, from which the conjunctiva had been removed. The tonearm allowed the probe tip to move with the eye during the large changes in MAP, thereby insuring that the measurements were not influenced by changes in the force of the probe against the tissue and that the measurements were made at the same site throughout the experiments. The measurement site was 1 mm posterior to the limbus and was identified as the peak flow between the vessels at the limbus and the pars plana. Figure 1 shows images of a corrosion cast of the vascular structures in the region of the measurement site. We showed previously that the LDF measurement depth is sufficient to measure through the sclera to the underlying ciliary body.⁸

View larger version (148K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 1. Vascular cast of the anterior rabbit eye in the region of the transscleral ciliary blood flow measurement.

Data Analysis
Aside from the fluorophotometer measurements, all variables were recorded with a data acquisition system (MacLab; World Precision Instruments, Sarasota, FL). To obtain the individual pressure–flow (P–F) curves, the digitized values for the measured variables were averaged in 5-mm Hg bins of perfusion pressure (P = MAP – IOP). Ciliary vascular resistance was calculated by dividing the P by the flux value. A paired t-test was used to assess baseline drug effects within groups (StatView; Abacus Concepts, Berkeley, CA). Differences in P–F curves were identified by repeated measures analysis of variance with two within factors (treatment and P) followed by paired contrasts of specific Ps using the Huynh-Feldt adjustment (SuperANOVA; Abacus Concepts). P < 0.05 was considered significant. All results are expressed as the mean ± SE.

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Ciliary Blood Flow Protocol
Figure 2 illustrates the pressure manipulation protocol used to obtain the P–F relationships. The figure shows traces of MAP, IOP, ciliary blood flow (Flux), and resistance (R) during aortic and caval occlusions recorded before and during saline infusion in a control experiment. As reported previously, saline infusion has no effect, and the responses to the pressure manipulation are highly reproducible in this preparation.⁸ The same protocol was performed for the four different infusion rates of dopamine.

View larger version (16K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 2. Protocol used to obtain the ciliary pressure-flow relationship before and during drug infusion. Experimental tracings are shown of MAP, IOP, ciliary blood flow (Flux), and ciliary vascular resistance (R) responding to aortic and caval occlusions before and during intravenous saline infusion in a control experiment.

View larger version (31K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 3. Changes in baseline values for MAP, IOP, ciliary blood flow (Flux), and ciliary vascular resistance (R) in response to intravenous infusion of dopamine at (A) 40 (D40, n = 8), (B) 80 (D80, n = 10), (C) 600 (D600, n = 7), and (D) 1800 (D1800, n = 5) µg/min.

View larger version (27K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 4. Effect of intravenous dopamine infusion at (A) 40 (D40, n = 8), (B) 80 (D80, n = 10), (C) 600 (D600, n = 7), and (D) 1800 (D1800, n = 5) µg/min on ciliary pressure-flow relationships.

View larger version (21K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 5. Verification of sustained ciliary blood flow responses to dopamine infusion at 40 (A) and 600 (B) µg/min. Figure shows experimental tracings of MAP, IOP, ciliary blood flow (Flux), and ciliary vascular resistance (R) during 1 hour dopamine infusions as performed in the aqueous flow protocol.

	Discussion

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Catecholamines are a group of related compounds that include dopamine, norepinephrine, and epinephrine. Although there is a rich literature on catecholamine involvement in the regulation of ocular blood flow and aqueous dynamics, most of the literature focuses on norepinephrine and epinephrine. By contrast, there is relatively little information available about dopamine’s role in the eye, aside from its well-recognized function as a neuromodulator in the sensory retina. However, there is evidence of dopaminergic innervation and dopamine receptors in nonretinal ocular tissues, and evidence for dopamine’s effects on IOP and ocular blood flow.⁵ The present study adds to the ocular dopamine literature by demonstrating dose-dependent effects of dopamine on ciliary blood flow, intraocular pressure (IOP), and aqueous production.

