Subretinal mononuclear phagocytes induce cone segment loss via IL-1β

  1. Chiara M Eandi
  2. Hugo Charles Messance
  3. Sébastien Augustin
  4. Elisa Dominguez
  5. Sophie Lavalette
  6. Valérie Forster  Is a corresponding author
  7. Shulong Justin Hu
  8. Lourdes Siquieros
  9. Cheryl Mae Craft
  10. José-Alain Sahel
  11. Ramin Tadayoni
  12. Michel Paques
  13. Xavier Guillonneau
  14. Florian Sennlaub  Is a corresponding author
  1. Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, CNRS, France
  2. Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, United States

Abstract

Photo-transduction in cone segments (CS) is crucial for high acuity daytime vision. For ill-defined reasons, CS degenerate in retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and in the transitional zone (TZ) of atrophic zones (AZ), which characterize geographic atrophy (GA). Our experiments confirm the loss of cone segments (CS) in the TZ of GA patients and show their association with subretinal CD14+mononuclear phagocyte (MP) infiltration that is also reported in RP. Using human and mouse MPs in vitro and inflammation-prone Cx3cr1GFP/GFP mice in vivo, we demonstrate that MP derived IL-1β leads to severe CS degeneration. Our results strongly suggest that subretinal MP accumulation participates in the observed pathological photoreceptor changes in these diseases. Inhibiting subretinal MP accumulation or Il-1β might protect the CS and help preserve high acuity daytime vision in conditions characterized by subretinal inflammation, such as AMD and RP.

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  1. Chiara M Eandi

    Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, CNRS, Paris, France
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  2. Hugo Charles Messance

    Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, CNRS, Paris, France
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  3. Sébastien Augustin

    Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, CNRS, Paris, France
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  4. Elisa Dominguez

    Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, CNRS, Paris, France
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  5. Sophie Lavalette

    Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, CNRS, Paris, France
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  6. Valérie Forster

    Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, CNRS, Paris, France
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    valerie.fradot@inserm.fr
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  7. Shulong Justin Hu

    Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, CNRS, Paris, France
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  8. Lourdes Siquieros

    Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, CNRS, Paris, France
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  9. Cheryl Mae Craft

    Mary D. Allen Laboratory for Vision Research, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los ANgeles, United States
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  10. José-Alain Sahel

    Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, CNRS, Paris, France
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  11. Ramin Tadayoni

    Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, CNRS, Paris, France
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  12. Michel Paques

    Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, CNRS, Paris, France
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  13. Xavier Guillonneau

    Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, CNRS, Paris, France
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  14. Florian Sennlaub

    Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, CNRS, Paris, France
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    florian.sennlaub@inserm.fr
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Funding

Agence Nationale de la Recherche (MACLEAR)

  • Sébastien Augustin
  • Elisa Dominguez
  • Sophie Lavalette
  • Shulong Justin Hu
  • Lourdes Siquieros
  • José-Alain Sahel
  • Michel Paques
  • Xavier Guillonneau
  • Florian Sennlaub

Labex (lifescience)

  • Chiara M Eandi
  • Hugo Charles Messance
  • Sébastien Augustin
  • Elisa Dominguez
  • Sophie Lavalette
  • Shulong Justin Hu
  • Lourdes Siquieros
  • José-Alain Sahel
  • Ramin Tadayoni
  • Michel Paques
  • Xavier Guillonneau
  • Florian Sennlaub

adps-allianz

  • Chiara M Eandi
  • Hugo Charles Messance
  • Sébastien Augustin
  • Elisa Dominguez
  • Sophie Lavalette
  • Shulong Justin Hu
  • Lourdes Siquieros
  • José-Alain Sahel
  • Ramin Tadayoni
  • Michel Paques
  • Xavier Guillonneau
  • Florian Sennlaub

National Institutes of Health (EY015851)

  • Cheryl Mae Craft

National Institutes of Health (EY03040)

  • Cheryl Mae Craft

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Ethics

Animal experimentation: All experimental protocols and procedures were approved by the local animal care ethics committee (00156.02; C 92-032-02 )

Human subjects: Volunteers provided written and informed consent for the human monocyte expression studies, which were approved by the Centre national d'ophthalmologie des Quinze-Vingt hospital (Paris, France) ethics committees (no. 913572)

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© 2016, Eandi et al.

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  1. Chiara M Eandi
  2. Hugo Charles Messance
  3. Sébastien Augustin
  4. Elisa Dominguez
  5. Sophie Lavalette
  6. Valérie Forster
  7. Shulong Justin Hu
  8. Lourdes Siquieros
  9. Cheryl Mae Craft
  10. José-Alain Sahel
  11. Ramin Tadayoni
  12. Michel Paques
  13. Xavier Guillonneau
  14. Florian Sennlaub
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Subretinal mononuclear phagocytes induce cone segment loss via IL-1β
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