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Dicer is essential for proper maturation, composition, and function in the postnatal retina.

ABSTRACT: microRNAs (miRNAs) play a pivotal role during the early phases of retinal development, but their impact on late-phase retinogenesis is unknown. We depleted miRNAs in late retinal progenitor/precursor cells (RPCs/PCs) via a conditional Dicer knock-out. Optical coherence tomography (OCT), electroretinography (ERG), histological, and transcriptional analyses were conducted in young and adult mice. Alterations in gene expression of late-born cells were observed as early as postnatal day 7 (P7), resulting in impaired rod function, a significantly reduced number of rod bipolar cells and their associated function, and a decreased Müller glia population at adult age. These defects appear to be caused by a delay in differentiation/ incomplete maturation, as indicated by an enlarged progenitor/precursor population at young ages that persists into adulthood. Notably, an increased population of HuC/D+ amacrine cells was found. Luciferase assays led us to speculate that this increase may be due to the absence of Elavl3 suppression via RPC-miRNAs. This suggests that Dicer/miRNAs in late RPC/PCs are essential for the proper formation and maturation of late RPC progenies and may also play a role in regulating cell state.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE288381 | GEO | 2025/09/18

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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