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Kurzawa‐Akanbi M, Whitfield P, Burté F, Bertelli PM, Pathak V, Doherty M, Hilgen B, Gliaudelytė L, Platt M, Queen R, Coxhead J, Porter A, Öberg M, Fabrikova D, Davey T, Beh CS, Georgiou M, Collin J, Boczonadi V, Härtlova A, Taggart M, Al‐Aama J, Korolchuk VI, Morris CM, Guduric‐Fuchs J, Steel DH, Medina RJ, Armstrong L, Lako M. Retinal pigment epithelium extracellular vesicles are potent inducers of age-related macular degeneration disease phenotype in the outer retina. J Extracell Vesicles 2022; 11:e12295. [PMID: 36544284 PMCID: PMC9772497 DOI: 10.1002/jev2.12295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2022] [Revised: 11/18/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of blindness. Vision loss is caused by the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and photoreceptors atrophy and/or retinal and choroidal angiogenesis. Here we use AMD patient-specific RPE cells with the Complement Factor H Y402H high-risk polymorphism to perform a comprehensive analysis of extracellular vesicles (EVs), their cargo and role in disease pathology. We show that AMD RPE is characterised by enhanced polarised EV secretion. Multi-omics analyses demonstrate that AMD RPE EVs carry RNA, proteins and lipids, which mediate key AMD features including oxidative stress, cytoskeletal dysfunction, angiogenesis and drusen accumulation. Moreover, AMD RPE EVs induce amyloid fibril formation, revealing their role in drusen formation. We demonstrate that exposure of control RPE to AMD RPE apical EVs leads to the acquisition of AMD features such as stress vacuoles, cytoskeletal destabilization and abnormalities in the morphology of the nucleus. Retinal organoid treatment with apical AMD RPE EVs leads to disrupted neuroepithelium and the appearance of cytoprotective alpha B crystallin immunopositive cells, with some co-expressing retinal progenitor cell markers Pax6/Vsx2, suggesting injury-induced regenerative pathways activation. These findings indicate that AMD RPE EVs are potent inducers of AMD phenotype in the neighbouring RPE and retinal cells.
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- Marzena Kurzawa‐Akanbi
- Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical SciencesNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUK
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- Glasgow Polyomics and Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life SciencesUniversity of GlasgowGlasgowUK
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- Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical SciencesNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUK
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- The Welcome‐Wolfson Institute for Experimental MedicineQueen's University BelfastBelfastUK
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- The Welcome‐Wolfson Institute for Experimental MedicineQueen's University BelfastBelfastUK
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- Lipidomics Research FacilityUniversity of the Highlands and IslandsInvernessUK
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- Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical SciencesNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUK
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- Translational and Clinical Research InstituteNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUK
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- Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical SciencesNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUK
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- Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical SciencesNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUK
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- Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical SciencesNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUK
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- Institute of Biomedicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Sahlgrenska AcademyUniversity of GothenburgGothenburgSweden
- Wallenberg Center for Molecular and Translational MedicineUniversity of GothenburgGothenburgSweden
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- Institute of Biomedicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Sahlgrenska AcademyUniversity of GothenburgGothenburgSweden
- Wallenberg Center for Molecular and Translational MedicineUniversity of GothenburgGothenburgSweden
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- Electron Microscopy Research ServicesNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUK
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- Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical SciencesNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUK
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- Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical SciencesNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUK
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- Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical SciencesNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUK
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- Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical SciencesNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUK
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- Institute of Biomedicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Sahlgrenska AcademyUniversity of GothenburgGothenburgSweden
- Wallenberg Center for Molecular and Translational MedicineUniversity of GothenburgGothenburgSweden
- The Institute of Medical Microbiology and HygieneUniversity Medical Center Freiburg (Universitätklinikum Freiburg)FreiburgGermany
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- Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical SciencesNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUK
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- Faculty of MedicineKing Abdulaziz UniversityJeddahSaudi Arabia
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- Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical SciencesNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUK
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- Translational and Clinical Research InstituteNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUK
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- The Welcome‐Wolfson Institute for Experimental MedicineQueen's University BelfastBelfastUK
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- Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical SciencesNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUK
