Preservation of visual responsiveness in the superior colliculus of RCS rats after retinal pigment epithelium cell transplantation

Neuroscience

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 389-401

  Sauvé, Yves ^a   Girman, S V ^a   Wang, S ^a   Keegan, D J ^a,b   Lund, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Retinal degeneration; Retinal transplantation; Superior colliculus; Visual field

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MODEL; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INJECTION SITE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERIMETRY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECIPIENT; RESPONSE TIME; RETINA; RETINA PIGMENT DEGENERATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTORS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; REACTION TIME; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036775330     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(02)00271-3     Document Type: Article

References (53)

1. Berson E.L., Gouras P., Berson M. Temporal aspects of the electroretinogram. Arch. Ophthalmol. 81:1969;207-214.
2. Castillo B.V. Jr., del Cerro M., White R.M., Cox C., Wyatt J., Nadiga G., del Cerro C. Efficacy of nonfetal human RPE for photoreceptor rescue: a study in dystrophic RCS rats. Exp. Neurol. 146:1997;1-9.
3. Chino Y.M., Kaas J.H., Smith 3d E.L., Langston A.L., Cheng H.R. Rapid reorganization of cortical maps in adult cats following restricted deafferentation in retina. Vis. Res. 32:1992;789-796.
4. Chu Y., Humphrey M.F., Constable I.J. Horizontal cells of the normal and dystrophic rat retina: a wholemount study using immunolabelling for the 28-kDa calcium-binding protein. Exp. Eye Res. 57:1993;141-148.
5. Coffey P.J., Hetherington L., Lu B., Lund R.D. Detection of visual patterns and c-fos expression in rat retina and superior colliculus of dystrophic RCS rats following RPE transplants. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 37:1996;S94.
6. Coffey P.J., Girman S., Wang S.M., Hetherington L., Keegan D., Adamson P., Greenwood J., Lund R.D. Long-term preservation of cortically dependent visual function in RCS rats by transplantation. Nat. Neurosci. 5:2002;53-56.
7. D'Cruz P.M., Yasumura D., Weir J., Matthes M.T., Abderrahim H., LaVail M.M., Vollrath D. Mutation of the receptor tyrosine kinase gene Mertk in the retinal dystrophic RCS rat. Hum. Mol. Genet. 9:2000;645-651.
8. Deshpande S., Thompson M., Parker J.A., Abrahamson E.W. Study of retinal dystrophy in RCS rats: a comparison of Mg-ATP dependent light scattering activity and ERG b-wave. Vis. Res. 32:1992;425-432.
9. Dowling J.E., Sidman R.L. Inherited retinal dystrophy in the rat. J. Cell Biol. 14:1962;73-109.
10. Faktorovich E.G., Steinberg R.H., Yasumura D., Matthes M.T., LaVail M.M. Photoreceptor degeneration in inherited retinal dystrophy delayed by basic fibroblast growth factor. Nature. 347:1990;83-86.
11. Fine S.L., Berger J.W., Maguire M.G., Ho A.C. Age-related macular degeneration. New Engl. J. Med. 342:2000;483-492.
12. Finlay B.L., Wilson K.G., Schneider G.E. Anomalous ipsilateral retinotectal projections in Syrian hamsters with early lesions: topography and functional capacity. J. Comp. Neurol. 183:1979;721-740.
13. Flannery J.G. Transgenic animal models for the study of inherited retinal dystrophies. ILAR J. 40:1999;51-58.
14. Fletcher E.L., Kalloniatis M. Neurochemical development of the degenerating rat retina. J. Comp. Neurol. 388:1997;1-22.
15. Frederick J., Bronson J.D., Baehr W. Animal models of inherited retinal diseases. Methods Enzymol. 316:2000;515-526.
