Comparison of stem-cell derived retinal pigment epithelia (RPE) with human fetal retina pigment epithelium
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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE36695 | GEO | 2013/03/20
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA153617
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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Project description:Retinal Pigment Epithelium (RPE) derived from two human embryonic stem cell lines, H1 and H9, were compared with human fetal RPE (hfRPE) using RNA-seq. Nominally, the transcriptome of H1-derived RPE showed greater overlap with hfRPE. For cells maintained in the medium used to differentiate RPE, 6.2% (H1-RPE) and 4.2% (H9-RPE) of the transcripts were expressed in amounts that were statistically different from hfRPE (false discovery rate: 5%). After adaptation to the serum-free medium, SFM-1, only 1.0 % (H1-RPE) and 1.9% (H9-RPE) were expressed in amounts that were statistically different. For RPE signature genes, statistical differences were observed for 1.0 % (H1-RPE) and 1.9% (H9-RPE) of the transcripts. For some barrier-function related mRNAs the statistical differences were greater than these small differences would predict. For adhesion proteins and plasma membrane transporters, the differences were as great as 6.9% and 4.3%, respectively. After adaptation to SFM-1, the statistical differences between H1- and H9-RPE were only 0.4% for all transcripts, 1.4% for signature genes, and 0.7% for membrane transporters. No statistical differences were observed for the transcripts related to tight junctions, adhesion junctions or ion channels. In summary, SFM-1 promoted the maturation of stem cell-derived RPE, and the statistical difference between two stem cell lines was minimal. RNA sequencing of hfRPE from three fetuses (reference sample) and three independent isolates of RPE derived from the H1, and three from the H9, human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines. The cultures were maintained in a serum-free medium, SFM-1. Comparisons were also made to cultures maintained in the medium used to differentiate the cells, KSR.
2013-03-20 | E-GEOD-36695 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Purpose: The retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) forms the outer blood-retinal barrier. Primary cultures of RPE can model the barrier, but are very sensitive to culture conditions. We examined how the neural retina regulates the RPE transcriptome in a culture model of embryonic development. Attention focused on the tight junctional genes essential for barrier function. Methods: Chick RPE from embryonic day 7 (E7) or embryonic day 14 (E14) was cultured on filters in a serum free medium. Media conditioned by organ culture of neural retinas was applied to the apical surface of the cultured RPE. Fetal bovine serum (2%) was included in some experiments. When the transepithelial electrical resistance (TER) reached a plateau, total RNA was isolated to probe the chick genome on Affymetrix microarrays. The expression tight junctional mRNAs was confirmed by real-time PCR and immunoblotting the protein. Results: The TER was slightly increased by serum, but increased 2-3X by retinal conditioned medium. Serum diminished the effect of retinal conditioned medium. In basal conditions, 86% of the transcriptome expressed during development in vivo was also expressed in culture. Approximately 5% of the transcriptome expressed in culture was absent in vivo. E14 retinal conditioned medium affected 15% of the transcriptome in E7 cultures (24% if serum was included), but only 1.9% in E14 cultures (12% with serum). Examination of 610 genes important for RPE function revealed that mRNAs for 17% were regulated by retinal conditioned medium alone in E7 cultures, compared to 6.2% for E14. For tight junctions, retinal conditioned medium had the most affect on members of the claudin family. These results were confirmed by quantitative real-time PCR. Besides regulating mRNA levels, immunoblotting and immunocytochemistry suggested additional mechanisms whereby retinal secretions regulated protein expression and localization. Conclusions: Gene expression in primary cultures of embryonic RPE resembled the native tissue, but expression, and differentiation, is improved when elements of the normal extracellular environment are replicated in culture. For a small group of proteins, retinal secretions were required to maintain in vivo-like expression in culture. Albeit insufficient, retinal secretions promoted differentiation of immature RPE and helped maintain the properties of more mature RPE. Experiment Overall Design: RPE were isolated from chicken embryos on embryonic day 7 or 14 and cultured, as described <Rahner C, Fukuhara M, Peng S, Kojima S, Rizzolo LJ. The apical and basal environments of the retinal pigment epithelium regulate the maturation of tight junctions during development. J Cell Sci. 2004;117:3307-18>. E7 is when tight junctions of the RPE begin to form; E14 is when tight junctions achieve their mature morphological appearance in vivo. The cells were cultured in medium that contains or lacks E14 retinal conditioned medium. Because serum inhibits the effect of retinal conditioned medium, serum was added to some cultures, resulting in 4 culture conditions for each age. To isolate total RNA, the RNeasy Protect kit (Qiagen) was used according to the manufacturer's protocols. For each culture, 3 independent preparations were used for analysis on Affymetrix microarrays of the chicken genome (Santa Clara, CA). The quality of the total RNA was assessed by the Keck Center, Yale University using formamide gels and a 2100 Bioanalyzer (Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA)
2008-11-01 | E-GEOD-10538 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Purpose: The retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) forms the outer blood-retinal barrier. Primary cultures of RPE can model the barrier, but are very sensitive to culture conditions. We examined how the neural retina regulates the RPE transcriptome in a culture model of embryonic development. Attention focused on the tight junctional genes essential for barrier function. Methods: Chick RPE from embryonic day 7 (E7) or embryonic day 14 (E14) was cultured on filters in a serum free medium. Media conditioned by organ culture of neural retinas was applied to the apical surface of the cultured RPE. Fetal bovine serum (2%) was included in some experiments. When the transepithelial electrical resistance (TER) reached a plateau, total RNA was isolated to probe the chick genome on Affymetrix microarrays. The expression tight junctional mRNAs was confirmed by real-time PCR and immunoblotting the protein. Results: The TER was slightly increased by serum, but increased 2-3X by retinal conditioned medium. Serum diminished the effect of retinal conditioned medium. In basal conditions, 86% of the transcriptome expressed during development in vivo was also expressed in culture. Approximately 5% of the transcriptome expressed in culture was absent in vivo. E14 retinal conditioned medium affected 15% of the transcriptome in E7 cultures (24% if serum was included), but only 1.9% in E14 cultures (12% with serum). Examination of 610 genes important for RPE function revealed that mRNAs for 17% were regulated by retinal conditioned medium alone in E7 cultures, compared to 6.2% for E14. For tight junctions, retinal conditioned medium had the most affect on members of the claudin family. These results were confirmed by quantitative real-time PCR. Besides regulating mRNA levels, immunoblotting and immunocytochemistry suggested additional mechanisms whereby retinal secretions regulated protein expression and localization. Conclusions: Gene expression in primary cultures of embryonic RPE resembled the native tissue, but expression, and differentiation, is improved when elements of the normal extracellular environment are replicated in culture. For a small group of proteins, retinal secretions were required to maintain in vivo-like expression in culture. Albeit insufficient, retinal secretions promoted differentiation of immature RPE and helped maintain the properties of more mature RPE. Keywords: Tissue interactions, retina, retinal pigment epithelium, blood-retinal barrier, tight junctions
2008-09-30 | GSE10538 | GEO
Project description:Eye development and photoreceptor maintenance requires the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), a thin layer of cells that underlies the neural retina. Despite its importance, RPE development has not been studied by a genomic approach. A microarray expression profiling methodology was established in this study for studying RPE development. The intact retina with RPE attached was dissected from developing embryos, and differentially expressed genes in RPE were inferred by comparing the dissected tissues with retinas without RPE using microarray and statistical analyses. We found 8810 probesets to be significantly expressed in RPE at 52 hours post-fertilization (hpf), of which 1443 might have biologically meaningful expression levels. Further, 78 and 988 probesets were found to be significantly over- or under-expressed in RPE respectively compared to retina. Also, 79.2% (38/48) of the known over-expressed probesets have been independently validated as RPE-related transcripts. The results strongly suggest that this methodology can obtain in vivo RPE specific gene expression from the zebrafish embryos and identify novel RPE markers. Keywords: Development, retina, retinal pigment epithelium
2007-01-25 | GSE5048 | GEO
Project description:Purpose: The morphology of the RPE shows minimal change as the neural retina and choriocapillaris differentiate. Nonetheless, initial studies of barrier-related proteins suggest extensive remodeling of the RPE in response to this changing environment. A genomic approach was used to investigate the extent of this remodeling. Methods: RPE was isolated from E7, E10, E14 and E18 chick embryos and total RNA extracted for probing the entire genome on Affymetrix microarray chips. Statistical parameters using ANOVA were adjusted to yield a theoretical false discovery rate of 5%. STEM software was used to cluster genes into statistically related patterns of expression. Gene ontology clustering, using Affymetrix software was used for functional clustering. The proteinlounge.com database was used as a source of known biological pathways. Results: Of the 37,694 probe sets on the microarray, 17,199 were not absent. Of the 20,495 expressed probes, the expression of 8,889 was developmentally regulated. 4814 of these could be clustered into 12 patterns of expression that were statistically significant. The developmental patterns of expression for 22 tight and adherens junction proteins have been reported. Only two showed small variations from the patterns revealed by the microarray. Further, as would be predicted, expression of genes that promote progression through the cell cycle decreased and genes that inhibit progression increased with age. The data indicate extensive remodeling of the extracellular matrix, cell surface receptors, cell-cell junctions, transcellular ion transport and signal transduction pathways throughout development. Notably, the appearance of claudin 20, ZO-3 and cadherins 13 and 20 very late in development suggest barrier properties continue to change after functional junctions are formed. Conclusions: The data reveal a far more dynamic view of the RPE and its interactions with its environment than would be expected from morphological examination. The remodeling of junctional complexes, extracellular matrix interactions and transcellular transport capabilities indicates a continuous remodeling of the blood-retinal barrier. These data provide a standard whereby culture models of RPE function and regulation may be judged. SUBMITTER_CITATION: Rizzolo LJ, Chen X, Weitzman M, Sun R and Zhang H (2007) Analysis of the RPE transcriptome reveals dynamic changes during the development of the outer blood-retinal barrier. Mol. Vis. 13: in press. Experiment Overall Design: Sheets of RPE were isolated from chicken embryos on Embryonic day 7 (E7), E10, E14 and E18 and stored in RNAlatter (Qiagen, Valencia, CA), as described <Rahner C, Fukuhara M, Peng S, Kojima S, Rizzolo LJ. The apical and basal environments of the retinal pigment epithelium regulate the maturation of tight junctions during development. J Cell Sci. 2004;117:3307-18>. To isolate total RNA, the RNeasy Protect kit (Qiagen) was used according to the manufacturer's protocols. For each age, 3-4 independent preparations were used for analysis on Affymetrix microarrays of the chicken genome (Santa Clara, CA). For each preparation, sheets of RPE were pooled from 20-30 eyes. The quality of the total RNA was assessed by the Keck Center, Yale University using formamide gels and a 2100 Bioanalyzer (Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA)
2008-11-08 | E-GEOD-7176 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Eye development and photoreceptor maintenance requires the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), a thin layer of cells that underlies the neural retina. Despite its importance, RPE development has not been studied by a genomic approach. A microarray expression profiling methodology was established in this study for studying RPE development. The intact retina with RPE attached was dissected from developing embryos, and differentially expressed genes in RPE were inferred by comparing the dissected tissues with retinas without RPE using microarray and statistical analyses. We found 8810 probesets to be significantly expressed in RPE at 52 hours post-fertilization (hpf), of which 1443 might have biologically meaningful expression levels. Further, 78 and 988 probesets were found to be significantly over- or under-expressed in RPE respectively compared to retina. Also, 79.2% (38/48) of the known over-expressed probesets have been independently validated as RPE-related transcripts. The results strongly suggest that this methodology can obtain in vivo RPE specific gene expression from the zebrafish embryos and identify novel RPE markers. Experiment Overall Design: The gene expression levels of three independent replicates of retina with RPE attached consisting of ten samples each at 52hpf (WRR52) were compared with three independent pure retinal samples consisting of ten retinas each at 52hpf (WR52). The yield-adjusted WR52 expression values were assumed to be equivalent to the retinal contribution in WRR52 samples and deducted from WRR52 expression values to obtain estimations of RPE gene expression at 52hpf (RPE52). Differential gene expressions between RPE and retina were inferred by comparing the RPE52 estimates and WR52 expression values.
2008-06-13 | E-GEOD-5048 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Purpose: The morphology of the RPE shows minimal change as the neural retina and choriocapillaris differentiate. Nonetheless, initial studies of barrier-related proteins suggest extensive remodeling of the RPE in response to this changing environment. A genomic approach was used to investigate the extent of this remodeling. Methods: RPE was isolated from E7, E10, E14 and E18 chick embryos and total RNA extracted for probing the entire genome on Affymetrix microarray chips. Statistical parameters using ANOVA were adjusted to yield a theoretical false discovery rate of 5%. STEM software was used to cluster genes into statistically related patterns of expression. Gene ontology clustering, using Affymetrix software was used for functional clustering. The proteinlounge.com database was used as a source of known biological pathways. Results: Of the 37,694 probe sets on the microarray, 17,199 were not absent. Of the 20,495 expressed probes, the expression of 8,889 was developmentally regulated. 4814 of these could be clustered into 12 patterns of expression that were statistically significant. The developmental patterns of expression for 22 tight and adherens junction proteins have been reported. Only two showed small variations from the patterns revealed by the microarray. Further, as would be predicted, expression of genes that promote progression through the cell cycle decreased and genes that inhibit progression increased with age. The data indicate extensive remodeling of the extracellular matrix, cell surface receptors, cell-cell junctions, transcellular ion transport and signal transduction pathways throughout development. Notably, the appearance of claudin 20, ZO-3 and cadherins 13 and 20 very late in development suggest barrier properties continue to change after functional junctions are formed. Conclusions: The data reveal a far more dynamic view of the RPE and its interactions with its environment than would be expected from morphological examination. The remodeling of junctional complexes, extracellular matrix interactions and transcellular transport capabilities indicates a continuous remodeling of the blood-retinal barrier. These data provide a standard whereby culture models of RPE function and regulation may be judged. Keywords: time course
2007-07-02 | GSE7176 | GEO
