Figure 2.
A: Representative fundus images with fluorescein angiography (FA) at the indicated time points. Both FHW/W and FHR/R/C6−/− mice show normal fundus and FA images. An FHR/R mouse had almost no perfusion up until 90 seconds, whereas an FHR/R/C5aR1−/− mouse had delayed and incomplete retinal perfusion and fluorescence leakage around the optic nerve head. B: Quantification of abnormalities on fundus images and FA images. Abnormalities, including vessel occlusion, white spots, ischemic patches on fundus images, and perfusion delay and vascular leakage on FA images, are observed in FHR/R and FHR/R/C5aR1−/− mice, but not in FHW/W and FHR/R/C6−/− mice. Only one anti-C5 monoclonal antibody (mAb)–treated FHR/R mouse shows vessel occlusion and white spots; the others exhibit no pathologic changes. Fractions represent ratios of abnormal mice/all experimental mice for each genotype. Fisher exact test reveals a significant association between genotype and likelihood of exhibiting all of the observed pathologic changes. Dotted lines separate different graphs. Bars within each graph are displayed in the same order as genotypes in the key. n = 17 FHR/R mice (B); n = 14 FHR/R/C5aR1−/− mice (B); n = 8 FHW/W mice (B); n = 15 FHR/R/C6−/− mice (B); n = 5 anti-C5 mAb–treated FHR/R mouse (B). ∗∗∗P < 0.001, ∗∗∗∗P < 0.0001.
