Endogenous bone marrow derived cells express retinal pigment epithelium cell markers and migrate to focal areas of RPE damage

Li, Yang; Atmaca-Sonmez, Pelin; Schanie, Carrie L; Ildstad, Suzanne T; Kaplan, Henry J; Enzmann, Volker (2007). Endogenous bone marrow derived cells express retinal pigment epithelium cell markers and migrate to focal areas of RPE damage. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 48(9), pp. 4321-7. Hagerstown, Md.: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 10.1167/iovs.06-1015

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PURPOSE: The aim of the present study was to investigate whether bone marrow-derived cells (BMCs) can be induced to express retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cell markers in vitro and can home to the site of RPE damage after mobilization and express markers of RPE lineage in vivo. METHODS: Adult RPE cells were cocultured with green fluorescence protein (GFP)-labeled stem cell antigen-1 positive (Sca-1(+)) BMCs for 1, 2, and 3 weeks. Cell morphology and expression of RPE-specific markers and markers for other retinal cell types were studied. Using an animal model of sodium iodate (NaIO(3))-induced RPE degeneration, BMCs were mobilized into the peripheral circulation by granulocyte-colony stimulating factor, flt3 ligand, or both. Immunocytochemistry was used to identify and characterize BMCs in the subretinal space in C57BL/6 wild-type (wt) mice and GFP chimeric mice. RESULTS: In vitro, BMCs changed from round to flattened, polygonal cells and expressed cytokeratin, RPE65, and microphthalmia transcription factor (MITF) when cocultured in direct cell-cell contact with RPE. In vivo, BMCs were identified in the subretinal space as Sca-1(+) or c-kit(+) cells. They were also double labeled for GFP and RPE65 or MITF. These cells formed a monolayer on the Bruch membrane in focal areas of RPE damage. CONCLUSIONS: Thus, it appears that BMCs, when mobilized into the peripheral circulation, can home to focal areas of RPE damage and express cell markers of RPE lineage. The use of endogenous BMCs to replace damaged retinal tissue opens new possibilities for cell replacement therapy in ophthalmology.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Ophthalmology
UniBE Contributor:	Enzmann, Volker
ISSN:	0146-0404
ISBN:	17724223
Publisher:	Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
Language:	English
Submitter:	Factscience Import
Date Deposited:	04 Oct 2013 14:55
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 14:17
Publisher DOI:	10.1167/iovs.06-1015
PubMed ID:	17724223
Web of Science ID:	000249061900058
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/23609 (FactScience: 42872)