A Conditional Immortalized Mouse Muller Glial Cell Line Expressing Glial and Retinal Stem Cell Genes
A Conditional Immortalized Mouse Muller Glial Cell Line Expressing Glial and Retinal Stem Cell Genes
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DOI:
10.1167/iovs.10-5395
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发表时间:
2010-11-01
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4.4
通讯作者:
Phillips, M. Joseph
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作者:
Otteson, Deborah C.;Phillips, M. Joseph
PURPOSE. Muller glia have multiple functions in the retina, including synthesis of neurotrophic factors, uptake and metabolism of neurotransmitters, spatial buffering of ions, maintenance of the blood-retinal barrier, and response to injury. A population of Muller glia has some stem cell-like characteristics both in vivo and in vitro. The purpose of this study was to generate and characterize novel Muller glial cell lines from the postnatal mouse retina.METHODS. Cells were cultured from postnatal day (P) 10 double heterozygous transgenic (H-2K(b)-tsA58/+; HRhoGFP/+) or C57BL/6 mice after papain dissociation. Interferon gamma (IFN gamma) induction of the SV40 T-antigen (TAg) was assayed by immunohistochemistry and Western blot analysis. Proliferation was assayed by BrdU uptake and cell counts of calcein AM/ethidium bromide-stained cells. Gene expression was analyzed by RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry.RESULTS. Conditionally immortalized (ImM10 [Immortmouse Muller P10]) and spontaneously immortalized (C57M10 [C57BL/6 Muller P10]) Muller glial cell lines were selected by differential adherence to laminin; both consisted of adherent flat cells with large, diffusely staining nuclei and an epithelial morphology. TAg induction stimulated BrdU uptake by Muller glia in mixed retinal cultures from H-2K(b)-tsA58/+; HRhoGFP/+ mice and increased the proliferation of ImM10 cells. ImM10 and C57M10 cells expressed genes characteristic of Muller glia but not genes characteristic of differentiated retinal neurons. ImM10 cells also expressed retinal stem cell genes.CONCLUSIONS. The ImM10 cell line is a novel, conditionally immortalized Muller glial cell line isolated from the P10 mouse retina that expresses genes characteristic of Muller glial and retinal stem cells. (Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2010;51:5991-6000) DOI:10.1167/iovs.10-5395