Dopamine and Ciliary Blood Flow
Findings in the prior studies of dopaminergic effects on ocular blood flow are difficult to interpret, because the perfusion pressure was not measured, and most of the studies held the IOP at a nonphysiologic pressure of 40 mm Hg. Nonetheless, single-dose, topical application of several dopamine antagonists in ocular hypertensive rabbits increased ocular blood flow as estimated by microsphere entrapment¹¹ and pulsatile blood flow calculated from IOP pulse amplitude.¹² In the same studies, topical bromocriptine and dopamine tended to increase ocular blood flow at the single dose used, but the effect was not statistically significant. By contrast, in rats, subcutaneous injection of SDZ GLC-756 (a D1 antagonist and D2 agonist) increased anterior optic nerve head blood flow when measured by magnetic resonance imaging, but it is unclear whether this was an ocular effect, because neither blood pressure nor IOP was measured.¹³

In the present study, MAP and IOP were measured over a wide range of perfusion pressures, and four infusion rates of dopamine were tested by intravenous infusion for their effects on ciliary blood flow. The baseline (control) levels shown in Figure 3 are similar to those reported previously for this preparation,⁸ and the MAP and IOP levels are similar to those found in conscious rabbits.^{14 15} Under these conditions, the lowest infusion rate of dopamine (D40) increased ciliary blood flow slightly but significantly (Figs. 2 4A) . The two highest rates (D600, D1800) caused substantial decreases in baseline ciliary blood flow (Fig. 2) and downward shifts of the pressure flow relationship (Figs. 4C 4D) . The middle rate (D80) appeared to be a turning point at which the mechanisms that increased and decreased ciliary vascular resistance counterbalanced each other.

The observed dose-dependent shift from vasodilation to vasoconstriction has not been reported previously for the ciliary circulation, but it has been reported for nonocular vascular beds.^{1 2} The dose-dependent decline and then increase in MAP (Fig. 3) is also consistent with a systemic vasodilation at the low dopamine infusion rate that shifts to vasoconstriction at the higher infusion rate. Although the receptor pharmacology underlying this dose-dependent effect is beyond the scope of this study, the low infusion response is probably due to D1-receptor–mediated vasodilation combined with D2 inhibition of norepinephrine release, whereas the high infusion response is probably due to dopamine’s directly or indirectly activating 1 receptors with the attendant vasoconstriction overwhelming any D1, D2, or 2 vasodilatory bias.^{1 16}

Dopamine and IOP
Because of the relevance to glaucoma therapy, there has been considerable interest in the IOP responses to dopaminergic agonists and antagonists.⁵ Initially, Shannon et al.³ reported that dopamine caused dose-dependent decreases in IOP in conscious rabbits after topical, intravitreous, and intravenous administration. Although they measured IOP at hourly intervals after a 20-minute dopamine infusion, their IOP responses after intravenous dopamine were similar to the present results obtained during dopamine infusion (Fig. 3 , Table 1 ). Green and Elijah¹⁷ also reported an ocular hypotensive response to intravenous dopamine infusion in anesthetized rabbits.

In contrast to the hypotensive response to topical dopamine reported by Shannon et al.,³ Potter and Rowland¹⁸ observed an increase in IOP in response to 2% topical dopamine in conscious rabbits. Hariton¹⁹ evaluated a range of topical doses in conscious rabbits and also found hypertensive responses at higher dopamine concentrations (0.05%–1%), but hypotensive responses at lower concentrations (0.005%–0.01%). Although the hypertensive response was dramatic in both studies, Potter et al.⁴ found that it largely disappears with surgical transection of the extraocular muscles, which unmasks a significant hypotensive response to 1% topical dopamine. In the present study, the animals were anesthetized and paralyzed. Therefore, no hypertensive response would be expected, and only hypotensive responses were observed.

Dopamine and Aqueous Production
There are few studies of dopamine’s effects on aqueous production; however, the existing evidence suggests a stimulatory response. For example, in isolated rabbit ciliary epithelium, dopamine increased passive permeability and active secretion.²⁰ Similarly, H3-inulin dilution measurements of aqueous flow suggest that intracameral dopamine increases aqueous production in anesthetized rabbits.¹⁷ Although the finding was tenuous, Chiou and Chiou²¹ also concluded that topical dopamine stimulates aqueous production based on its ability to accelerate the recovery of IOP from intravenous hypertonic saline in conscious rabbits.