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- The Welcome‐Wolfson Institute for Experimental MedicineQueen's University BelfastBelfastUK
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- Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical SciencesNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUK
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- Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical SciencesNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUK
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Cerniauskas E, Kurzawa‐Akanbi M, Xie L, Hallam D, Moya‐Molina M, White K, Steel D, Doherty M, Whitfield P, Al‐Aama J, Armstrong L, Kavanagh D, Lambris JD, Korolchuk VI, Harris C, Lako M. Complement modulation reverses pathology in Y402H-retinal pigment epithelium cell model of age-related macular degeneration by restoring lysosomal function. Stem Cells Transl Med 2020; 9:1585-1603. [PMID: 32815311 PMCID: PMC7695639 DOI: 10.1002/sctm.20-0211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2020] [Revised: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 07/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a multifactorial disease, which is characterized by loss of central vision, affecting one in three people by the age of 75. The Y402H polymorphism in the complement factor H (CFH) gene significantly increases the risk of AMD. We show that Y402H-AMD-patient-specific retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells are characterized by a significant reduction in the number of melanosomes, an increased number of swollen lysosome-like-vesicles with fragile membranes, Cathepsin D leakage into drusen-like deposits and reduced lysosomal function. The turnover of C3 is increased significantly in high-risk RPE cells, resulting in higher internalization and deposition of the terminal complement complex C5b-9 at the lysosomes. Inhibition of C3 processing via the compstatin analogue Cp40 reverses the disease phenotypes by relieving the lysosomes of their overburden and restoring their function. These findings suggest that modulation of the complement system represents a useful therapeutic approach for AMD patients associated with complement dysregulation.
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- Edvinas Cerniauskas
- Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical SciencesNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUK
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- Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical SciencesNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUK
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- Clinical & Translational Research Institute, Faculty of Medical SciencesNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUK
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- Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical SciencesNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUK
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- Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical SciencesNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUK
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- Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical SciencesNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUK
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- Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical SciencesNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUK
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- University of the Highlands and IslandsInvernessUK
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- Department of Genetic Medicine and Princess Al‐Jawhara Center of Excellence in Research of Hereditary Disorders, Faculty of MedicineKing Abdulaziz UniversityJeddahSaudi Arabia
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- Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical SciencesNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUK
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- Clinical & Translational Research Institute, Faculty of Medical SciencesNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUK
- National Renal Complement Therapeutics Centre, Royal Victoria InfirmaryNewcastle upon TyneUK
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory MedicineUniversity of Pennsylvania School of MedicinePhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical SciencesNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUK
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- Clinical & Translational Research Institute, Faculty of Medical SciencesNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUK
- National Renal Complement Therapeutics Centre, Royal Victoria InfirmaryNewcastle upon TyneUK
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- Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical SciencesNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUK
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Yamanari M, Mase M, Obata R, Matsuzaki M, Minami T, Takagi S, Yamamoto M, Miyamoto N, Ueda K, Koide N, Maeda T, Totani K, Aoki N, Hirami Y, Sugiyama S, Mandai M, Aihara M, Takahashi M, Kato S, Kurimoto Y. Melanin concentration and depolarization metrics measurement by polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography. Sci Rep 2020; 10:19513. [PMID: 33177585 PMCID: PMC7658243 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-76397-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Imaging of melanin in the eye is important as the melanin is structurally associated with some ocular diseases, such as age-related macular degeneration. Although optical coherence tomography (OCT) cannot distinguish tissues containing the melanin from other tissues intrinsically, polarization-sensitive OCT (PS-OCT) can detect the melanin through spatial depolarization of the backscattered light from the melanin granules. Entropy is one of the depolarization metrics that can be used to detect malanin granules in PS-OCT and valuable quantitative information on ocular tissue abnormalities can be retrived by correlating entropy with the melanin concentration. In this study, we investigate a relationship between the melanin concentration and some depolarization metrics including the entropy, and show that the entropy is linearly proportional to the melanin concentration in double logarithmic scale when noise bias is corrected for the entropy. In addition, we also confirm that the entropy does not depend on the incident state of polarization using the experimental data, which is one of important attributes that depolarization metrics should have. The dependence on the incident state of polarization is also analyzed for other depolarization metrics.
