TY - JOUR
T1 - The effects of silicone hydrogel lens wear on the corneal epithelium and risk for microbial keratitis
AU - Robertson, Danielle M.
PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - Previous studies using animal models and human clinical trials have demonstrated that the use of low-oxygen-transmissible contact lens materials produce corneal epithelial surface damage resulting in increased Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) adhesion and raft-mediated internalization into surface corneal epithelial cells. These findings led to the testable clinical predictions that (1) microbial keratitis (MK) risk is expected to be the greatest during the first 6 months of wear; (2) there is no difference between 6 and 30 night extended wear; and (3) that wear of hyperoxygen-transmissible lenses would reduce the reported incidence of infection. Subsequent epidemiologic studies have confirmed the first two predictions; however, increased oxygen transmissibility with silicone hydrogel (SiHy) lens wear has not altered the overall incidence of MK. In this review, more recent clinical and basic studies that investigate epithelial alterations and bacterial adhesion to corneal epithelial cells after the wear of SiHy lenses with and without concomitant exposure to chemically preserved multipurpose solutions (MPS) will be examined. The collective results of these studies demonstrate that even in the absence of lens-related hypoxia, MPS induce ocular surface changes during SiHy lens wear that are associated with a pathophysiologic increase in PA adherence and internalization in the corneal epithelium, and therefore, predict a greater risk for PA-MK. In addition, new data supporting an interactive role for inflammation in facilitating PA adherence and internalization in the corneal epithelium will also be discussed.
AB - Previous studies using animal models and human clinical trials have demonstrated that the use of low-oxygen-transmissible contact lens materials produce corneal epithelial surface damage resulting in increased Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) adhesion and raft-mediated internalization into surface corneal epithelial cells. These findings led to the testable clinical predictions that (1) microbial keratitis (MK) risk is expected to be the greatest during the first 6 months of wear; (2) there is no difference between 6 and 30 night extended wear; and (3) that wear of hyperoxygen-transmissible lenses would reduce the reported incidence of infection. Subsequent epidemiologic studies have confirmed the first two predictions; however, increased oxygen transmissibility with silicone hydrogel (SiHy) lens wear has not altered the overall incidence of MK. In this review, more recent clinical and basic studies that investigate epithelial alterations and bacterial adhesion to corneal epithelial cells after the wear of SiHy lenses with and without concomitant exposure to chemically preserved multipurpose solutions (MPS) will be examined. The collective results of these studies demonstrate that even in the absence of lens-related hypoxia, MPS induce ocular surface changes during SiHy lens wear that are associated with a pathophysiologic increase in PA adherence and internalization in the corneal epithelium, and therefore, predict a greater risk for PA-MK. In addition, new data supporting an interactive role for inflammation in facilitating PA adherence and internalization in the corneal epithelium will also be discussed.
KW - Corneal epithelium
KW - Microbial keratitis
KW - Pseudomonas aeruginosa
KW - Silicone hydrogel
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U2 - 10.1097/ICL.0b013e31827c5b73
DO - 10.1097/ICL.0b013e31827c5b73
M3 - Article
C2 - 23266590
AN - SCOPUS:84873092707
SN - 1542-2321
VL - 39
SP - 67
EP - 72
JO - Eye and Contact Lens
JF - Eye and Contact Lens
IS - 1
ER -