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Objective To explore the effect of estrogen on the permeability of retinal blood vessel by ovariectomy. Methods Twenty-two healthy rats were divided into experimental and control group randomly. Estrogen level of rats decreased due to ovariectomy in the experimental group while stabilized by sham-ovariectomy in the control group. The results were confirmed by vaginal epithelium smearing. Retinal vein occlusion was established by photodynamic method, and leakage of Evan's blue in retina was determined by spectrophotometer. Results Mature value of vaginal epithelium decreased significantly in ovariectomy rats( t=21.008,P =0.000) while not significantly in sham-ovariectomy ones ( t=0.319,P =0.756); the mean leakage of Evans blue was (25.503 0?4.378 47) ng/mg in experimental group, and (17.830 0?4.265 69) ng/mg in the control group, and the difference between the two groups is significant( t=3.969 36,P =0.001). Conclusion Ovariectomy is an useful method to study the effect of estrogen on ocular diseases, and when estrogen level decreases, the permeability of retinal blood vessel increases.
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Objective To evaluate the protective effect of estrogen on survival of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) after transient retinal ischemia-reperfusion (RIR) in rats. Methods RIR was induced in 60 ovariectomized adult rats (OVX) by increasing intraocular pressure via an intracameral catheter. All of the rats were divided into two groups randomly: in experimental group, the rats underwent a subcutaneous injection with 17?-estrodiol(100 ?g/kg) 2 hours before retinal ischemia; and in the control group, saline water was injected correspondingly. The number of RGCs and the thickness of the inner retinal layers were mesured by HE staining method before and 12, 24, 48, and 72 hours after reperfusion. TdT-mediated biotin-dUTP nick end labelling (TUNEL) staining technique was used to examine the apoptosis of RGCs. Results Twenty-four and 48 hours after reperfusion, the number of apoptotic cells in experimental group was obvious lower than that in the control group( P