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- Engineering Department, Tomey Corporation, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Kobe City Eye Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.,Department of Ophthalmology, Kobe City Medical Centre General Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Kobe City Eye Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.,Department of Ophthalmology, Kobe City Medical Centre General Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Kobe City Eye Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.,Department of Ophthalmology, Kobe City Medical Centre General Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory for Retinal Regeneration, Riken Centre for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Kobe City Eye Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.,Department of Ophthalmology, Kobe City Medical Centre General Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.,Laboratory for Retinal Regeneration, Riken Centre for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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- Engineering Department, Tomey Corporation, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Engineering Department, Tomey Corporation, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Kobe City Eye Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.,Department of Ophthalmology, Kobe City Medical Centre General Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.,Laboratory for Retinal Regeneration, Riken Centre for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Kobe City Eye Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.,Laboratory for Retinal Regeneration, Riken Centre for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Kobe City Eye Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.,Laboratory for Retinal Regeneration, Riken Centre for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.,Vision Care Inc., Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Kobe City Eye Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.,Department of Ophthalmology, Kobe City Medical Centre General Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.,Laboratory for Retinal Regeneration, Riken Centre for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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A Re-Appraisal of Pathogenic Mechanisms Bridging Wet and Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration Leads to Reconsider a Role for Phytochemicals. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21155563. [PMID: 32756487 PMCID: PMC7432893 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21155563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2020] [Revised: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 08/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Which pathogenic mechanisms underlie age-related macular degeneration (AMD)? Are they different for dry and wet variants, or do they stem from common metabolic alterations? Where shall we look for altered metabolism? Is it the inner choroid, or is it rather the choroid–retinal border? Again, since cell-clearing pathways are crucial to degrade altered proteins, which metabolic system is likely to be the most implicated, and in which cell type? Here we describe the unique clearing activity of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and the relevant role of its autophagy machinery in removing altered debris, thus centering the RPE in the pathogenesis of AMD. The cell-clearing systems within the RPE may act as a kernel to regulate the redox homeostasis and the traffic of multiple proteins and organelles toward either the choroid border or the outer segments of photoreceptors. This is expected to cope with the polarity of various domains within RPE cells, with each one owning a specific metabolic activity. A defective clearance machinery may trigger unconventional solutions to avoid intracellular substrates’ accumulation through unconventional secretions. These components may be deposited between the RPE and Bruch’s membrane, thus generating the drusen, which remains the classic hallmark of AMD. These deposits may rather represent a witness of an abnormal RPE metabolism than a real pathogenic component. The empowerment of cell clearance, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-angiogenic activity of the RPE by specific phytochemicals is here discussed.
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Gouras P, Brown KR, Mattison JA, Neuringer M, Nagasaki T, Ivert L. The Ultrastructure, Spatial Distribution, and Osmium Tetroxide Binding of Lipofuscin and Melanosomes in Aging Monkey Retinal Epithelium. Curr Eye Res 2018; 43:1019-1023. [PMID: 29641909 DOI: 10.1080/02713683.2018.1464194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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PURPOSE To examine the ultrastructure of lipofuscin bodies and melanosomes in retinal epithelium of elderly rhesus monkeys and determines changes in their number and morphology as a function of retinal eccentricity. METHODS Electron microscopy was used to describe and quantify two major organelles in elderly monkey retinal epithelium, lipofuscin bodies and melanosomes, at different retinal loci extending from the macula to the peri-macula, equator, periphery and ora serrata. Osmium tetroxide was used to distinguish lipofuscin bodies from melanosomes. RESULTS Lipofuscin bodies and melanosomes diminished in number with advanced age but there was an inverse relationship between these two organelles. Lipofuscin bodies were more numerous in the macula and melanosomes more numerous in the peripheral retina. Three types of lipofuscin bodies were identified: 1) smaller and tending to locate in the middle third of the epithelial cell, 2) larger, less common, and located more basally, and 3) extremely rare, melano-lipofuscin, containing a melanosome. When osmicated, all lipofuscin bodies contained electron dense materials. When osmium tetroxide was not used for fixation, the first two types of lipofuscin bodies lost their electron densities while the third type retained its electron density due to the melanosome it contained. CONCLUSION As previously reported for human retina, lipofuscin is most abundant in the macular and peri-macular epithelium and least abundant in the periphery, whereas melanosomes show the opposite relationship. This distribution pattern could contribute to the macula's greater vulnerability to photo-toxicity. Three types of lipofuscin bodies are found in aging monkey retinal epithelium. All types contain electron dense material, but the most prominent two types lose their densities in the absence of osmium tetroxide during fixation. Most of the electron densities in lipofuscin bodies must contain a material that binds strongly to osmium tetroxide such as polyunsaturated fatty acids.
