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Query: UMLS:C0086543 (cataract)
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The topographic distribution of enzyme activities in normal rat lenses and their changes occurring during naphthalene cataract development were investigated. Cataract formation was documented by slit images according to the Scheimpflug principle. Before the onset of visible changes and after the development of early visible opacities, the animals were sacrificed, their lenses removed and biochemically analyzed. The lenses were divided reproducibly into 6 parts--the equatorial ring and 5 layers of central cylinders from the anterior to the posterior cortex. The enzyme activity spectra (AR, SDH, GR, GPX, PFK, ALD, GAP-DH, and LDH) showed region-related patterns, which could not be detected with analysis of the total lens. Image analysis of the first signs of opacity showed that changes in the activities of several enzymes correlate with density changes in the corresponding lens layers.
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PMID:Enzymatic distribution patterns of rat lenses and the changes that occur during naphthalene cataract development. 160

Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is one of the major risk factors of cataract (loss of eye-lens transparency). The influence of UVB radiation (300 nm; 100 microW cm-2) on the activity and apparent kinetic constants (Km and Vmax) of rat lens hexokinase (HK;EC 2.7.1.1), phosphofructokinase (PFK; EC 2.7.1.11), isocitrate dehydrogenase (ICDH; EC 1.1.1.41) and malate dehydrogenase (MDH; EC 1.1.1.37) of energy metabolism has been investigated by irradiating the lens homogenate of three- and 12-month-old rats. In the three-month-old group specific activities of HK and PFK are reduced by 56 and 43%, respectively, and there is no change in ICDH and MDH activities after a 24 h exposure. On the other hand, in the 12-month-old group the decreases are 72, 71, 24 and 16% for HK, PFK, ICDH and MDH, respectively. UVB irradiation increases the apparent Km of HK and PFK (in both age groups), whereas the Km of ICDH and MDH is not altered. While the decrease in Vmax of these enzymes due to UVB exposure is only marginal in three-month-old rats, it is more pronounced (significant) in 12-month-old rats. A similar decrease in enzyme activities of HK and PFK is also observed upon UVB exposure of the intact rat lens. The photoinduced changes in energy metabolism may in turn have a bearing on lens transparency, particularly at an older age.
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PMID:UVB irradiation alters the activities and kinetic properties of the enzymes of energy metabolism in rat lens during aging. 949 95

We present the case of a 65 years old pacient which was admitted for the sudden decrease of visual acuity in the left eye, accompanied by ocular pain and conjunctival hiperemia, simptoms appeared after an ocular trauma. After the clinical and paraclinical examination we determined the diagnosis of OS: Penetrating ocular trauma with retention of a foreign body; posttraumatic cataract. Surgical treatement was warrented and we performed OS : Facoemulsification + PFK implant in sulcus + 23 Ga posterior vitrectomy + peeling of the posterior hyaloid membrane + extraction of the foreign body + LASER endofotocoagulation + transscleral cryotherapy + SF6 gas injection. The post-operatory evolution was favorable.
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PMID:[Penetrating ocular trauma with intraocular foreign body]. 2288 89