Loss of photoreceptor potential from retinal progenitor cell cultures, despite improvements in survival

Experimental Eye Research
Fiona C ManserghG Jane Farrar

Abstract

Retinal degeneration (RD) results from photoreceptor apoptosis. Cell transplantation, one potential therapeutic approach, requires expandable stem cells that can form mature photoreceptors when differentiated. Freshly dissociated primary retinal cells from postnatal day 2-6 (PN2-6) mouse retina can give rise, post-transplantation, to photoreceptors in adult recipients. Unfortunately, incorporation rates are low; moreover, photoreceptor potential is lost if the same PN2-6 cells are cultured prior to transplantation. We investigated the identity of the cells forming photoreceptors post-transplantation, using FACS sorted primary postnatal day (PN) 3-5 Rho-eGFP retinal cells. Higher integration rates were achieved for cells that were expressing Rho-eGFP at PN3-5, indicating that post-mitotic photoreceptor precursors already expressing rhodopsin form the majority of integrating rods. We then investigated improvement of cell culture protocols for retinal progenitor cells (RPCs) derived from PN3-5 retinal cells in vitro. We succeeded in improving RPC survival and growth rates 25-fold, by modifying retinal dissociation, replacing N2 supplement with B27 supplement minus retinoic acid (B27-RA) and coating flasks with fibronectin. However...Continue Reading

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