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The immune response is a critical regulator of zebrafish retinal pigment epithelium regeneration.


ABSTRACT: Loss of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) because of dysfunction or disease can lead to blindness in humans. Harnessing the intrinsic ability of the RPE to self-repair is an attractive therapeutic strategy; however, mammalian RPE is limited in its regenerative capacity. Zebrafish possess tremendous intrinsic regenerative potential in ocular tissues, including the RPE, but little is known about the mechanisms driving RPE regeneration. Here, utilizing transgenic and mutant zebrafish lines, pharmacological manipulations, transcriptomics, and imaging analyses, we identified elements of the immune response as critical mediators of intrinsic RPE regeneration. After genetic ablation, the RPE express immune-related genes, including leukocyte recruitment factors such as interleukin 34 We demonstrate that macrophage/microglia cells are responsive to RPE damage and that their function is required for the timely progression of the regenerative response. These data identify the molecular and cellular underpinnings of RPE regeneration and hold significant potential for translational approaches aimed toward promoting a pro-regenerative environment in mammalian RPE.

SUBMITTER: Leach LL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8166181 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The immune response is a critical regulator of zebrafish retinal pigment epithelium regeneration.

Leach Lyndsay L LL   Hanovice Nicholas J NJ   George Stephanie M SM   Gabriel Ana E AE   Gross Jeffrey M JM  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20210501 21


Loss of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) because of dysfunction or disease can lead to blindness in humans. Harnessing the intrinsic ability of the RPE to self-repair is an attractive therapeutic strategy; however, mammalian RPE is limited in its regenerative capacity. Zebrafish possess tremendous intrinsic regenerative potential in ocular tissues, including the RPE, but little is known about the mechanisms driving RPE regeneration. Here, utilizing transgenic and mutant zebrafish lines, phar  ...[more]

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