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ArticlePloS one2020

Retinal astrocytes transcriptome reveals Cyp1b1 regulates the expression of genes involved in cell adhesion and migration.

Juliana Falero-Perez, Christine M Sorenson, Nader Sheibani

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Article in PloS one, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Juliana Falero-PerezDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America.
Christine M SorensonMcPherson Eye Research Institute, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America.
Nader SheibaniDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-2723-9217
University of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

UW COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER SUPPORTP30CA014520 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Christian Capitini · 1985 to 2026
$142.6M
UW Vision Research Core - Administrative CoreP30EY016665 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Donna M Peters · 2005 to 2026
$12.6M
Investigating oxygen metabolism in diabetic retinopathyR01EY026078 · NEI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI SHEIBANI, NADER, ZHANG, HAO F · 2016 to 2020
$2.3M
CYP1B1 and Retinal Astrocyte FunctionF31EY027987 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI FALERO-PEREZ, JULIANA M · 2018 to 2018
$32k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014520NEI NIH HHS F31 EY027987NEI NIH HHS P30 EY016665NEI NIH HHS R01 EY026078
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Astrocytes (AC) are the most abundant cells in the central nervous system. In the retina, astrocytes play important roles in the development and integrity of the retinal neurovasculature. Astrocytes dysfunction contributes to pathogenesis of a variety of neurovascular diseases including diabetic retinopathy. Recent studies have demonstrated the expression of Cyp1b1 in the neurovascular cells of the central nervous system including AC. We recently showed retinal AC constitutively express Cyp1b1, and global Cyp1b1-deficiency (Cyp1b1-/-) attenuates retinal ischemia-mediated neovascularization in vivo and the pro-angiogenic activity of retinal vascular cells in vitro. We also demonstrated that Cyp1b1 expression is a key regulator of retinal AC function. However, the underlying mechanisms involved need further investigation. Here we determined changes in the transcriptome profiles of Cyp1b1+/+ and Cyp1b1-/- retinal AC by RNA sequencing. We identified 585 differentially expressed genes, whose pathway enrichment analysis revealed the most significant pathways impacted in Cyp1b1-/- AC. These genes included those of axon guidance, extracellular matrix proteins and their receptors, cancer, cell adhesion molecules, TGF-β signaling, and the focal adhesion modulation. The expression of a selected set of differentially expressed genes was confirmed by RT-qPCR analysis. To our knowledge, this is the first report of RNAseq investigation of the retinal AC transcriptome and the molecular pathways impacted by Cyp1b1 expression. These results demonstrated an important role for Cyp1b1 expression in the regulation of various retinal AC functions, which are important in neurovascular development and integrity.

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AnimalsAstrocytesCell AdhesionCell MovementCells, CulturedCytochrome P-450 CYP1B1FemaleGene Expression RegulationMaleMiceMice, KnockoutPrimary Cell CultureRetinaRNA-SeqCyp1b1 protein, mouseCytochrome P-450 CYP1B1

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PMID32330152
PMCPMC7182235
OpenAlexW3020494136

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