In contrast to these early studies with dopamine, subsequent work with agonists selective for dopaminergic receptor subtypes suggest that dopamine should have a more variable effect on aqueous production. In his review of the evidence, Potter⁵ proposed that aqueous production is stimulated by activation of D1 and inhibited by activation of D2. Subsequently, selective activation of D2 and D3 receptors (a subclass of the D2 receptor) was shown to also decrease aqueous production, most likely by postganglionic, prejunctional inhibition of norepinephrine release.^{22 23}

In the present study, aqueous flow responded in a biphasic manner, increasing at the low infusion rate and decreasing at the high infusion rate (Table 1) . Given appropriate receptor affinities and aqueous production driven by tonic sympathetic tone, this biphasic response is consistent with Potter’s model.⁵ However, dopamine at high concentration binds to - and ß-adrenergic receptors in addition to dopamine receptors. 2- and D2-activation would be expected to inhibit norepinephrine release and thereby reduce aqueous production. This, in turn, would be offset by direct stimulation due to activation of D1, 1, and ß2 receptors. Thus, the direct and indirect mechanisms responsible for the decrease in aqueous flow at the high infusion rate are unclear.

Dopamine and Aqueous Outflow
As noted by Green and Elijah,¹⁷ their observation of a decrease in IOP despite the increase in aqueous flow indicates a dopaminergic effect on aqueous outflow. The same conclusion is appropriate for the present results with the low dopamine infusion rate. The modified Goldmann equation gives a reasonable description of the steady state condition at normal pressures in the eye:

where P_v is the episcleral venous pressure (i.e., the pressure that must be overcome for aqueous outflow through the trabecular pathway), F_p is the aqueous inflow through the pupil measured by fluorophotometry, F_u is the aqueous outflow through the uveoscleral pathway, and C is the outflow facility (i.e., the conductance of the trabecular outflow pathway). The equation predicts that IOP will increase if F_p increases while P_v, F_u and C remain constant. However, if IOP decreases when F_p increases, as occurred during the low rate dopamine infusion, the equation indicates that P_v, F_u, or C did not remain constant. Instead, for F_p to increase and IOP to decrease, the equation suggests that P_v decreased or C increased; either or both would enhance aqueous outflow through the trabecular pathway. Alternatively, the F_p increase and IOP decrease could be explained by an increase in F_u. We did not measure P_v, F_u, or C, and so we cannot identify which of these outflow determinants caused the increased aqueous outflow that allowed IOP to decrease despite the increase in F_p.

Dopamine, Ciliary Blood Flow, and Aqueous Production
Although dopamine is worthy of study for its own sake, an underlying motivation for this study was to test the hypothesis that aqueous production becomes blood flow dependent if ciliary perfusion declines below some unknown critical level. We reported recently that systemic inhibition of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) causes parallel decreases in ciliary blood flow and aqueous flow.⁸ Because nitric oxide appears to play a facilitative or stimulatory role in aqueous production,^{24 25} it is unclear whether the decrease in aqueous flow with NOS inhibition is the results of an unexpected inhibitory effect on the ciliary epithelium, an indirect effect of insufficient perfusion to support ciliary metabolism, or a combination of the two. In contrast to NOS inhibition, the literature suggests that dopamine has the potential to stimulate aqueous production at all infusion rates, but causes ciliary vasodilation at low infusion rates and vasoconstriction at high infusion rates. Thus, dopamine seems an interesting tool to explore the relation between ciliary blood flow and aqueous production.

As anticipated, dopamine caused parallel changes in ciliary blood flow and aqueous flow. Whether these results support the hypothesis that aqueous production becomes blood flow dependent if the ciliary body is underperfused depends on whether the high dopamine infusion inhibits aqueous production. As noted earlier, it seems likely that the dopamine activation of - and ß-adrenergic receptors invoked to explain dopamine’s cardiovascular effects also occurs in the ciliary epithelium and elicits a stimulatory bias. If this is the case, the present results provide additional evidence that aqueous production is sensitive to decreases in ciliary perfusion.

	Conclusion

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Dopamine modulates ciliary blood flow and aqueous production in a dose-dependent manner, with parallel increases in both variables at low rates of infusion and parallel decreases at high rates of infusion. Dopamine also lowers IOP. Further study is needed to identify the receptors responsible for these effects and to determine the dopaminergic effects on outflow facility, episcleral venous pressure, and uveoscleral outflow.

	Acknowledgements

 
The authors thank Alma Maldonado for technical assistance.

	Footnotes

 
Supported by Grant EY09702 from the National Eye Institute, Grant J1866-MED from the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), San Antonio Lions, Lions International, and an unrestricted grant from Research to Prevent Blindness.

Submitted for publication January 17, 2002; revised March 14, 2002; accepted March 22, 2002.

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Corresponding author: Herbert A. Reitsamer, University of Vienna Medical School, Department of Physiology, Schwarzspanierstrasse 17, A-1090 Vienna, Austria; herbert.reitsamer{at}univie.ac.at.

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