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ArticleAdvances in experimental medicine and biology2014

A high content screening approach to identify molecules neuroprotective for photoreceptor cells.

John A Fuller, Gillian C Shaw, Delphine Bonnet-Wersinger, Baranda S Hansen, Cynthia A Berlinicke, James Inglese, Donald J Zack

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Article in Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

John A FullerWilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 400 N Broadway, 21231, Baltimore, MD, USA, jfulle19@jhmi.edu.
Gillian C Shaw
Delphine Bonnet-Wersinger
Baranda S Hansen
Cynthia A Berlinicke
James Inglese
Donald J Zack
Johns Hopkins Medicine · USJohns Hopkins University · USNational Center for Advancing Translational Sciences · US

Funding

Institute for Clinical and Translational ResearchUL1TR001079 · NCATS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI FORD, DANIEL ERNEST · 2013 to 2017
$60.1M
NIH Chemical Genomics CenterZIBTR000004 · NCATS · NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES · PI MCKEW, JOHN · 2012 to 2014
$52.3M
Wilmer Core Grant for Vision ResearchP30EY001765 · NEI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Ji Yi · 1985 to 2026
$22.1M
Training Veterinarians for Careers in Biomedical ResearchT32OD011089 · OD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI JOSEPH L MANKOWSKI · 2012 to 2026
$6.7M
Visual Science Training ProgramT32EY007143 · NEI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Laura Ensign, JEREMY NATHANS · 1995 to 2026
$6.2M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001079NEI NIH HHS P30 EY001765NEI NIH HHS T32 EY007143NIH HHS T32 OD011089
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeRetinal degenerations are a heterogeneous group of diseases in which there is slow but progressive loss of photoreceptors (PR). There are currently no approved therapies for treating retinal degenerations. In an effort to identify novel small molecules that are (1) neuroprotective and (2) promote PR differentiation, we have developed microscale (1,536 well) cell culture assays using primary retinal neurons.

methodsPrimary murine retinal cells are isolated, seeded, treated with a 1,280 compound chemical library in a 7 point titration and then cultured under conditions developed to assay protection against an introduced stress or enhance PR differentiation. In the protection assays a chemical insult is introduced and viability assessed after 72 h using CellTiterGlo, a single-step chemiluminescent reagent. In the differentiation assay, cells are isolated from the rhodopsin-GFP knock-in mouse and PR differentiation is assessed by fixing cells after 21 days in culture and imaging with the Acumen plate-based laser cytometer (TTP Labtech) to determine number and intensity of GFP-expressing cells. Positive wells are re-imaged at higher resolution with an INCell2000 automated microscope (GE). Concentration-response curves are generated to pharmacologically profile each compound and hits identified by xx.

resultsWe have developed PR differentiation and neuroprotection assays with a signal to background (S/B) ratios of 11 and 3, and a coefficient of variation (CV) of 20 and 9 %, suitable for chemical screening. Staurosporine has been shown in our differentiation assay to simultaneously increase the number of rhodopsin positive objects while decreasing the mean rhodopsin intensity and punctate rhodopsin fluorescent objects.

conclusionsUsing primary murine retinal cells, we developed high throughput assays to identify small molecules that influence PR development and survival. By screening multiple compound concentrations, dose-response curves can be generated, and the false negative rate minimized. It is hoped that this work will identify both potential preclinical candidates as well as molecular probes that will be useful for analysis of the molecular mechanisms that promote PR differentiation and survival.

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Drug DiscoveryAnimalsCell CountCell Culture TechniquesGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNeuroprotective AgentsPhotoreceptor Cells, VertebratePrimary Cell CultureRetinal DegenerationRhodopsinGreen Fluorescent ProteinsNeuroprotective AgentsRhodopsin

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PMID24664770
PMCPMC4155743
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