title: Epithelial phenotype and the RPE: is the answer blowing in the Wnt?
abstract: Cells of the human retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) have a regular epithelial cell shape within the tissue in situ, but for reasons that remain elusive the RPE shows an incomplete and variable ability to re-develop an epithelial phenotype after propagation in vitro. In other epithelial cell cultures, formation of an adherens junction (AJ) composed of E-cadherin plays an important early inductive role in epithelial morphogenesis, but E-cadherin is largely absent from the RPE. In this review, the contribution of cadherins, both minor (E-cadherin) and major (N-cadherin), to RPE phenotype development is discussed. Emphasis is placed on the importance for future studies of actin cytoskeletal remodeling during assembly of the AJ, which in epithelial cells results in an actin organization that is characteristically zonular. Other markers of RPE phenotype that are used to gauge the maturation state of RPE cultures including tissue-specific protein expression, protein polarity, and pigmentation are described. An argument is made that RPE epithelial phenotype, cadherin-based cell-cell adhesion and melanization are linked by a common signaling pathway: the Wnt/beta-catenin pathway. Analyzing this pathway and its intersecting signaling networks is suggested as a useful framework for dissecting the steps in RPE morphogenesis. Also discussed is the effect of aging on RPE phenotype. Preliminary evidence is provided to suggest that light-induced sub-lethal oxidative stress to cultured ARPE-19 cells impairs organelle motility. Organelle translocation, which is mediated by stress-susceptible cytoskeletal scaffolds, is an essential process in cell phenotype development and retention. The observation of impaired organelle motility therefore raises the possibility that low levels of stress, which are believed to accompany RPE aging, may produce subtle disruptions of cell phenotype. Over time these would be expected to diminish the support functions performed by the RPE on behalf of photoreceptors, theoretically contributing to aging retinal disease such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Analyzing sub-lethal stress that produces declines in RPE functional efficiency rather than overt cell death is suggested as a useful future direction for understanding the effects of age on RPE organization and physiology. As for phenotype and pigmentation, a role for the Wnt/beta-catenin pathway is also suggested in regulating the RPE response to oxidative stress. Exploration of this pathway in the RPE therefore may provide a unifying strategy for advancing our understanding of both RPE phenotype and the consequences of mild oxidative stress on RPE structure and function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Medical College of Wisconsin, The Eye Institute, 925 North 87th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53226-4812, USA. jburke@mcw.edu
authors.forename: Janice M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Burke
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D015820:Cadherins / Q000502:physiology; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D006801:Humans; D009024:Morphogenesis; D010641:Phenotype; D055213:Retinal Pigment Epithelium / Q000166:cytology* / Q000254:growth & development; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D051153:Wnt Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D051176:beta Catenin / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D015820:Cadherins; D051153:Wnt Proteins; D051176:beta Catenin
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