Bonelli, R;
Woods, SM;
Lockwood, S;
Bishop, PN;
Khan, KN;
Bahlo, M;
Ansell, BRE;
(2023)
Spatial distribution of metabolites in the retina and its relevance to studies of metabolic retinal disorders.
Metabolomics
, 19
(2)
, Article 10. 10.1007/s11306-022-01969-6.
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Abstract
Introduction: The primate retina has evolved regional specialisations for specific visual functions. The macula is specialised towards high acuity vision and is an area that contains an increased density of cone photoreceptors and signal processing neurons. Different regions in the retina display unique susceptibility to pathology, with many retinal diseases primarily affecting the macula. Objectives: To better understand the properties of different retinal areas we studied the differential distribution of metabolites across the retina. Methods: We conducted an untargeted metabolomics analysis on full-thickness punches from three different regions (macula, temporal peri-macula and periphery) of healthy primate retina. Results: Nearly half of all metabolites identified showed differential abundance in at least one comparison between the three regions. Furthermore, mapping metabolomics results from macula-specific eye diseases onto our region-specific metabolite distributions revealed differential abundance defining systemic metabolic dysregulations that were region specific. Conclusions: The unique metabolic phenotype of different retinal regions is likely due to the differential distribution of different cell types in these regions reflecting the specific metabolic requirements of each cell type. Our results may help to better understand the pathobiology of retinal diseases with region specificity.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Spatial distribution of metabolites in the retina and its relevance to studies of metabolic retinal disorders |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11306-022-01969-6 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11306-022-01969-6 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
| Keywords: | Animals, Metabolomics, Retina, Retinal Diseases, Macula Lutea, Neurons |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Institute of Ophthalmology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10165094 |
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