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ArticleBMC neuroscience2016

A method for isolation of cone photoreceptors from adult zebrafish retinae.

Antonino Glaviano, Andrew J Smith, Alfonso Blanco, Sarah McLoughlin, Maria L Cederlund, Theresa Heffernan, Beata Sapetto-Rebow, Yolanda Alvarez, Jun Yin, Breandán N Kennedy

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Article in BMC neuroscience, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Antonino GlavianoUCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, D04 V1W8, Ireland.
Andrew J SmithUCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, D04 V1W8, Ireland.
Alfonso BlancoUCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, D04 V1W8, Ireland.
Sarah McLoughlinUCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, D04 V1W8, Ireland.
Maria L CederlundUCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, D04 V1W8, Ireland.
Theresa HeffernanUCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, D04 V1W8, Ireland.
Beata Sapetto-RebowUCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, D04 V1W8, Ireland.
Yolanda AlvarezUCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, D04 V1W8, Ireland.
Jun YinUCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, D04 V1W8, Ireland.
Breandán N KennedyUCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, D04 V1W8, Ireland. brendan.kennedy@ucd.ie.
University College Dublin · IE

Funding

Wellcome Trust WT106820MA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCone 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.

resultsMethods 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

conclusionsThis 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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ZebrafishAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedDissectionFlow CytometryGreen Fluorescent ProteinsRetinal Cone Photoreceptor CellsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNAenhanced green fluorescent proteinGreen Fluorescent ProteinsRNACell sortingCone photoreceptorsFlow cytometryRNAZebrafish

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PMID27821066
PMCPMC5100264
OpenAlexW2549374761

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