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  • Title: Effects of cultured astroglia on the survival of neonatal rat retinal ganglion cells in vitro.
    Author: McCaffery CA, Raju TR, Bennett MR.
    Journal: Dev Biol; 1984 Aug; 104(2):441-8. PubMed ID: 6378694.
    Abstract:
    Retinal ganglion cells (RGC), as identified by retrograde horseradish peroxidase (HRP) labeling technique, were cultured in a minimal medium; only 20% of them survived after 16 hr in vitro. However, superior colliculus-conditioned medium was capable of supporting 100% of RGC over this assay time; enhanced neurite expression also was evident. It was decided to investigate whether glial cells within the superior colliculus may provide a soluble factor capable of supporting RGC. Glial-conditioned medium prepared over monolayers of either predominantly flat astrocytes (relatively immature) or predominantly process-bearing (mature) astrocytes failed to maintain RGC. The possibility that astrocytes may provide support for RGC via membrane contact was then investigated. Dissociated retinae were grown on monolayers consisting primarily of either flat or process-bearing astrocytes. Cultures rich in flat astrocytes maintained over 70% of RGC originally present, and many of them exhibited extensive neurite outgrowth and elongation. Process-bearing astrocytes were unable to support RGC survival. Immature astroglial cells may therefore support RGC via glial-neuronal interaction.
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