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Cystic opacity of the lens in stroke prone spontaneously hypertensive rats
Morimura,T., Shibuys,K.1), Ohsawa,T. and Naito,Y.
Hatano Research Institute,Food and Drug Safety Center,
1)Nippon Institute for Biological Science
Animal Eye Research, 21:43-45,2002.
Abstract:Cystic opacity of the lens was found in 11 out of 88 stroke prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP) at 11 weeks of age.Ophthalmoscopically,a semitransparent,oval or irregular-shaped cyst with or without opaque foci was observed in the posterior or posterior-equatorial portion of the lens.The eyeballs with the cystic lens opacity in all cases were affected with persistent hyaloid artery.In addition,vitreous hemorrhage was detected in 4 affected eyeballs.Histopathological observations confirmed that the cystic lens lesions developed in the posterior or posterior-equatorial subcapsular portion of the lens.The cysts contained eosinophilic serous fluid and the lens fibers in the surface region of the cysts were degenerative.The residual segments of the hyaloid arteries were degenerative or necrotic and were adherent to the cystic lens lesions.Cellular infiltration and hemorrhage were observed in the affected vitreous.These results disclosed that the cystic lesion of the lens was closely associated with degenerative changes of the hyaloid arteries in SHRSP at 11 weeks of age,when hypertension developed.Key words:Stroke prone spontaneously hypertensive rat/Lens opacification/Persistent hyaloid artery |
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Dermatotoxicity in the hypotrichotic (htr) rabbit derived from the
Japanese White (JW-NIBS) strain rabbit
Ihara,M., Shibuya,K., Nunoya,T., Mizutani,M., Yazawa,H. and Hirai,T.
Nippon Institute for Biological Science
Journal of Toxicologic Pathology, 15:153-159,2002.
Abstract:Utility of Japanese White rabbit mutants with hypotrichosis (htr strain) was investigated in dermal toxicity studies.In the primary irritation study,the primary irritation indices (P.1.1.) by application of hexachlorophene and 3,3',4',5-tetrachlorosalicylanilide (TCSA) were higher in the htr rabbits than in the control,haired rabbits.The P.1.1.by application of Tween 80 and sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) were similar between the htr rabbits and the control rabbits.In the 16-day cumulative irritation study,irritation scores induced by SLS and sodium hydroxide were lower in the htr rabbits than in the control rabbits throughout the observation periods.However,approximately 30% of the dorsal skin of the control rabbits underwent the anagen phase of the hair cycle during the cumulative periods,resulting in difficulty to apply the chemicals and to estimate the skin reactions.In the phototoxicity study,irritation scores of the htr rabbits treated with 8-methoxypsoralen and TCSA were similar to those of the control rabbits.These results revealed advantages of the htr rabbits in the administration of test chemicals and the evaluation of skin reactions,suggesting the usefulness of htr rabbits for dermal toxicity studies. |