Satoshi Iraha, Hung-Ya Tu, Suguru Yamasaki, Takahiro Kagawa, Motohito Goto, Riichi Takahashi, Takehito Watanabe, Sunao Sugita, Shigenobu Yonemura, Genshiro A Sunagawa, Take Matsuyama, Momo Fujii, Atsushi Kuwahara, Akiyoshi Kishino, Naoshi Koide, Mototsugu Eiraku, Hidenobu Tanihara, Masayo Takahashi, Michiko Mandai (2018) Establishment of Immunodeficient Retinal Degeneration Model Mice and Functional Maturation of Human ESC-Derived Retinal Sheets after Transplantation., Stem cell reports, Volume 10, Number 3, pp. 1059-1074
Published in 2018 Mar 13 (Electronic publication in March 1, 2018, midnight )
(Abstract) Increasing demand for clinical retinal degeneration therapies featuring human ESC/iPSC-derived retinal tissue and cells warrants proof-of-concept studies. Here, we established two mouse models of end-stage retinal degeneration with immunodeficiency, NOG-rd1-2J and NOG-rd10, and characterized disease progress and immunodeficient status. We also transplanted human ESC-derived retinal sheets into NOG-rd1-2J and confirmed their long-term survival and maturation of the structured graft photoreceptor layer, without rejection or tumorigenesis. We recorded light responses from the host ganglion cells using a multi-electrode array system; this result was consistent with whole-mount immunostaining suggestive of host-graft synapse formation at the responding sites. This study demonstrates an application of our mouse models and provides a proof of concept for the clinical use of human ESC-derived retinal sheets.(MeSH Terms)