PUBLICATION
Transcriptomic comparison of two selective retinal cell ablation paradigms in zebrafish reveals shared and cell-specific regenerative responses
- Authors
- Emmerich, K., Walker, S.L., Wang, G., White, D.T., Ceisel, A., Wang, F., Teng, Y., Chunawala, Z., Graziano, G., Nimmagadda, S., Saxena, M.T., Qian, J., Mumm, J.S.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-231012-53
- Date
- 2023
- Source
- PLoS Genetics 19: e1010905e1010905 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Ceisel, Anneliese, Emmerich, Kevin, Mumm, Jeff, Saxena, Meera T., Walker, Steven, White, David T.
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Cell Proliferation
- Mammals
- Mice
- Neurons
- Retina/metabolism
- Transcriptome*/genetics
- Zebrafish*/genetics
- PubMed
- 37819938 Full text @ PLoS Genet.
Citation
Emmerich, K., Walker, S.L., Wang, G., White, D.T., Ceisel, A., Wang, F., Teng, Y., Chunawala, Z., Graziano, G., Nimmagadda, S., Saxena, M.T., Qian, J., Mumm, J.S. (2023) Transcriptomic comparison of two selective retinal cell ablation paradigms in zebrafish reveals shared and cell-specific regenerative responses. PLoS Genetics. 19:e1010905e1010905.
Abstract
Retinal Müller glia (MG) can act as stem-like cells to generate new neurons in both zebrafish and mice. In zebrafish, retinal regeneration is innate and robust, resulting in the replacement of lost neurons and restoration of visual function. In mice, exogenous stimulation of MG is required to reveal a dormant and, to date, limited regenerative capacity. Zebrafish studies have been key in revealing factors that promote regenerative responses in the mammalian eye. Increased understanding of how the regenerative potential of MG is regulated in zebrafish may therefore aid efforts to promote retinal repair therapeutically. Developmental signaling pathways are known to coordinate regeneration following widespread retinal cell loss. In contrast, less is known about how regeneration is regulated in the context of retinal degenerative disease, i.e., following the loss of specific retinal cell types. To address this knowledge gap, we compared transcriptomic responses underlying regeneration following targeted loss of rod photoreceptors or bipolar cells. In total, 2,531 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified, with the majority being paradigm specific, including during early MG activation phases, suggesting the nature of the injury/cell loss informs the regenerative process from initiation onward. For example, early modulation of Notch signaling was implicated in the rod but not bipolar cell ablation paradigm and components of JAK/STAT signaling were implicated in both paradigms. To examine candidate gene roles in rod cell regeneration, including several immune-related factors, CRISPR/Cas9 was used to create G0 mutant larvae (i.e., "crispants"). Rod cell regeneration was inhibited in stat3 crispants, while mutating stat5a/b, c7b and txn accelerated rod regeneration kinetics. These data support emerging evidence that discrete responses follow from selective retinal cell loss and that the immune system plays a key role in regulating "fate-biased" regenerative processes.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping