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| Title |
A method for isolation of cone photoreceptors from adult zebrafish retinae
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| Published in |
BMC Neuroscience, November 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12868-016-0307-2 |
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| Authors |
Antonino Glaviano, Andrew J. Smith, Alfonso Blanco, Sarah McLoughlin, Maria L. Cederlund, Theresa Heffernan, Beata Sapetto-Rebow, Yolanda Alvarez, Jun Yin, Breandán N. Kennedy |
| Abstract |
Cone photoreceptors are specialised sensory retinal neurons responsible for photopic vision, colour perception and visual acuity. Retinal degenerative diseases are a heterogeneous group of eye diseases in which the most severe vision loss typically arises from cone photoreceptor dysfunction or degeneration. Establishing a method to purify cone photoreceptors from retinal tissue can accelerate the identification of key molecular determinants that underlie cone photoreceptor development, survival and function. The work herein describes a new method to purify enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP)-labelled cone photoreceptors from adult retina of Tg(3.2gnat2:EGFP) zebrafish. Methods for dissecting adult zebrafish retinae, cell dissociation, cell sorting, RNA isolation and RNA quality control were optimised. The dissociation protocol, carried out with ~30 retinae from adult zebrafish, yielded approximately 6 × 10(6) cells. Flow cytometry cell sorting subsequently distinguished 1 × 10(6) EGFP(+) cells and 4 × 10(6) EGFP(-) cells. Electropherograms confirmed downstream isolation of high-quality RNA with RNA integrity number (RIN) >7.6 and RNA concentration >5.7 ng/µl obtained from both populations. Reverse Transcriptase-PCR confirmed that the EGFP-positive cell populations express known genetic markers of cone photoreceptors that were not expressed in the EGFP-negative cell population whereas a rod opsin amplicon was only detected in the EGFP-negative retinal cell population. This work describes a valuable adult zebrafish cone photoreceptor isolation methodology enabling future identification of cone photoreceptor-enriched genes, proteins and signalling networks responsible for their development, survival and function. In addition, this advancement facilitates the identification of novel candidate genes for inherited human blindness. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4 | 40% |
| United States | 1 | 10% |
| Italy | 1 | 10% |
| Unknown | 4 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 7 | 70% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 20% |
| Scientists | 1 | 10% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 30 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 17% |
| Researcher | 5 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 10% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 3 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 3 | 10% |
| Other | 4 | 13% |
| Unknown | 7 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 23% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 20% |
| Neuroscience | 4 | 13% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 10% |
| Social Sciences | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 8 | 27% |
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