Different alteration patterns of sub-macular choroidal thicknesses in aquaporin-4 immunoglobulin G antibodies sero-positive neuromyelitis optica spectrum diseases and isolated optic neuritis

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PURPOSE: The ocular choroid is a sensitive biomarker of vascular perfusion in optic neuritis (ON) patients due to its vascular structures. The purpose of this study was to evaluate alterations in sub-macular choroidal thicknesses (sub-MCT) in aquaporin-4 immunoglobulin G antibodies (AQP4-IgG) sero-positive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disease (AQP4-IgG+/NMOSD) and isolated ON (ION) patients using optical coherence tomography (OCT).

METHODS: A total of 208 ON patients (275 eyes) and healthy controls (HCs) who underwent sub-MCT and retinal microstructure detection with OCT were enrolled in this study.

RESULTS: Among all the ON patients, 102 (49.0%) cases were identified as serum AQP4-IgG-positive, with 106 (51.0%) cases being negative, excluding multiple sclerosis as the ION cohort. The sub-MCT in the AQP4-IgG+/NMOSD patients decreased in 0-6 months after ON attacks. However, for the ION cohort, the sub-MCT decreased in 0-2 months and then stayed normal or slightly increased in 2-4 months after the first ON attack, finally sharply decreasing after 6 months. For unilateral AQP4-IgG+/NMOSD patients, eyes without ON also presented retinal layer thinning and sub-MCT slight reduction independent of ON attacks.

CONCLUSIONS: The sub-MCT in AQP4-IgG+/NMOSD patients were reduced at all stages of ON, which distinguished the ION patients as decreasing only at chronic stage of ON. It implied that ocular vascular hypoperfusion plays a potential role in ON pathogenesis and the different patterns could be caused by the distinct pathogenesis of AQP4-IgG+/NMOSD and ION.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:98

Enthalten in:

Acta ophthalmologica - 98(2020), 8 vom: 05. Dez., Seite 808-815

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Peng, Chunxia [VerfasserIn]
Li, Li [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Mo [VerfasserIn]
Teng, Da [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Junqing [VerfasserIn]
Lai, Mengying [VerfasserIn]
Qian, Haiyan [VerfasserIn]
Li, Hongyang [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Huanfen [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Quangang [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Shihui [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

AQP4-IgG sero-positive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disease
Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic
Aquaporin 4
Biomarkers
Immunoglobulin G
Journal Article
Optic neuritis
Sub-macular choroidal thickness
Vascular perfusion

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Date Completed 10.08.2021

Date Revised 10.08.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/aos.14325

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM312337175