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. 2019 Oct 30;2019:8276140. doi: 10.1155/2019/8276140

Table 2.

Summary of comparison of SD-OCT and structural findings in animal models of retinitis pigmentosa.

Animal models Gene Function SD-OCT findings EM and LM findings References
RCS–/– mertk Phagocytosis of RPE Hyperreflective zone in IS-OS layer Deposition of lamellar materials [34, 36]
Thinning of ONL Degeneration of IS-OS
RHO P23H RHO (P23H) Phototransduction Hyperreflective zone in IS-OS layer Disarrangement of OS discs [43, 44]
Thinning of ONL Degeneration of IS-OS
RHO S334ter RHO (S334ter) Phototransduction Hyperreflective zone in IS-OS layer Degeneration of IS-OS [47]
Thinning of ONL Deposition of granular materials
RHO–/– RHO Phototransduction Absence of EZ and IZ Absence of OS [33, 5052]
Hyporeflective zone under ELM Short IS
Rpe65–/– Rpe65 Visual cycle Hyperreflective zone in IS-OS layer Degeneration of IS-OS [35, 50]
Thinning of ONL Shortage of OS length
Lipid deposition in RPE
rd12 Rpe65 (R44ter) Visual cycle Hyperreflective zone in IS-OS layer Disorganized OS [64]
Thinning of ONL Intracellular vacuoles in ONL
Lipid deposits in RPE
rd 1 Pde6β (R560C) Phototransduction Extremely thin ONL [33, 52, 70]
rd10 Pde6β (Y347ter) Phototransduction Transiently hyperreflective ONL Intracellular vacuoles in ONL [60, 66, 70, 71]
Arr1–/– Arrestin 1 Quenching of rhodopsin IS vesiculation [75]
Diffuse hyperreflective ONL by light exposure Disruption of IS-OS junction
Condensation of nuclei in ONL

IS-OS, inner and outer segments; ONL, outer nuclear layer; EZ, ellipsoid zone; IZ, interdigitation zone; RPE, retinal pigment epithelium.