16. Frost D.O., Schneider G.E. Plasticity of retinofugal projections after partial lesions of the retina in newborn Syrian hamsters. J. Comp. Neurol. 185:1979;517-567.
17. Frucht Y., Melamed E. The dopaminergic amacrine system and its response to light stimulation in rats with inherited retinal dystrophy. Exp. Eye Res. 38:1984;391-398.
18. Fulton A.B. Background adaptation in RCS rats. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 24:1983;72-76.
19. Fukuda Y., Hsiao C.F., Sawai H., Wakakuwa K. Retinotopic organizations of the expanded ipsilateral projection to the rat's superior colliculus; variations along its rostrocaudal axis. Brain Res. 321:1984;390-395.
20. Gal A., Li Y., Thompson D.A., Weir J., Orth U., Jacobson S.G., Apfelstedt-Sylla E., Vollrath D. Mutations in MERTK, the human orthologue of the RCS rat retinal dystrophy gene, cause retinitis pigmentosa. Nat. Genet. 26:2000;270-271.
21. Gilbert C.D., Wiesel T.N. Receptive field dynamics in adult primary visual cortex. Nature. 356:1992;150-152.
22. Girman S.V., Sauvé Y., Lund R.D. Functional changes in the primary visual cortex following retinal degeneration and subretinal transplantation in RCS rats. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 26:2000;1613.
23. Gouras P., Lopez R., Kjeldbye H., Sullivan B., Brittis M. Transplantation of retinal epithelium prevents photoreceptor degeneration in the RCS rat. Prog. Clin. Biol. Res. 314:1989;659-671.
24. Grover S., Fishman G.A., Anderson R.J., Alexander K.R., Derlacki D.J. Rate of visual field loss in retinitis pigmentosa. Ophthalmology. 104:1997;460-465.
25. Hanitzsch R., Zeumer C., Lichtenberger T., Wurziger K. Impaired function of bipolar cells in the Royal College of Surgeons rat. Acta Anat. (Basel). 162:1998;119-126.
26. Hankins M., Ikeda H. Early abnormalities of retinal dopamine pathways in rats with hereditary retinal dystrophy. Doc. Ophthalmol. 86:1994;325-334.
27. Jacobson S.G., Voigt W.J., Parel J.M., Apathy P.P., Nghiem-Phu L., Myers S.W., Patella V.M. Automated light- and dark-adapted perimetry for evaluating retinitis pigmentosa. Ophthalmology. 93:1986;1604-1611.
28. Kalloniatis M., Tomisich G. Amino acid neurochemistry of the vertebrate retina. Prog. Retinal Eye Res. 18:1999;811-866.
29. Kanuga N., Winton H.L., Beauchène L., Koman A., Zerbib A., Halford S., Couraud P.-O., Keegan D., Coffey P., Lund R.D., Adamson P., Greenwood J. Characterization of genetically modified human retinal pigment epithelial cells developed for in vitro and transplantation studies. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 43:2002;546-555.
30. LaVail M.M., Sidman M., Rausin R., Sidman R.L. Discrimination of light intensity by rats with inherited retinal degeneration: a behavioral and cytological study. Vis. Res. 14:1974;693-702.
31. Lawrence J.M., Sauvé Y., Keegan D.J., Coffey P.J., Hetherington L., Girman S., Whiteley S.J., Kwan A.S., Pheby T., Lund R.D. Schwann cell grafting into the retina of the dystrophic RCS rat limits functional deterioration. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 41:2000;518-528.
32. Li T. Disease model: photoreceptor degenerations. Trends Mol. Med. 7:2001;133-135.
33. Li L., Turner J.E. Optimal conditions for long-term photoreceptor cell rescue in RCS rats: the necessity for healthy RPE transplants. Exp. Eye Res. 52:1991;669-679.
34. Lin N., Fan W., Sheedlo H.J., Aschenbrenner J.E., Turner J.E. Photoreceptor repair in response to RPE transplants in RCS rats: outer segment regeneration. Curr. Eye Res. 15:1996;1069-1077.
35. Little C.W., Castillo B., DiLoreto D.A., Cox C., Wyatt J., del Cerro C., del Cerro M. Transplantation of human fetal retinal pigment epithelium rescues photoreceptor cells from degeneration in the Royal College of Surgeons rat retina. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 37:1996;204-211.