Project description:Background: To identify and functionally annotate cell type-specific gene expression in the human retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), a key tissue involved in age-related macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa. Methodology: RPE, photoreceptor and choroidal cells were isolated from selected freshly frozen healthy human donor eyes using laser microdissection. RNA isolation, amplification and hybridization to 44k microarrays was carried out according to Agilent specifications. Bioinformatics was carried out using Rosetta Resolver, David and Ingenuity software. Principal Findings: Our previous 22k analysis of the RPE transcriptome showed that the RPE has high levels of protein synthesis, strong energy demands, is exposed to high levels of oxidative stress and a variable degree of inflammation. We currently use a complementary new strategy aimed at the identification and functional annotation of RPE-specific expressed transcripts. This strategy takes advantage of the multilayered cellular structure of the retina and overcomes a number of limitations of previous studies. In triplicate, we compared the transcriptomes of RPE, photoreceptor and choroidal cells and we deduced RPE specific expression. We identified at least 114 entries with RPE-specific gene expression. Thirty-nine of these 114 genes also show high expression in the RPE, comparison with the literature showed that 85% of these 39 were previously identified to be expressed in the RPE. In the group of 114 RPE specific genes there was an overrepresentation of genes involved in (membrane) transport, vision and ophthalmic disease. More fundamentally, we found RPE-specific involvement in the RAR-activation, retinol metabolism and GABA receptor signaling pathways. Conclusions: In this study we provide a further specification and understanding of the RPE transcriptome by identifying and analyzing genes that are specifically expressed in the RPE. Six RPE samples, three phot samples, three choroid samples
2010-06-08 | E-GEOD-20191 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:The retina could convert light into neurochemical information that is ultimately transmitted to the brain. The macula is a special structure at the back of the retina in humans and primates. The retinal pigment epithelium is a monolayer tissue layer that is fundamentally important for retinal development and function, and RPE dysfunction can lead to a variety of retinal degenerative diseases. Therefore, it is particularly important to study the differences between macular RPE region and peripheral RPE region. Single-cell sequencing technology enables us to analyze the heterogeneity of RPE, and found different molecular functions.So, we constructed a single-cell transcriptome atlas of macular and peripheral cells. The differences of TF, receptor ligand and function between macular RPE and peripheral RPE were analyzed. Finally, some clusters associated with retinal disease was identified. Our results provide data support for exploring the pathogenesis of RPE and retinal diseases, contributing to a deeper understanding of the physiological mechanism of retina and providing new ideas for the treatment of diseases.
2021-12-01 | GSE189770 | GEO
Project description:Purpose: The presence of a phagocytic peak of photoreceptor outer segments by the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) one or two hours after the onset of light has been reported for several diurnal and nocturnal species. This peak in phagocytic activity also persists under constant lighting conditions (i.e., constant light or dark) thus demonstrating that the timing of this peak is driven by a circadian clock. The aim of this study was to investigate the change in RPE whole transcriptome at two different circadian times (CT; 1 hour before (CT23) and 1 hour after (CT1) subjective light onset) Methods: C57BL/6J male mice were maintained in DD for three days and euthanized under red light (< 1 lux) at CT23 and CT1. RPE was isolated from whole eyes for RNA library preparation and sequencing on an Illumina HiSeq4000 platform. Results: 14,083 mouse RPE transcripts were detected in common between CT23 and CT1. 12,005 were protein coding transcripts and 2078 were non-protein coding transcripts. 2421 protein coding transcripts were significantly upregulated whereas only 3 transcripts were significantly downregulated and 12 non-protein coding transcripts were significantly upregulated and 31 non-protein coding transcripts were significantly downregulated at CT1 when compared to CT23 (p < 0.05, fold change ≥±2.0). Of the protein coding transcripts, a majority of them were classified as: enzymes, kinases, and transcriptional regulators with a large majority of activity in the cytoplasm, nucleus, and plasma membrane. Non-protein coding transcripts included classes such as long-non coding RNAs and pseudogenes. Gene ontology analysis and ingenuity pathway analysis revealed that differentially expressed transcripts were associated with integrin signaling, oxidative phosphorylation, protein phosphorylation, and actin cytoskeleton remodeling suggesting that these previously identified phagocytic pathways are under circadian control. Conclusions: Our analysis identified new pathways (e.g., increased mitochondrial respiration via increased oxidative phosphorylation) that may be involved in the circadian control of phagocytic activity. In addition, our dataset suggests a possible regulatory role for the identified non-protein coding transcripts in mediating the complex function of RPE phagocytosis. Finally, our results also indicate, as seen in other tissues, about 20 % of the whole RPE transcriptome may be under circadian clock regulation.
2020-01-10 | GSE143396 | GEO