Purpose:To study the ability of Homoharringtonine(Hh),5-Fluorouracil(5-Fu).and Adriamycin(ADM)on inhibiting the proliferation of rabbit lens epitthelium,Methods.Whole rabbit lenses were removed from freshly enucleated eyes under sterile condition.The rabbit lens eptithlia(RLE)were isolated and culatured:(1)The passage RLE were placed in 24-well tissue culture plates and incubated for 48hours.then exposed to different concentrations of Hh,5-Fu,and ADMfor 24and 72hours;(2)The passage RLEandHh(0.084μg/ml).5-Fu(0.058μg/ml）,ADM(0.45ng/ml)were placed and cultured for 24hours;(3)The morphological changes of RLE exposed to different concentrations of Hh,5-Fu and ADM were studied under light microscope.Results:The ID50 of Hh,5-Fu and ADMexposed to RLEfor 24hours were 0.84μg/ml, 0.58μg/ml and4.50ng/ml,respectively,and those for 72hous were0.49μg/ml,0.33μg/ml and3.85ng/ml.The attachment rate of RLE after being cu-latured for 24hours with Hh,5-Fu and ADM were respectinely83.6%,89.1%and 87.3%,The morphological changes of RLE demonstrated that obvious changes in the cell membran e and cytoplasm were found even in lower concentra-tion ,but changes in the nuclei could only be found in higher concentation of these drugs.Conclusion:Hh can not only inhibit the proliferation of RLE but also reduce the number of attached cells.It is suggested that Hh may be more useful for the pre-vention of after cataract than 5-Fu and ADM.
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