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- Title
Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor Released by Müller Glial Cells Exerts Neuroprotective Effects on Retinal Ganglion Cells.
- Authors
Unterlauft, Jan; Eichler, Wolfram; Kuhne, Konstantin; Yang, Xiu; Yafai, Yousef; Wiedemann, Peter; Reichenbach, Andreas; Claudepierre, Thomas
- Abstract
Survival of retinal ganglion cells (RGC) is compromised in several vision-threatening disorders such as ischemic and hypertensive retinopathies and glaucoma. Pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) is a naturally occurring pleiotropic secreted factor in the retina. PEDF produced by retinal glial (Müller) cells is suspected to be an essential component of neuron-glial interactions especially for RGC, as it can protect this neuronal type from ischemia-induced cell death. Here we show that PEDF treatment can directly affect RGC survival in vitro. Using Müller cell-RGC-co-cultures we observed that activity of Müller-cell derived soluble mediators can attenuate hypoxia-induced damage and RGC loss. Finally, neutralizing the activity of PEDF in glia-conditioned media partially abolished the neuroprotective effect of glia, leading to an increased neuronal death in hypoxic condition. Altogether our results suggest that PEDF is crucially involved in the neuroprotective process of reactive Müller cells towards RGC.
- Subjects
RETINAL ganglion cells; RETINAL (Visual pigment); NEUROPROTECTIVE agents; GLAUCOMA; HYPEROXIA; NEUROGLIA
- Publication
Neurochemical Research, 2012, Vol 37, Issue 7, p1524
- ISSN
0364-3190
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11064-012-0747-8