Tang, Michelle NH;
Moosajee, Mariya;
Sharif, Najam A;
Limb, G Astrid;
Eastlake, Karen;
(2024)
Heparin-Binding Epidermal-like Growth Factor (HB-EGF) Reduces Cell Death in an Organoid Model of Retinal Damage.
Organoids
, 3
(3)
pp. 148-164.
10.3390/organoids3030010.
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Abstract
In zebrafish and various mammalian species, HB-EGF has been shown to promote Müller glia proliferation and activation of repair mechanisms that have not been fully investigated in human retina. In the current study, 70- to 90-day-old human retinal organoids were treated with 20 μM 4-hydroxytamoxifen (4-OHT), and CRX, REC, NRL, PAX6, VIM, GFAP, and VSX2 gene and protein expression were assessed at various times points after treatment. Organoids with or without 4-OHT-induced damage were then cultured with HB-EGF for 7 days. We showed that 20 μM 4-OHT caused a reduction in the number of recoverin-positive cells; an increase in the number of TUNEL-positive cells; and downregulation of the photoreceptor gene markers CRX, NRL, and REC. Culture of organoids with HB-EGF for 7 days after 4-OHT-induced damage caused a marked reduction in the number of TUNEL-positive cells and small increases in the number of Ki67-positive cells and PAX6 and NOTCH1 gene expression. The current results suggest that treatment of human ESC-derived retinal organoids with 4-OHT may be used as a model of retinal degeneration in vitro. Furthermore, HB-EGF treatment of human retinal organoids increases proliferating Müller cells, but only after 4-OHT induced damage, and may be an indication of Muller reactivity in response to photoreceptor damage. Further studies will aim to identify factors that may induce Müller cell-mediated regeneration of the human retina, aiding in the development of therapies for retinal degeneration.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Heparin-Binding Epidermal-like Growth Factor (HB-EGF) Reduces Cell Death in an Organoid Model of Retinal Damage |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3390/organoids3030010 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3390/organoids3030010 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. The images or other third-party material in this article are included in the Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | Müller glia; retina; stem cells; retinal organoids; photoreceptors; degeneration; endogenous regeneration |
| 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/10203264 |
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