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Light scattering in the C57BL/6 mouse lens.Meyer LM, Dong X, Wegener A, Söderberg P St Erik's Eye Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. linda.meyer@ste.ki.se PURPOSE: To characterize inherent light scattering in the C57BL/6 mouse lens. METHODS: Lenses from 20 6-week-old female C57BL/6 mice were extracted from freshly enucleated globes and microsurgically cleaned of remnants of the ciliary body. Lens light scattering was measured quantitatively with a light dissemination meter (LDM). Morphological properties of the mouse lenses were documented using grid- and dark-field illumination photography. Analysis of variance was performed to establish variance for animals, variance between left and right eyes and variance for measurements. RESULTS: Average inherent light scattering in the C57BL/6 mouse lens is 0.16 +/- 0.02 tEDC (transformed equivalent diazepam concentration). The mean size of a mouse lens at 6 weeks is 1.9 mm in diameter. Two lenses featured pre-existing cortical lens opacities. Variance for animals was assessed to be 7.9 10(- 4) tEDC(2), variance for measurements was 1.6 10(- 4) tEDC(2), and variance between left and right eyes was 8.8 10(- 4) tEDC(2). The tolerance limit for non-pathological light scattering was determined to 0.26 tEDC. No significant difference in light scattering between left and right mouse lenses was found. The minimum number of C57BL/6 mice required for detection of a 10% experimentally induced change in light scattering intensity was estimated to be 50 for independent group experiments and 25 for paired design experiments. CONCLUSIONS: The C57BL/6 mouse is a suitable animal in which to conduct experiments on light scattering or cataractogenesis with high precision at reasonable sample sizes. Before including C57BL/6 mice into a study on cataractogenesis, pre-existing lens opacities such as congenital cataract must be excluded. Published 19 February 2007 in Acta Ophthalmol Scand, 85(2): 178-82.
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