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ArticleFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2024

Inflammation is a critical factor for successful regeneration of the adult zebrafish retina in response to diffuse light lesion.

Oliver Bludau, Anke Weber, Viktoria Bosak, Veronika Kuscha, Kristin Dietrich, Stefan Hans, Michael Brand

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Article in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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7 authors.

Oliver BludauCRTD-Center for Regenerative Therapies, and PoL-Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life, Dresden, Germany.
Anke WeberCRTD-Center for Regenerative Therapies, and PoL-Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life, Dresden, Germany.
Viktoria BosakCRTD-Center for Regenerative Therapies, and PoL-Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life, Dresden, Germany.
Veronika KuschaCRTD-Center for Regenerative Therapies, and PoL-Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life, Dresden, Germany.
Kristin DietrichCRTD-Center for Regenerative Therapies, and PoL-Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life, Dresden, Germany.
Stefan HansCRTD-Center for Regenerative Therapies, and PoL-Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life, Dresden, Germany.
Michael BrandCRTD-Center for Regenerative Therapies, and PoL-Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life, Dresden, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammation can lead to persistent and irreversible loss of retinal neurons and photoreceptors in mammalian vertebrates. In contrast, in the adult zebrafish brain, acute neural inflammation is both necessary and sufficient to stimulate regeneration of neurons. Here, we report on the critical, positive role of the immune system to support retina regeneration in adult zebrafish. After sterile ablation of photoreceptors by phototoxicity, we find rapid response of immune cells, especially monocytes/microglia and neutrophils, which returns to homeostatic levels within 14 days post lesion. Pharmacological or genetic impairment of the immune system results in a reduced Müller glia stem cell response, seen as decreased reactive proliferation, and a strikingly reduced number of regenerated cells from them, including photoreceptors. Conversely, injection of the immune stimulators flagellin, zymosan, or M-CSF into the vitreous of the eye, leads to a robust proliferation response and the upregulation of regeneration-associated marker genes in Müller glia. Our results suggest that neuroinflammation is a necessary and sufficient driver for retinal regeneration in the adult zebrafish retina.

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immune suppressionM-CSFmicrogliaMüller gliaNF-κB pathwayregenerationretinazebrafish

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PMCPMC11272569

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