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ArticleThe Journal of clinical investigation2015

Synaptic pathology and therapeutic repair in adult retinoschisis mouse by AAV-RS1 transfer.

Jingxing Ou, Camasamudram Vijayasarathy, Lucia Ziccardi, Shan Chen, Yong Zeng, Dario Marangoni, Jodie G Pope, Ronald A Bush, Zhijian Wu, Wei Li and 1 more

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Article in The Journal of clinical investigation, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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62 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 118 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jingxing Ou
Camasamudram Vijayasarathy
Lucia Ziccardi
Shan Chen
Yong Zeng
Dario Marangoni
Jodie G Pope
Ronald A Bush
Zhijian Wu
Wei Li
Paul A Sieving
National Institutes of Health · USNational Eye Institute · USNational Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders · US

Funding

Retinal Gene TherapyZIAEY000443 · NEI · NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE · PI LI, TIANSEN · 2009 to 2020
$8.4M
Preclinical and Clinical Development of Treatment for X-linked RetinoschisisZIADC000065 · NIDCD · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS · PI SIEVING, PAUL · 2009 to 2019
$5.7M
Pathophysiology and Treatment of Retinal Degenerations in Animal ModelsZIADC000077 · NIDCD · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS · PI SIEVING, PAUL · 2009 to 2019
$3.2M
Synaptic pathology and plasticity in a degenerative retinal diseaseZIAEY000548 · NEI · NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE · PI LI, WEI · 2015 to 2015
$212k
Intramural NIH HHS
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Strategies aimed at invoking synaptic plasticity have therapeutic potential for several neurological conditions. The human retinal synaptic disease X-linked retinoschisis (XLRS) is characterized by impaired visual signal transmission through the retina and progressive visual acuity loss, and mice lacking retinoschisin (RS1) recapitulate human disease. Here, we demonstrate that restoration of RS1 via retina-specific delivery of adeno-associated virus type 8-RS1 (AAV8-RS1) vector rescues molecular pathology at the photoreceptor-depolarizing bipolar cell (photoreceptor-DBC) synapse and restores function in adult Rs1-KO animals. Initial development of the photoreceptor-DBC synapse was normal in the Rs1-KO retina; however, the metabotropic glutamate receptor 6/transient receptor potential melastatin subfamily M member 1-signaling (mGluR6/TRPM1-signaling) cascade was not properly maintained. Specifically, the TRPM1 channel and G proteins Gαo, Gβ5, and RGS11 were progressively lost from postsynaptic DBC dendritic tips, whereas the mGluR6 receptor and RGS7 maintained proper synaptic position. This postsynaptic disruption differed from other murine night-blindness models with an electronegative electroretinogram response, which is also characteristic of murine and human XLRS disease. Upon AAV8-RS1 gene transfer to the retina of adult XLRS mice, TRPM1 and the signaling molecules returned to their proper dendritic tip location, and the DBC resting membrane potential was restored. These findings provide insight into the molecular plasticity of a critical synapse in the visual system and demonstrate potential therapeutic avenues for some diseases involving synaptic pathology.

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AnimalsCalcium SignalingCell Adhesion MoleculesDependovirusDisease Models, AnimalElectroretinographyEye ProteinsGenetic TherapyGenetic VectorsHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutNeuronal PlasticityPhotoreceptor Cells, VertebrateCell Adhesion MoleculesEye Proteinsmetabotropic glutamate receptor 6Receptors, Metabotropic GlutamateRS1 protein, mouseTrpm1 protein, mouseTRPM Cation Channels

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PMID26098217
PMCPMC4563692
OpenAlexW2145885621

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