PMID: 8603859Apr 1, 1996Paper

Isolation and characterization of porcine Müller cells. Myofibroblastic dedifferentiation in culture

Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
C Guidry

Abstract

To characterize phenotypic and antigenic changes in isolated Müller cells during proliferation in extended culture. Müller cells were isolated from porcine retina by sequential papain and DNase digestion, trituration, and density gradient centrifugation. The identity of the isolated cells was confirmed by immunodetection of carbonic anhydrase II (CA-II), cellular retinaldehyde-binding protein (CRALBP), glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), vimentin, and delta smooth muscle actin (alpha SMA). Continuously proliferating cells established in culture were examined for changes in the expression of these antigens. Primary cultures of purified Müller cells, incubated under routine culture conditions, were proliferative and lost immunodetectable CRALBP within 2 weeks. The expression of CA-II also diminished with time, but at an apparently lower rate than that of CRALBP. Loss of GFAP expression was even more gradual and was complete by passage 5. De novo expression of alpha SMA was detectable in some cells within 12 days in culture and by all cells by passage 5. During this period, vimentin expression remained qualitatively unchanged. Isolated porcine Muller cells in culture undergo a phenotypic dedifferentiation to a fibroblast-like ...Continue Reading

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