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- b Department of Pathology and Cell Biology , Columbia University , New York , NY , USA
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- c National Institute on Aging Intramural Research Program , NIH , Baltimore , MD , USA
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- d Division of Neuroscience , Oregon National Primate Research Center , Beaverton , OR , USA
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- a Department of Ophthalmology , Columbia University , New York , NY , USA
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- e Department of Clinical Neuroscience , Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm , Sweden
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Pollreisz A, Messinger JD, Sloan KR, Mittermueller TJ, Weinhandl AS, Benson EK, Kidd GJ, Schmidt-Erfurth U, Curcio CA. Visualizing melanosomes, lipofuscin, and melanolipofuscin in human retinal pigment epithelium using serial block face scanning electron microscopy. Exp Eye Res 2017; 166:131-139. [PMID: 29066281 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2017.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2017] [Revised: 10/17/2017] [Accepted: 10/17/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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To assess serial section block-face scanning electron microscopy (SBFSEM) for retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) ultrastructure, we determined the number and distribution within RPE cell bodies of melanosomes (M), lipofuscin (L), and melanolipofuscin (ML). Eyes of 4 Caucasian donors (16M, 32F, 76F, 84M) with unremarkable maculas were sectioned and imaged using an SEM fitted with an in-chamber automated ultramicrotome. Aligned image stacks were generated by alternately imaging an epoxy resin block face using backscattered electrons, then removing a 125 nm-thick layer. Series of 249-499 sections containing 5-24 nuclei were examined per eye. Trained readers manually assigned boundaries of individual cells and x,y,z locations of M, L, and ML. A Density Recovery Profile was computed in three dimensions for M, L, and ML. The number of granules per RPE cell body in 16M, 32F, 76F, and 84M eyes, respectively, was 465 ± 127 (mean ± SD), 305 ± 92, 79 ± 40, and 333 ± 134 for L; 13 ± 9; 6 ± 7, 131 ± 55, and 184 ± 66 for ML; and 29 ± 19, 24 ± 12, 12 ± 7, and 7 ± 3 for M. Granule types were spatially organized, with M near apical processes. The effective radius, a sphere of decreased probability for granule occurrence, was 1 μm for L, ML, and M combined. In conclusion, SBFEM reveals that adult human RPE has hundreds of L, LF, and M and that granule spacing is regulated by granule size alone. When obtained for a larger sample, this information will enable hypothesis testing about organelle turnover and regulation in health, aging, and disease, and elucidate how RPE-specific signals are generated in clinical optical coherence tomography and autofluorescence imaging.
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- Ophthalmology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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- Ophthalmology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States; Computer Science, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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- Renovo Neural Inc., Cleveland, OH, United States; Neurosciences, Cleveland Clinic, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Ophthalmology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.
