2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Autologous transplantation of conjunctival epithelial stem cells
| Project/Area Number |
21659398
|
|---|
| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
|
| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
|---|
| Research Field |
Ophthalmology
|
|---|
| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo (2011)
Okinaka Memorial Institute for Medical Research (2009-2010) |
|---|
Principal Investigator |
MIMURA Tatsuya 東京大学, 医学部附属病院, 助教 (70463867)
|
|---|
| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
|
| Keywords | 前駆細胞 / 幹細胞 / 角膜 / 結膜 |
|---|
| Research Abstract |
We cultured corneal and conjunctival epithelial cells from donor eye and rabbit eye. Additionally, we developed an adult precursor/stem cell isolation method(the sphere-forming assay) for corneal and conjunctival epithelial cells. We demonstrated corneal and conjunctival precursor/stem cells possessed the higher proliferative capacity as indicated by BrDU staining and the immature state as indicated by nestin staining compared with cultured differentiated epithelial cells. We cultured conjunctival epithelial cells on the denuded amniotic membrane and demonstrated that cultured conjuncdtival epithelium formed three to four layers on amniotic membrane. After transplantation of cultured conjunctival epithelial sheet on the rabbit cornea with corneal epithelial opacity and conjunctival invasion onto cornea, transplanted rabbit cornea maintained corneal clarity. These results suggest that transplantation of reconstructed conjunctival epithelial sheet using cultured conjunctival epithelial cells to the cornea is a possible treatment strategy for treating total limbal stem cell deficiency.
|
Research Products
(116 results)
