Journal
DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
Volume 316, Issue 2, Pages 214-227Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.01.015
Keywords
math5; ath5; atoh7; brn3b; POU4f2; RGC; progenitor; retina; development; mouse
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- NEI NIH HHS [R01 EY006671-15, P30 EY010608-139002, P30 EY010608-149002, P30 EY010608-129002, P30 EY010608-049002, P30 EY010608-159002, R01 EY006671-16, P30 EY010608-115315, P30 EY007551, F32 EY006671, EY10608, P30 EY010608-059002, P30 EY010608, P30 EY007551-22, EY06671, R01 EY006671] Funding Source: Medline
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Retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) are the first cell type to differentiate during retinal histogenesis. It has been postulated that specified RGCs subsequently influence the number and fate of the remaining progenitors to produce the rest of the retinal cell types. However, several genetic knockout models have argued against this developmental role for RGCs. Although it is known that RGCs secrete cellular factors implicated in cell proliferation, survival, and differentiation, until now, limited publications have shown that reductions in the RGC number cause significant changes in these processes. In this study, we observed that Math5 and Brn3b double null mice exhibited over a 99% reduction in the number of RGCs during development. This severe reduction of RGCs is accompanied by a drastic loss in the number of all other retinal cell types that was never seen before. Unlike Brn3b null or Math5 null animals, mice null for both alleles lack an optic nerve and have severe retinal dysfunction. Results of this study support the hypothesis that RGCs play a pivotal role in the late phase of mammalian retina development. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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