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Chichagova V, Hallam D, Collin J, Buskin A, Saretzki G, Armstrong L, Yu-Wai-Man P, Lako M, Steel DH. Human iPSC disease modelling reveals functional and structural defects in retinal pigment epithelial cells harbouring the m.3243A > G mitochondrial DNA mutation. Sci Rep 2017; 7:12320. [PMID: 28951556 PMCID: PMC5615077 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-12396-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2017] [Accepted: 09/08/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
Abstract
The m.3243A > G mitochondrial DNA mutation was originally described in patients with mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes. The phenotypic spectrum of the m.3243A > G mutation has since expanded to include a spectrum of neuromuscular and ocular manifestations, including reduced vision with retinal degeneration, the underlying mechanism of which remains unclear. We used dermal fibroblasts, from patients with retinal pathology secondary to the m.3243A > G mutation to generate heteroplasmic induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) clones. RPE cells differentiated from these hiPSCs contained morphologically abnormal mitochondria and melanosomes, and exhibited marked functional defects in phagocytosis of photoreceptor outer segments. These findings have striking similarities to the pathological abnormalities reported in RPE cells studied from post-mortem tissues of affected m.3243A > G mutation carriers. Overall, our results indicate that RPE cells carrying the m.3243A > G mutation have a reduced ability to perform the critical physiological function of phagocytosis. Aberrant melanosomal morphology may potentially have consequences on the ability of the cells to perform another important protective function, namely absorption of stray light. Our in vitro cell model could prove a powerful tool to further dissect the complex pathophysiological mechanisms that underlie the tissue specificity of the m.3243A > G mutation, and importantly, allow the future testing of novel therapeutic agents.
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- Valeria Chichagova
- Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3BZ, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3BZ, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3BZ, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3BZ, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences and The Ageing Biology Centre, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle University, NE4 5PL, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3BZ, United Kingdom
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- Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0PY, United Kingdom
- MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0XY, United Kingdom
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3BZ, United Kingdom
- NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, EC1V 2PD, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3BZ, United Kingdom.
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- Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3BZ, United Kingdom.
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Biesemeier A, Gouras P. Novel organelles in primate retinal epithelium. Micron 2016; 89:56-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2016.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2016] [Revised: 07/21/2016] [Accepted: 07/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Gouras P, Ivert L, Neuringer M, Nagasaki T. Mitochondrial elongation in the macular RPE of aging monkeys, evidence of metabolic stress. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2016; 254:1221-7. [PMID: 27106622 DOI: 10.1007/s00417-016-3342-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2015] [Revised: 03/29/2016] [Accepted: 04/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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PURPOSE This study was conducted to determine whether mitochondria of the macular retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) change with age in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Mitochondria are the main instigators of oxidative stress, which has often been considered to play a role in the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Any pathological changes in the mitochondria of aging macular RPE, the main target of AMD, would be a clue to the pathogenesis of this common retinal degeneration afflicting both monkey and man. METHODS Transmission electron microscopy was used to identify mitochondria and to determine their appearance, their density per unit area of RPE cytoplasm and their length. The eyes of seven monkeys, 1, 2, 6.5, 23, 26, 27 and 35 years of age, were studied. Measurements were kept separate for the basal, middle and apical third of each cell. The basal third of the macular RPE had many more mitochondria than the middle third, and the apical third was almost devoid of mitochondria. RESULTS Mitochondrial number decreased and length increased with age. The increase in length was associated with an unusual clustering of mitochondria into parallel arrays of elongated mitochondria, with their long axis orthogonal to the basal membrane of the cell, structures not described before in RPE. CONCLUSIONS Mitochondrial elongation is associated with metabolic and/or oxidative stress, which implies that age produces stress in macular RPE. The increased clustering of very elongated mitochondria suggests that pathological changes occur in mitochondrial organization with age. These changes support the hypothesis that age-related mitochondrial dysfunction plays a role in the pathogenesis of AMD.
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- Peter Gouras
- Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA. .,Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Research Annex, 635 West 165th Street, Box #76, New York, NY, 10032, USA.
