Targeted Disruption of Outer Limiting Membrane Junctional Proteins (Crb1 and ZO-1) Increases Integration of Transplanted Photoreceptor Precursors into the Adult Wild-Type and Degenerating Retina-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Targeted Disruption of Outer Limiting Membrane Junctional Proteins (Crb1 and ZO-1) Increases Integration of Transplanted Photoreceptor Precursors into the Adult Wild-Type and Degenerating Retina

Published:2010-04 Issue:4 Volume:19 Page:487-503
ISSN:0963-6897
Container-title:Cell Transplantation
language:en
Short-container-title:Cell Transplant

Author:

Pearson R. A.¹,Barber A. C.¹,West E. L.¹,Maclaren R. E.²,Duran Y.¹,Bainbridge J. W.¹,Sowden J. C.³,Ali R. R.¹⁴

Affiliation:

1. Department of Genetics, University College London Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK

2. Vitreoretinal Service, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK

3. Developmental Biology Unit, University College London Institute of Child Health, London, UK

4. Molecular Immunology Unit, University College London Institute of Child Health, London, UK

Abstract

Diseases culminating in photoreceptor loss are a major cause of untreatable blindness. Transplantation of rod photoreceptors is feasible, provided donor cells are at an appropriate stage of development when transplanted. Nevertheless, the proportion of cells that integrate into the recipient outer nuclear layer (ONL) is low. The outer limiting membrane (OLM), formed by adherens junctions between Müller glia and photoreceptors, may impede transplanted cells from migrating into the recipient ONL. Adaptor proteins such as Crumbs homologue 1 (Crb1) and zona occludins (ZO-1) are essential for localization of the OLM adherens junctions. We investigated whether targeted disruption of these proteins enhances donor cell integration. Transplantation of rod precursors in wild-type mice achieved 949 ± 141 integrated cells. By contrast, integration is significantly higher when rod precursors are transplanted into Crb1rd8/rd8 mice, a model of retinitis pigmentosa and Lebers congenital amaurosis that lacks functional CRB1 protein and displays disruption of the OLM (7,819 ± 1,297; maximum 15,721 cells). We next used small interfering (si)RNA to transiently reduce the expression of ZO-1 and generate a reversible disruption of the OLM. ZO-1 knockdown resulted in similar, significantly improved, integration of transplanted cells in wild-type mice (7,037 ± 1,293; maximum 11,965 cells). Finally, as the OLM remains largely intact in many retinal disorders, we tested whether transient ZO-1 knockdown increased integration in a model of retinitis pigmentosa, the rho-/- mouse; donor cell integration was significantly increased from 313 ± 58 cells without treatment to 919 ± 198 cells after ZO-1 knockdown. This study shows that targeted disruption of OLM junctional proteins enhances integration in the wild-type and degenerating retina and may be a useful approach for developing photoreceptor transplantation strategies.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Transplantation,Cell Biology,Biomedical Engineering

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.3727/096368909X486057

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