A newly discovered feed-forward mechanism controls photoreceptor fate

新发现的前馈机制控制光感受器的命运

基本信息

  • 批准号:
    8673174
  • 负责人:
  • 金额:
    $ 39.17万
  • 依托单位:
  • 依托单位国家:
    美国
  • 项目类别:
  • 财政年份:
    2014
  • 资助国家:
    美国
  • 起止时间:
    2014-04-01 至 2017-03-31
  • 项目状态:
    已结题

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Retinal degeneration is a devastating affliction that leads to irreversible loss of vision, resulting from the progressive death of rod and cone photoreceptor cells in the outermost layer of the retina. One of the most promising avenues for replacing photoreceptors following degeneration is the introduction of photoreceptor precursor cells into the retina, which can differentiate into rods and cones. However, in trials of precursor transplant therapy, too many rods and not enough cones are produced. The result of these trials reveals a major hurdle for restoration of vision using stem-cell therapies, and highlights a criticl gap in our knowledge of photoreceptor formation: We do not know the mechanism that switches precursors from production of cone photoreceptors, which arise first, to production rod photoreceptors, which arise second. In order to understand how the number of cone versus rod photoreceptors is regulated, we have established a simple but powerful tool to study photoreceptor development, the zebrafish pineal organ, which shares a very close evolutionary relationship with the eyes. Just as in the retina, the zebrafish pineal contain fully developed rod and cone photoreceptors; in addition, the pineal photoreceptors are molecularly quite similar to those in the retina. A major advantage of the zebrafish pineal for studying photoreceptor development is its simplicity, which allows imaging of the live or fixed pineal organ easily in whole mount embryos without sectioning since there is no interference from the lens, aqueous humor, or overlying retinal layers. Recent studies from our laboratory indicate a novel and unexpected mechanism, called an incoherent feed-forward system, which controls the number of cone and rod cells produced by photoreceptor precursors. We propose that in early photoreceptor precursors, which give rise to cone cells, time-limited expression of the transcription factor Tbx2b expression drives the expression of cone-specific genes and also initiates expression of the cone-gene repressor Nr2e3. Nr2e3 protein continues to accumulate until it reaches a threshold concentration that shuts off cone gene expression and allows rods to form instead. In order to test the implications of our feed-forward hypothesis for photoreceptor formation, we will take advantage of the genetic tools that we and others have generated in zebrafish. Then we will leverage our knowledge to test the effects of a disease-causing mutation in Nr2e3 on feed-forward control. Our studies will illuminate the molecular control of cone versus rod production, which will provide invaluable information for laboratories developing retinal replacement therapies as well as insight into the ontogeny of inherited retinal degeneration disorders.
描述(由申请人提供):视网膜变性是一种毁灭性的痛苦,导致不可逆的视力丧失,由视网膜最外层的视杆细胞和视锥细胞的进行性死亡引起。在变性后替代光感受器的最有希望的途径之一是将光感受器前体细胞引入视网膜,其可以分化成视杆细胞和视锥细胞。然而,在前体的试验中, 在移植治疗中,产生了太多的视杆细胞而没有足够的视锥细胞。这些试验的结果揭示了使用干细胞疗法恢复视力的主要障碍,并强调了我们对感光细胞形成的知识中的关键差距:我们不知道将前体从首先产生的锥状感光细胞的产生转换为第二产生的杆状感光细胞的机制。为了了解视锥细胞和视杆细胞的数量是如何调节的,我们建立了一个简单但强大的工具来研究感光细胞的发育,斑马鱼松果体器官,它与眼睛有着非常密切的进化关系。就像视网膜一样,斑马鱼的松果体也含有发育完全的视杆细胞 和视锥光感受器;此外,松果体光感受器在分子上与视网膜中的光感受器非常相似。斑马鱼松果体用于研究光感受器发育的一个主要优点是其简单性,其允许在整个安装胚胎中容易地成像活的或固定的松果体器官而无需切片,因为没有来自透镜、房水或上覆视网膜层的干扰。我们实验室最近的研究表明了一种新的和意想不到的机制,称为非相干前馈系统,它控制感光前体产生的视锥细胞和视杆细胞的数量。我们提出,在早期感光前体,这引起视锥细胞,转录因子Tbx 2b表达的时间限制的表达驱动的表达的视锥细胞特异性基因,也启动表达的视锥细胞基因阻遏物Nr 2 e3。nr 2 e3蛋白继续积累,直到它达到阈值浓度,关闭锥基因表达,并允许杆形成。为了测试我们的前馈假设对光感受器形成的影响,我们将利用我们和其他人在斑马鱼中产生的遗传工具。然后,我们将利用我们的知识来测试Nr 2 e3中致病突变对前馈控制的影响。我们的研究将阐明视锥细胞与视杆细胞产生的分子控制,这将为实验室开发视网膜替代疗法以及深入了解遗传性视网膜变性疾病的个体发生提供宝贵的信息。