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- St. Erik's Eye Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA
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Rodriguez-Fernandez IA, Dell’Angelica EC. Identification of Atg2 and ArfGAP1 as Candidate Genetic Modifiers of the Eye Pigmentation Phenotype of Adaptor Protein-3 (AP-3) Mutants in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0143026. [PMID: 26565960 PMCID: PMC4643998 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2015] [Accepted: 10/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The Adaptor Protein (AP)-3 complex is an evolutionary conserved, molecular sorting device that mediates the intracellular trafficking of proteins to lysosomes and related organelles. Genetic defects in AP-3 subunits lead to impaired biogenesis of lysosome-related organelles (LROs) such as mammalian melanosomes and insect eye pigment granules. In this work, we have performed a forward screening for genetic modifiers of AP-3 function in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. Specifically, we have tested collections of large multi-gene deletions–which together covered most of the autosomal chromosomes–to identify chromosomal regions that, when deleted in single copy, enhanced or ameliorated the eye pigmentation phenotype of two independent AP-3 subunit mutants. Fine-mapping led us to define two non-overlapping, relatively small critical regions within fly chromosome 3. The first critical region included the Atg2 gene, which encodes a conserved protein involved in autophagy. Loss of one functional copy of Atg2 ameliorated the pigmentation defects of mutants in AP-3 subunits as well as in two other genes previously implicated in LRO biogenesis, namely Blos1 and lightoid, and even increased the eye pigment content of wild-type flies. The second critical region included the ArfGAP1 gene, which encodes a conserved GTPase-activating protein with specificity towards GTPases of the Arf family. Loss of a single functional copy of the ArfGAP1 gene ameliorated the pigmentation phenotype of AP-3 mutants but did not to modify the eye pigmentation of wild-type flies or mutants in Blos1 or lightoid. Strikingly, loss of the second functional copy of the gene did not modify the phenotype of AP-3 mutants any further but elicited early lethality in males and abnormal eye morphology when combined with mutations in Blos1 and lightoid, respectively. These results provide genetic evidence for new functional links connecting the machinery for biogenesis of LROs with molecules implicated in autophagy and small GTPase regulation.
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- Imilce A. Rodriguez-Fernandez
- Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Ach T, Tolstik E, Messinger JD, Zarubina AV, Heintzmann R, Curcio CA. Lipofuscin redistribution and loss accompanied by cytoskeletal stress in retinal pigment epithelium of eyes with age-related macular degeneration. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2015; 56:3242-52. [PMID: 25758814 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-16274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Lipofuscin (LF) and melanolipofuscin (MLF) of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) are the principal sources of autofluorescence (AF) signals in clinical fundus-AF imaging. Few details about the subcellular distribution of AF organelles in AMD are available. We describe the impact of aging and AMD on RPE morphology revealed by the distribution of AF LF/MLF granules and actin cytoskeleton in human tissues. METHODS Thirty-five RPE-Bruch's membrane flatmounts from 35 donors were prepared (postmortem: ≤4 hours). Ex vivo fundus examination at the time of accession revealed either absence of chorioretinal pathologies (10 tissues; mean age: 83.0 ± 2.6 years) or stages of AMD (25 tissues; 85.0 ± 5.8 years): early AMD, geographic atrophy, and late exudative AMD. Retinal pigment epithelium cytoskeleton was labeled with AlexaFluor647-Phalloidin. Tissues were imaged on a spinning-disk fluorescence microscope and a high-resolution structured illumination microscope. RESULTS Age-related macular degeneration impacts individual RPE cells by (1) lipofuscin redistribution by (i) degranulation (granule-by-granule loss) and/or (ii) aggregation and apparent shedding into the extracellular space; (2) enlarged RPE cell area and conversion from convex to irregular and sometimes concave polygons; and (3) cytoskeleton derangement including separations and breaks around subretinal deposits, thickening, and stress fibers. CONCLUSIONS We report an extensive and systematic en face analysis of LF/MLF-AF in AMD eyes. Redistribution and loss of AF granules are among the earliest AMD changes and could reduce fundus AF signal attributable to RPE at these locations. Data can enhance the interpretation of clinical fundus-AF and provide a basis for future quantitative studies.