36. Low J.C. Photoreceptoral basis for altered dark-adaptation in retinal degeneration (RCS) rats. Curr. Eye Res. 3:1984;1079-1083.
37. Lu B., Lund R.D., Coffey P.J. Basal increase in c-Fos-like expression in superior colliculus of Royal College of Surgeons dystrophic rats can be abolished by intraocular injection of tetrodotoxin. Neuroscience. 107:2001;109-115.
38. Lund R.D., Cunningham T.J., Lund J.S. Modified optic projections after unilateral eye removal in young rats. Brain Behav. Evol. 8:1973;51-72.
39. Lund R.D., Adamson P., Sauvé Y., Keegan D.J., Girman S.V., Wang S., Winton H., Kanuga N., Kwan A.S., Beauchene L., Zerbib A., Hetherington L., Couraud P.O., Coffey P., Greenwood J. Subretinal transplantation of genetically modified human cell lines attenuates loss of visual function in dystrophic rats. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 98:2001;9942-9947.
40. Lund R.D., Kwan A.S.L., Keegan D.J., Sauvé Y., Coffey P.J., Lawrence J.M. Cell transplantation as a treatment for retinal dystrophies. Prog. Retinal Eye Res. 20:2001;415-449.
41. Mirshahi M., Thillaye B., Tarraf M., de Kozak Y., Faure J.P. Light-induced changes in S-antigen (arrestin) localization in retinal photoreceptors: differences between rods and cones and defective process in RCS rat retinal dystrophy. Eur. J. Cell Biol. 63:1994;61-67.
42. Navon S.E., Lee R.H., Lolley R.N., Fung B.K. Immunological determination of transducin content in retinas exhibiting inherited degeneration. Exp. Eye Res. 44:1987;115-125.
43. Noell W.K., Pewitt E.B., Cotter J.R. ERG of the pigmented RDY rat at advanced stages of hereditary retinal degeneration. Prog. Clin. Biol. Res. 314:1989;357-375.
44. Okada M., Okuma Y., Osumi Y., Nishihara M., Yokotani K., Ueno H. Neurotransmitter contents in the retina of RCS rat. Graefe's Arch. Clin. Exp. Ophthalmol. 238:2000;998-1001.
45. Phelan J.K., Bok D. A brief review of retinitis pigmentosa and the identified retinitis pigmentosa genes. Mol. Vis. 6:2000;116-124.
46. Rhoades R.W. Effects of neonatal enucleation on the functional organization of the superior colliculus in the golden hamster. J. Physiol. Lond. 301:1980;383-399.
47. Sauvé Y., Girman S.V., Wang S., Lawrence J.M., Lund R.D. Progressive visual sensitivity loss in the RCS rat: perimetric study in the superior colliculus and retinal anatomy. Neuroscience. 103:2001;51-63.
48. Schmid L.M., Rosa M.G., Calford M.B., Ambler J.S. Visuotopic reorganization in the primary visual cortex of adult cats following monocular and binocular retinal lesions. Cereb. Cortex. 6:1996;388-405.
49. Sheedlo H.J., Li L.X., Turner J.E. Functional and structural characteristics of photoreceptor cells rescued in RPE-cell grafted retinas of RCS dystrophic rats. Exp. Eye Res. 48:1989;841-854.
50. +)-ATPase and opsin in retinas of RCS dystrophic rats: time course study. Curr. Eye Res. 8:1989;741-750.
51. Silverman M.S., Hughes S.E. Photoreceptor rescue in the RCS rat without pigment epithelium transplantation. Curr. Eye Res. 9:1990;183-191.
52. Tso M.O., Zhang C., Abler A.S., Chang C.J., Wong F., Chang G.Q., Lam T.T. Apoptosis leads to photoreceptor degeneration in inherited retinal dystrophy of RCS rats. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 35:1994;2693-2699.
53. Villegas-Pérez M.P., Lawrence J.M., Vidal-Sanz M., LaVail M.M., Lund R.D. Ganglion cell loss in RCS rat retina: a result of compression of axons by contracting intraretinal vessels linked to the pigment epithelium. J. Comp. Neurol. 392:1998;58-77.