Periocular FK-506 Delays Allograft Rejection in Rat Penetrating Keratoplasty
作者:
James Dickey,
E Michael Cassidy,
Charles Bouchard,
期刊:
Cornea
(OVID Available online 1993)
卷期:
Volume 12,
issue 3
页码: 204-207
ISSN:0277-3740
年代: 1993
出版商: OVID
关键词: Cornea;FK-506;Rat keratoplasty;Periocular injection;Allograft rejection
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
FK-506 is a new immunosuppressant with the ability to inhibit activation of T-lymphocytes that would be cytolytic to an allograft. We studied periocular injection of FK-506 in a rat penetrating keratoplasty model. Corneas were transplanted from Brown Norway rats into Lewis rat recipients. The transplanted rats received periocular injection of either 0.5 mg/kg FK-506 or an equivalent volume of FK-506 vehicle only. Injections were given 1 day before, at keratoplasty, and every other day after keratoplasty until allograft rejection. The group receiving FK- 506 had a significant delay in allograft rejection (p < 0.05). The FK-506 group rejected 12-20 days postkeratoplasty with a mean rejection time (MRT) of 14.3 days, compared with 8-14 days (MRT 11.1 days) for the control group. We conclude that periocular administration of FK- 506 is effective in prolonging allograft survival in the rat penetrating keratoplasty model.
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