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Derivation of traceable and transplantable photoreceptors from mouse embryonic stem cells.


ABSTRACT: Retinal degenerative diseases resulting in the loss of photoreceptors are one of the major causes of blindness. Photoreceptor replacement therapy is a promising treatment because the transplantation of retina-derived photoreceptors can be applied now to different murine retinopathies to restore visual function. To have an unlimited source of photoreceptors, we derived a transgenic embryonic stem cell (ESC) line in which the Crx-GFP transgene is expressed in photoreceptors and assessed the capacity of a 3D culture protocol to produce integration-competent photoreceptors. This culture system allows the production of a large number of photoreceptors recapitulating the in vivo development. After transplantation, integrated cells showed the typical morphology of mature rods bearing external segments and ribbon synapses. We conclude that a 3D protocol coupled with ESCs provides a safe and renewable source of photoreceptors displaying a development and transplantation competence comparable to photoreceptors from age-matched retinas.

SUBMITTER: Decembrini S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4050344 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Derivation of traceable and transplantable photoreceptors from mouse embryonic stem cells.

Decembrini Sarah S   Koch Ute U   Radtke Freddy F   Moulin Alexandre A   Arsenijevic Yvan Y  

Stem cell reports 20140522 6


Retinal degenerative diseases resulting in the loss of photoreceptors are one of the major causes of blindness. Photoreceptor replacement therapy is a promising treatment because the transplantation of retina-derived photoreceptors can be applied now to different murine retinopathies to restore visual function. To have an unlimited source of photoreceptors, we derived a transgenic embryonic stem cell (ESC) line in which the Crx-GFP transgene is expressed in photoreceptors and assessed the capaci  ...[more]

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