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- Thomas Ach
- University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Ophthalmology, Birmingham, Alabama, United States 2University Hospital Würzburg, Department of Ophthalmology, Würzburg, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Jena, Germany 5King's College London, Randall Division of Cell & Molecular Biophysics, London, United Kingdom
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- University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Ophthalmology, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
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- University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Ophthalmology, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Jena, Germany 5King's College London, Randall Division of Cell & Molecular Biophysics, London, United Kingdom
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- University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Ophthalmology, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
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Roggia MF, Ueta T. αvβ5 Integrin/FAK/PGC-1α Pathway Confers Protective Effects on Retinal Pigment Epithelium. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0134870. [PMID: 26244551 PMCID: PMC4526642 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2015] [Accepted: 07/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Purpose To elucidate the mechanism of the induction of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator-1α (PGC-1α) by photoreceptor outer segments (POS) and its effects on retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). Methods PGC-1α upregulation by POS was confirmed in ARPE-19 cells and in RPE ex vivo. To elucidate the mechanism, siRNAs against β5 integrin, CD36, Mer tyrosine kinase (MerTK), and Atg5, blocking antibodies against CD36 and MerTK, and a specific inhibitor for focal adhesion kinase (FAK) were used. We examined the effect of POS-induced PGC-1α upregulation on the levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS), mitochondrial biogenesis, senescence-associated β-galactosidase (SA-β-gal) after H2O2 treatment, and lysosomal activity. Lysosomal activity was evaluated through transcriptional factor EB and its target genes, and the activity of cathepsin D. Lipid metabolism after POS treatment was assessed using Oil Red O and BODIPY C11. RPE phenotypes of PGC-1α-deficient mice were examined. Results POS-induced PGC-1α upregulation was suppressed by siRNA against β5 integrin and a FAK inhibitor. siRNAs and blocking antibodies against CD36 and MerTK enhanced the effect of POS on PGC-1α. The upregulation of PGC-1α increased the levels of mRNA for antioxidant enzymes and stimulated mitochondrial biogenesis, decreased ROS levels, and reduced SA-β-gal staining in H2O2-treated ARPE-19 cells. PGC-1α was critical for lysosomal activity and lipid metabolism after POS treatment. PGC-1α-deficient mice demonstrated an accumulation of type 2 lysosomes in RPE, thickening of Bruch’s membrane, and poor choriocapillaris vasculature. Conclusions The binding, but not the internalization of POS confers protective effects on RPE cells through the αvβ5 integrin/FAK/PGC-1α pathway.
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- Murilo F. Roggia
- Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Frost LS, Mitchell CH, Boesze-Battaglia K. Autophagy in the eye: implications for ocular cell health. Exp Eye Res 2014; 124:56-66. [PMID: 24810222 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2014.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2014] [Revised: 04/10/2014] [Accepted: 04/12/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Autophagy, a catabolic process by which a cell "eats" itself, turning over its own cellular constituents, plays a key role in cellular homeostasis. In an effort to maintain normal cellular function, autophagy is often up-regulated in response to environmental stresses and excessive organelle damage to facilitate aggregated protein removal. In the eye, virtually all cell types from those comprising the cornea in the front of the eye to the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) providing a protective barrier for the retina at the back of the eye, rely on one or more aspects of autophagy to maintain structure and/or normal physiological function. In the lens autophagy plays a critical role in lens fiber cell maturation and the formation of the organelle free zone. Numerous studies delineating the role of Atg5, Vsp34 as well as FYCO1 in maintenance of lens transparency are discussed. Corneal endothelial dystrophies are also characterized as having elevated levels of autophagic proteins. Therefore, novel modulators of autophagy such as lithium and melatonin are proposed as new therapeutic strategies for this group of dystrophies. In addition, we summarize how corneal Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV-1) infection subverts the cornea's response to infection by inhibiting the normal autophagic response. Using glaucoma models we analyze the relative contribution of autophagy to cell death and cell survival. The cytoprotective role of autophagy is further discussed in an analysis of photoreceptor cell heath and function. We focus our analysis on the current understanding of autophagy in photoreceptor and RPE health, specifically on the diverse role of autophagy in rods and cones as well as its protective role in light induced degeneration. Lastly, in the RPE we highlight hybrid phagocytosis-autophagy pathways. This comprehensive review allows us to speculate on how alterations in various stages of autophagy contribute to glaucoma and retinal degenerations.
