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Non-Cell-Autonomous Regulation of Optic Nerve Regeneration by Amacrine Cells

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FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 15, Issue -, Pages -

Publisher

FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2021.666798

Keywords

axon regeneration; non-cell-autonomous; optic nerve; amacrine cells; retinal ganglion cells

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  1. Adelson Medical Research Foundation
  2. NIH (NEI) [R01EY027881, R01EY024481]
  3. NIH (NINDS IDDRC) [HD018655]

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The text describes the process of how visual information is transmitted from the eye to the brain through the optic nerve by retinal ganglion cells. It discusses the inability of retinal ganglion cells to regenerate axons and the mechanisms behind neurodegeneration and regenerative failure. Additionally, it mentions the role of retinal interneurons in the survival and axon regeneration of retinal ganglion cells.
Visual information is conveyed from the eye to the brain through the axons of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) that course through the optic nerve and synapse onto neurons in multiple subcortical visual relay areas. RGCs cannot regenerate their axons once they are damaged, similar to most mature neurons in the central nervous system (CNS), and soon undergo cell death. These phenomena of neurodegeneration and regenerative failure are widely viewed as being determined by cell-intrinsic mechanisms within RGCs or to be influenced by the extracellular environment, including glial or inflammatory cells. However, a new concept is emerging that the death or survival of RGCs and their ability to regenerate axons are also influenced by the complex circuitry of the retina and that the activation of a multicellular signaling cascade involving changes in inhibitory interneurons - the amacrine cells (AC) - contributes to the fate of RGCs. Here, we review our current understanding of the role that interneurons play in cell survival and axon regeneration after optic nerve injury.

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