1. Long-term photoreceptor rescue in two rodent models of retinitis pigmentosa by adeno-associated virus delivery of Stanniocalcin-1
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Roddy, Gavin W, Yasumura, Douglas, Matthes, Michael T, Alavi, Marcel V, Boye, Sanford L, Rosa, Robert H, Fautsch, Michael P, Hauswirth, William W, and LaVail, Matthew M
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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Ophthalmology and Optometry ,Neurosciences ,Neurodegenerative ,Genetics ,Biotechnology ,Gene Therapy ,Eye Disease and Disorders of Vision ,2.1 Biological and endogenous factors ,Aetiology ,Eye ,Animals ,Dependovirus ,Disease Models ,Animal ,Electroretinography ,Glycoproteins ,Neuroprotective Agents ,Photoreceptor Cells ,Vertebrate ,Rats ,Rats ,Transgenic ,Retinitis Pigmentosa ,Retinal degeneration ,Neuroprotection ,Stanniocalcin-1 ,P23H ,S334ter ,Rhodopsin ,Medical Biochemistry and Metabolomics ,Opthalmology and Optometry ,Ophthalmology & Optometry ,Ophthalmology and optometry - Abstract
Retinal degenerations, including age-related macular degeneration and the retinitis pigmentosa family of diseases, are among the leading causes of legal blindness in the United States. We previously found that Stanniocalcin-1 (STC-1) reduced photoreceptor loss in the S334ter-3 and Royal College of Surgeons rat models of retinal degeneration. The results were attributed in part to a reduction in oxidative stress. Herein, we tested the hypothesis that long-term delivery of STC-1 would provide therapeutic rescue in more chronic models of retinal degeneration. To achieve sustained delivery, we produced an adeno-associated virus (AAV) construct to express STC-1 (AAV-STC-1) under the control of a retinal ganglion cell targeting promoter human synapsin 1 (hSYN1). AAV-STC-1 was injected intravitreally into the P23H-1 and S334ter-4 rhodopsin transgenic rats at postnatal day 10. Tissues were collected at postnatal day 120 for confirmation of STC-1 overexpression and histologic and molecular analysis. Electroretinography (ERG) was performed in a cohort of animals at that time. Overexpression of STC-1 resulted in a significant preservation of photoreceptors as assessed by outer nuclear thickness in the P23H-1 (P
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- 2017