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- Laura S Frost
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Pennsylvania, SDM, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Pennsylvania, SDM, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Valapala M, Wilson C, Hose S, Bhutto IA, Grebe R, Dong A, Greenbaum S, Gu L, Sengupta S, Cano M, Hackett S, Xu G, Lutty GA, Dong L, Sergeev Y, Handa JT, Campochiaro P, Wawrousek E, Zigler JS, Sinha D. Lysosomal-mediated waste clearance in retinal pigment epithelial cells is regulated by CRYBA1/βA3/A1-crystallin via V-ATPase-MTORC1 signaling. Autophagy 2014; 10:480-96. [PMID: 24468901 PMCID: PMC4077886 DOI: 10.4161/auto.27292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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In phagocytic cells, including the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), acidic compartments of the endolysosomal system are regulators of both phagocytosis and autophagy, thereby helping to maintain cellular homeostasis. The acidification of the endolysosomal system is modulated by a proton pump, the V-ATPase, but the mechanisms that direct the activity of the V-ATPase remain elusive. We found that in RPE cells, CRYBA1/βA3/A1-crystallin, a lens protein also expressed in RPE, is localized to lysosomes, where it regulates endolysosomal acidification by modulating the V-ATPase, thereby controlling both phagocytosis and autophagy. We demonstrated that CRYBA1 coimmunoprecipitates with the ATP6V0A1/V0-ATPase a1 subunit. Interestingly, in mice when Cryba1 (the gene encoding both the βA3- and βA1-crystallin forms) is knocked out specifically in RPE, V-ATPase activity is decreased and lysosomal pH is elevated, while cathepsin D (CTSD) activity is decreased. Fundus photographs of these Cryba1 conditional knockout (cKO) mice showed scattered lesions by 4 months of age that increased in older mice, with accumulation of lipid-droplets as determined by immunohistochemistry. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) of cryba1 cKO mice revealed vacuole-like structures with partially degraded cellular organelles, undigested photoreceptor outer segments and accumulation of autophagosomes. Further, following autophagy induction both in vivo and in vitro, phospho-AKT and phospho-RPTOR/Raptor decrease, while pMTOR increases in RPE cells, inhibiting autophagy and AKT-MTORC1 signaling. Impaired lysosomal clearance in the RPE of the cryba1 cKO mice also resulted in abnormalities in retinal function that increased with age, as demonstrated by electroretinography. Our findings suggest that loss of CRYBA1 causes lysosomal dysregulation leading to the impairment of both autophagy and phagocytosis.
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- Mallika Valapala
- Wilmer Eye Institute; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore, MD USA
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- Wilmer Eye Institute; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore, MD USA
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- Wilmer Eye Institute; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore, MD USA
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- Wilmer Eye Institute; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore, MD USA
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- Wilmer Eye Institute; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore, MD USA
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- Wilmer Eye Institute; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore, MD USA
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- Wilmer Eye Institute; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore, MD USA
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- Wilmer Eye Institute; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore, MD USA; Department of Ophthalmology of Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital and Tongji Eye Institute; Tongji University School of Medicine; Shanghai, China
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- Wilmer Eye Institute; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore, MD USA
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- Wilmer Eye Institute; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore, MD USA
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- Wilmer Eye Institute; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore, MD USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology of Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital and Tongji Eye Institute; Tongji University School of Medicine; Shanghai, China
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- Wilmer Eye Institute; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore, MD USA
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- National Eye Institute; National Institutes of Health; Bethesda, MD USA
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- National Eye Institute; National Institutes of Health; Bethesda, MD USA
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- Wilmer Eye Institute; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore, MD USA
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- Wilmer Eye Institute; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore, MD USA
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- National Eye Institute; National Institutes of Health; Bethesda, MD USA
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- Wilmer Eye Institute; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore, MD USA
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- Wilmer Eye Institute; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore, MD USA
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Beckwith KM, Sikorski P. Patterned cell arrays and patterned co-cultures on polydopamine-modified poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels. Biofabrication 2013; 5:045009. [DOI: 10.1088/1758-5082/5/4/045009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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