Age-related changes in eye lens biomechanics, morphology, refractive index and transparency.

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Abstract
Life-long eye lens function requires an appropriate gradient refractive index, biomechanical integrity and transparency. We conducted an extensive study of wild-type mouse lenses 1-30 months of age to define common age-related changes. Biomechanical testing and morphometrics revealed an increase in lens volume and stiffness with age. Lens capsule thickness and peripheral fiber cell widths increased between 2 to 4 months of age but not further, and thus, cannot account for significant age-dependent increases in lens stiffness after 4 months. In lenses from mice older than 12 months, we routinely observed cataracts due to changes in cell structure, with anterior cataracts due to incomplete suture closure and a cortical ring cataract corresponding to a zone of compaction in cortical lens fiber cells. Refractive index measurements showed a rapid growth in peak refractive index between 1 to 6 months of age, and the area of highest refractive index is correlated with increases in lens nucleus size with age. These data provide a comprehensive overview of age-related changes in murine lenses, including lens size, stiffness, nuclear fraction, refractive index, transparency, capsule thickness and cell structure. Our results suggest similarities between murine and primate lenses and provide a baseline for future lens aging studies.
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Authors Catherine Cheng, Justin Parreno, Roberta B Nowak, Sondip K Biswas, Kehao Wang, Masato Hoshino, Kentaro Uesugi, Naoto Yagi, Juliet A Moncaster, Woo-Kuen Lo, Barbara Pierscionek, Velia M Fowler
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Journal Aging
Year 2019
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10.18632/aging.102584
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strain stiffness cataract epithelial cell fiber cell

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