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Intravitreal tanibirumab, a fully human monoclonal antibody against vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2, partially suppresses and regresses laser-induced choroidal neovascularization in a rat model.

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Purpose

The study investigated the effect of intravitreally administered tanibirumab, a fully human monoclonal antibody against vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2, in a rat model of laser-induced choroidal neovascularization (CNV).

Methods

CNV was induced by laser photocoagulation on day 0 in the eyes of Brown Norway rats. Intravitreal injection of tanibirumab or phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) was done on day 0 (prevention arm) or day 7 (treatment arm). Seven days after injection, the eyes were enucleated and retinal pigment epithelium-choroid-sclera flat mounts were prepared. Areas of CNV were determined in the flat mounts using tetramethylrhodamine isothiocyanate Bandeiraea simplicifolia (BS) isolectin labeling and intravenously administered fluorescein isothiocyanate-dextran and quantified using an image analysis program.

Results

In the prevention arm, the mean area of CNV measured by BS isolectin labeling was reduced by 28.2% and 53.9% in tanibirumab-treated eyes (20 and 60??g, respectively) compared with PBS-treated control eyes on day 7 (P=0.038 and P<0.001, respectively). In the treatment arm, the mean area of CNV measured by BS isolectin labeling was reduced by 28.7% and 46.0% in tanibirumab-treated eyes (20 and 60??g, respectively) compared with PBS-treated control eyes on day 14 (P=0.048 and P<0.001, respectively).

Conclusions

Intravitreally administered tanibirumab partially suppressed the formation of new CNV and partially regressed preformed laser-induced CNV in the rat model. Tanibirumab may be a feasible treatment for CNV associated with age-related macular degeneration or other causes.

SUBMITTER: Kim J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4259185 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Intravitreal tanibirumab, a fully human monoclonal antibody against vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2, partially suppresses and regresses laser-induced choroidal neovascularization in a rat model.

Kim Jaeryung J Kim Tae Eun TE Kim Ju-A JA Yun Ji-Hyun JH Sohn Seongsoo S Shim Sang Ryeol SR Lee Sang Hoon SH Kim Sang Jin SJ

Journal of ocular pharmacology and therapeutics : the official journal of the Association for Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics 20141201 10

<h4>Purpose</h4>The study investigated the effect of intravitreally administered tanibirumab, a fully human monoclonal antibody against vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2, in a rat model of laser-induced choroidal neovascularization (CNV).<h4>Methods</h4>CNV was induced by laser photocoagulation on day 0 in the eyes of Brown Norway rats. Intravitreal injection of tanibirumab or phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) was done on day 0 (prevention arm) or day 7 (treatment arm). Seven days afte ...[more]

PMID: 25188901

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Intravitreal tanibirumab, a fully human monoclonal antibody against vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2, partially suppresses and regresses laser-induced choroidal neovascularization in a rat model.

Purpose

Methods

Results

Conclusions

Publications

Intravitreal tanibirumab, a fully human monoclonal antibody against vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2, partially suppresses and regresses laser-induced choroidal neovascularization in a rat model.

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