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James G. Patton其他文献

Decoding microRNA arm switching: a key to evolutionary innovation and gene regulation
  • DOI:
    10.1007/s00018-025-05663-3
  • 发表时间:
    2025-05-10
  • 期刊:
  • 影响因子:
    6.200
  • 作者:
    Danillo Pinhal;Leandro de B. Gonçalves;Vinícius F. Campos;James G. Patton
  • 通讯作者:
    James G. Patton

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{{ truncateString('James G. Patton', 18)}}的其他基金

Mechanisms and Functional Consequences of Selective miRNA transfer via extracellular vesicles
通过细胞外囊泡选择性 miRNA 转移的机制和功能后果
  • 批准号:
    10544797
  • 财政年份:
    2020
  • 资助金额:
    $ 39.17万
  • 项目类别:
A newly discovered feed-forward mechanism controls photoreceptor fate
新发现的前馈机制控制光感受器的命运
  • 批准号:
    9083233
  • 财政年份:
    2015
  • 资助金额:
    $ 39.17万
  • 项目类别:
A newly discovered feed-forward mechanism controls photoreceptor fate
新发现的前馈机制控制光感受器的命运
  • 批准号:
    9042370
  • 财政年份:
    2014
  • 资助金额:
    $ 39.17万
  • 项目类别:
Short-Term Training Program to Increase Diversity in Health-Related Research
增加健康相关研究多样性的短期培训计划
  • 批准号:
    9002074
  • 财政年份:
    2013
  • 资助金额:
    $ 39.17万
  • 项目类别:
Short-Term Training Program to Increase Diversity in Health-Related Research
增加健康相关研究多样性的短期培训计划
  • 批准号:
    8507320
  • 财政年份:
    2013
  • 资助金额:
    $ 39.17万
  • 项目类别:
Short-Term Training Program to Increase Diversity in Health-Related Research
增加健康相关研究多样性的短期培训计划
  • 批准号:
    8798691
  • 财政年份:
    2013
  • 资助金额:
    $ 39.17万
  • 项目类别:
Analysis of miRNA Function During Eye Development and Retinal Regeneration
眼睛发育和视网膜再生过程中 miRNA 功能分析
  • 批准号:
    7896210
  • 财政年份:
    2010
  • 资助金额:
    $ 39.17万
  • 项目类别:
Analysis of miRNA Function During Eye Development and Retinal Regeneration
眼睛发育和视网膜再生过程中 miRNA 功能分析
  • 批准号:
    8039909
  • 财政年份:
    2010
  • 资助金额:
    $ 39.17万
  • 项目类别:
Identification and Functional Characterization of Zebrafish microRNAs
斑马鱼 microRNA 的鉴定和功能表征
  • 批准号:
    7924413
  • 财政年份:
    2009
  • 资助金额:
    $ 39.17万
  • 项目类别:
Cellular, Biochemical and Molecular Sciences Training Program
细胞、生化和分子科学培训计划
  • 批准号:
    7889467
  • 财政年份:
    2009
  • 资助金额:
    $ 39.17万
  • 项目类别:

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