Müller Cell Reactivity and Photoreceptor Cell Death Are Reduced after Experimental Retinal Detachment Using an Inhibitor of the Akt/mTOR Pathway

2009 ◽  
Vol 50 (9) ◽  
pp. 4429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey P. Lewis ◽  
Ethan A. Chapin ◽  
Jiyun Byun ◽  
Gabriel Luna ◽  
David Sherris ◽  
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2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. e1269-e1269 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Matsumoto ◽  
Y Murakami ◽  
K Kataoka ◽  
H Lin ◽  
K M Connor ◽  
...  

2011 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 3825 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mi In Roh ◽  
Yusuke Murakami ◽  
Aristomenis Thanos ◽  
Demetrios G. Vavvas ◽  
Joan W. Miller

2013 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 114-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yusuke Murakami ◽  
Shoji Notomi ◽  
Toshio Hisatomi ◽  
Toru Nakazawa ◽  
Tatsuro Ishibashi ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 115 (27) ◽  
pp. E6264-E6273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoko Okunuki ◽  
Ryo Mukai ◽  
Elizabeth A. Pearsall ◽  
Garrett Klokman ◽  
Deeba Husain ◽  
...  

Retinal detachment (RD) is a sight-threatening complication common in many highly prevalent retinal disorders. RD rapidly leads to photoreceptor cell death beginning within 12 h following detachment. In patients with sustained RD, progressive visual decline due to photoreceptor cell death is common, leading to significant and permanent loss of vision. Microglia are the resident immune cells of the central nervous system, including the retina, and function in the homeostatic maintenance of the neuro-retinal microenvironment. It is known that microglia become activated and change their morphology in retinal diseases. However, the function of activated microglia in RD is incompletely understood, in part because of the lack of microglia-specific markers. Here, using the newly identified microglia marker P2ry12 and microglial depletion strategies, we demonstrate that retinal microglia are rapidly activated in response to RD and migrate into the injured area within 24 h post-RD, where they closely associate with infiltrating macrophages, a population distinct from microglia. Once in the injured photoreceptor layer, activated microglia can be observed to contain autofluorescence within their cell bodies, suggesting they function to phagocytose injured or dying photoreceptors. Depletion of retinal microglia results in increased disease severity and inhibition of macrophage infiltration, suggesting that microglia are involved in regulating neuroinflammation in the retina. Our work identifies that microglia mediate photoreceptor survival in RD and suggests that this effect may be due to microglial regulation of immune cells and photoreceptor phagocytosis.


2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. e1731-e1731 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Kataoka ◽  
H Matsumoto ◽  
H Kaneko ◽  
S Notomi ◽  
K Takeuchi ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel E. Maidana ◽  
Lucia Gonzalez-Buendia ◽  
Joan W. Miller ◽  
Demetrios G. Vavvas

AbstractTo investigate local cell death differences in the attached and detached retina at different regions in a murine experimental retinal detachment model. Subretinal injection of sodium hyaluronate was performed in eight-week-old C57BL/6J mice. Retinal regions of interest were defined in relation to their distance from the peak of the retinal detachment, as follows: (1) attached central; (2) attached paracentral; (3) detached apex; and (4) detached base. At day 0, the outer nuclear layer cell count for the attached central, attached paracentral, detached apex, and detached base was 1247.60 ± 64.62, 1157.80 ± 163.33, 1264.00 ± 150.7, and 1013.80 ± 67.16 cells, respectively. There were significant differences between the detached base vs. attached central, and between detached base vs. detached apex at day 0. The detached apex region displayed a significant and progressive cell count reduction from day 0 to 14. In contrast, the detached base region did not show progressive retinal degeneration in this model. Moreover, only the detached apex region had a significant and progressive cell death rate compared to baseline. Immediate confounding changes with dramatic differences in cell death rates are present across regions of the detached retina. We speculate that mechanical and regional differences in the bullous detached retina can modify the rate of cell death in this model.


2014 ◽  
Vol 55 (7) ◽  
pp. 4165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hidetaka Matsumoto ◽  
Keiko Kataoka ◽  
Pavlina Tsoka ◽  
Kip M. Connor ◽  
Joan W. Miller ◽  
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