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Lens.Pdf UPPSALA Gullstrand Lab UNIVERSITET Uppsala University Uppsala Title Sweden The Lens Structure, FunctionPLS_7_1_1ChristmasTreeCat_ICordarone and Pathology Per Söderberg UPPSALA Gullstrand lab, Ophthalmology UNIVERSITET Dept. of Neuroscience, Uppsala university, Sweden Handout available at: PShttp://www2.neuro.uu.se/ophthalmology/Downloads/LensHouston/lens.pdf UPPSALA Gullstrand lab UNIVERSITET Uppsala university Uppsala Title Sweden PS UPPSALA XXX_Op4LensImplantation Gullstrand lab UNIVERSITET Uppsala university Oldest Scandinavian university founded in 1477 on the order of the pope before Sweden was founded as a nation in 1523 Originally around 50, today 43 000 undergraduate students, and 2 400 PhD students Famous scolars Gustavianum built 1622-25 Olaus Rudbeck, medicine (17th cent.) Oldest remaining original university Description of lymf system building, Today a science museum Anders Celcius, astronomy (18th cent.) Centigrade scale for temperature Carl von Linné, botany (18th. cent.) Nomenclature system for plants Jöns Jacob Berzelius, chemistry (18th. cent.) Discovery of oxygen Anders Jonas Ångström, physics (19th cent.) Angstrom unit (Å) för distance (10-10 m) Theodor Svedberg, chemistry (20 th. cent.) Nobel Laureate, invention of ultracentrifugation Niklas Zennström, computer sc. (20 th. cent.) Streaming of music, founder Skype PS UPPSALA Gullstrand lab UNIVERSITET GullstrandAllvar Allvar Gullstrand Nobel laureate 1911 1st professor of ophthalmology Uppsala University, Sweden Professor Anders Bill Modern view of IOP control and ocular circulation Pharmacia - Commericialization Healon - Commercialization Xalatan PS UPPSALA Gullstrand lab UNIVERSITET PS UPPSALA Gullstrand lab UNIVERSITET Embryology of the lens Gunnhaga, 2011 4 w 12 w PS UPPSALA Gullstrand lab Ogino et al., 2000UNIVERSITET Aen_011_EmbryologyHyaloidVessels PS UPPSALA Gullstrand lab UNIVERSITET Macroscopic anatomy – lens dimension PS UPPSALA Gullstrand lab UNIVERSITET Macrosocopic anatomy – slitamp appearance PS UPPSALA Gullstrand lab UNIVERSITET Wieger’s ligament Berger’s spatium Cloquet’s canal PS UPPSALA UNIVERSITET LensInEye Gullstrand lab BergerSpatiumCalcification Intraocular lens Berger’s spatium PS UPPSALA Gullstrand lab UNIVERSITET Anatomical landmarks Lens capsule Facies anterior Facies posterior Lens axis Nucleus Anterior pole Posterior pole Subcapsular zone Equatorial zone PS UPPSALA Gullstrand lab UNIVERSITET Human lens growth 250 200 0.21 150 MassLens 97 Age 100 Mass(mg) 50 0 0 50 100 Age (Yrs) PS UPPSALA UNIVERSITET Ale_HumanLensGro Gullstrand lab wth Microscopic anatomy – Lens capsule Anterior Posterior PS UPPSALA Gullstrand lab UNIVERSITET Microscopic anatomy – Lens capsule Anterior chamber Lens capsule - Collagen - Glucoprotein Lens bulk PS UPPSALA Gullstrand lab UNIVERSITET Microscopic anatomySummary– lens epithelium Bassnett et al. PS 2010 UPPSALA Gullstrand lab UNIVERSITET Microscopic anatomy – Lens epithelium Central zone Ion transport Germinative zone Equatorial zone Replication Growth PS UPPSALA Gullstrand lab UNIVERSITET Ultrastructure – Lens epithelium Lens capsule Lens fibers PS UPPSALA Gullstrand lab UNIVERSITET Ultrastructure – Lens epithelial cell PS UPPSALA Gullstrand lab UNIVERSITET Microscopic anatomyALE_4_7– lens equator LensBowUltra PS UPPSALA Gullstrand lab UNIVERSITET Lens fiber cells PS UPPSALA UNIVERSITET Ale_LensAnatomy Gullstrand lab Lens nuclear zones Embryonal nucleus PS UPPSALA Gullstrand lab UNIVERSITET Lens fiber structure PS UPPSALA Gullstrand lab UNIVERSITET Ultrastructure – lens fibers PS UPPSALA Gullstrand lab UNIVERSITET Chemical composition Water Protein 30-40 % 50-60 % Lipid membranes Water soluble – refractive index Electrophoretic separation Nucleic acids a – crystallin Electrolytes b – crystallin g – crystallin Water insoluble - Structure PS UPPSALA Gullstrand lab UNIVERSITET Physiological aspects Refraction: n= k [Protein] Osmotic problems PS UPPSALA Gullstrand lab UNIVERSITET Refractive index gradient human Anterior - posterior Side-Side PS Pierscionek et al. 2015 UPPSALA Gullstrand lab UNIVERSITET Physiological aspects – Transport Lactic acid Predominantly Glutathion-synthesis anaerbic metabolism Ascorbic acid Highly oxygen senstivive PS UPPSALA Gullstrand lab UNIVERSITET Lens oxygen Normal After vitrectomy Aerobic metabolism O2 High Low Beebe et al., 2011 PS UPPSALA UNIVERSITET LensOxygen Gullstrand lab Makroscopic anatomy - Zonules AleLensZonules PS UPPSALA Gullstrand lab UNIVERSITET Makroscopic anatomy - Zonules PS UPPSALA UNIVERSITET LensPotential Gullstrand lab Macroscopic anatomy – Lens suspension PS UPPSALA Gullstrand lab UNIVERSITET ALE_5_7 LensZonules diameter body Ciliary PS UPPSALA GullstrandTime lab UNIVERSITET PS UPPSALA Gullstrand lab UNIVERSITET PS UPPSALA Gullstrand lab UNIVERSITET Transmittance, eye ultraviolet radiation (UVR) 1 0.5 Transmittance Transmittance 0 280 300 320 340 360 380 400 Wavelength (nm) PS UPPSALA Boettner et al, 1962 Gullstrand lab UNIVERSITET Rel. sensitivity as a function of age 1 0.8 0.6 0.4 Pigmented C57Bl6 mice, Zhang et al, manus 0.2 Biol. 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PS UPPSALA Gullstrand lab UNIVERSITET Cataract - Clinical definition Light scattering in the lens causing visual disturbance PS UPPSALA Gullstrand lab UNIVERSITET PLS_6_1_12 Cuneiform_I CataractCataract Types Cortical S:T E RIK S ÖGON SJUK HUS PS Nuclear Posterior subcapsular PS UPPSALA Gullstrand lab UNIVERSITET Soluble and insoluble proteins and cataract development 1.0 Soluble 0.5 ALE_ProteinsCataractDevelopment Cataract Fraction (rel.) 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