Vitamin C- and Valproic Acid-Induced Fetal RPE Stem-like Cells Recover Retinal Degeneration via Regulating SOX2

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Retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cell replacement therapy has provided promising outcomes in the treatment of retinal degenerative diseases (RDDs), but the resulting limited visual improvement has raised questions about graft survival and differentiation. Through combined treatment with vitamin C and valproic acid (together, VV), we activated human fetal RPE (fRPE) cells to become highly proliferative fetal RPE stem-like cells (fRPESCs). In this study, we report that SOX2 (SRY-box 2) activation contributed to mesenchymal-epithelial transition and elevated the retinal progenitor and mesenchymal stromal markers expressions of fRPESCs. These fRPESCs could differentiate into RPE cells, rod photoreceptors, and mesenchymal lineage progenies under defined conditions. Finally, fRPESCs were transplanted into the subretinal space of an RDD mouse model, and a photoreceptor rescue benefit was demonstrated. The RPE and rod photoreceptor differentiation of transplanted fRPESCs may account for the neural retinal recovery. This study establishes fRPESCs as a highly proliferative, multi-lineage differentiation potential (including RPE, rod photoreceptor, and mesenchymal lineage differentiation), mesenchymal-to-epithelial-transitioned retinal stem-like cell source for cell-based therapy of RDDs.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

Enthalten in:

Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy - 28(2020), 7 vom: 08. Juli, Seite 1645-1657

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shen, Han [VerfasserIn]
Ding, Chenyue [VerfasserIn]
Yuan, Songtao [VerfasserIn]
Pan, Ting [VerfasserIn]
Li, Duo [VerfasserIn]
Li, Hong [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Boxian [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Qinghuai [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

614OI1Z5WI
Ascorbic Acid
Ascorbic acid
Biomarkers
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition
Journal Article
PQ6CK8PD0R
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Retinal degeneration
Retinal pigment epithelium
SOX2 protein, human
SOXB1 Transcription Factors
Valproic Acid
Valproic acid

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Date Completed 29.06.2021

Date Revised 09.07.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ymthe.2020.04.008

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM309370442