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Inner retinal preservation in rat models of retinal degeneration implanted with subretinal photovoltaic arrays.

Abstract：

:Photovoltaic arrays (PVA) implanted into the subretinal space of patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) are designed to electrically stimulate the remaining inner retinal circuitry in response to incident light, thereby recreating a visual signal when photoreceptor function declines or is lost. Preservation of inner retinal circuitry is critical to the fidelity of this transmitted signal to ganglion cells and beyond to higher visual targets. Post-implantation loss of retinal interneurons or excessive glial scarring could diminish and/or eliminate PVA-evoked signal transmission. As such, assessing the morphology of the inner retina in RP animal models with subretinal PVAs is an important step in defining biocompatibility and predicting success of signal transmission. In this study, we used immunohistochemical methods to qualitatively and quantitatively compare inner retinal morphology after the implantation of a PVA in two RP models: the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) or transgenic S334ter-line 3 (S334ter-3) rhodopsin mutant rat. Two PVA designs were compared. In the RCS rat, we implanted devices in the subretinal space at 4 weeks of age and histologically examined them at 8 weeks of age and found inner retinal morphology preservation with both PVA devices. In the S334ter-3 rat, we implanted devices at 6-12 weeks of age and again, inner retinal morphology was generally preserved with either PVA design 16-26 weeks post-implantation. Specifically, the length of rod bipolar cells and numbers of cholinergic amacrine cells were maintained along with their characteristic inner plexiform lamination patterns. Throughout the implanted retinas we found nonspecific glial reaction, but none showed additional glial scarring at the implant site. Our results indicate that subretinally implanted PVAs are well-tolerated in rodent RP models and that the inner retinal circuitry is preserved, consistent with our published results showing implant-evoked signal transmission.

journal_name

Exp Eye Res

journal_title

Experimental eye research

authors

Light JG,Fransen JW,Adekunle AN,Adkins A,Pangeni G,Loudin J,Mathieson K,Palanker DV,McCall MA,Pardue MT

doi

10.1016/j.exer.2014.09.004

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-11-01 00:00:00

pages

34-42

eissn

0014-4835

issn

1096-0007

pii

S0014-4835(14)00249-8

journal_volume

128

pub_type

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Inner retinal preservation in rat models of retinal degeneration implanted with subretinal photovoltaic arrays.