2021
Knockdown of Claudin-19 in the Retinal Pigment Epithelium Is Accompanied by Slowed Phagocytosis and Increased Expression of SQSTM1
Liu F, Peng S, Adelman RA, Rizzolo LJ. Knockdown of Claudin-19 in the Retinal Pigment Epithelium Is Accompanied by Slowed Phagocytosis and Increased Expression of SQSTM1. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 2021, 62: 14-14. PMID: 33591357, PMCID: PMC7900869, DOI: 10.1167/iovs.62.2.14.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSequestosome 1/p62Photoreceptor outer segmentsInternalized photoreceptor outer segmentsOxidative stress responseApical junctional complexActivation of AMPKTransepithelial electrical resistanceFluorescence-activated cell sortingWestern blottingClaudin-19Expression of proteinsSteady-state levelsProtein kinaseFilamentous actinEffect of AMPStress responseQuantitative RT-PCRKnockdownPOS degradationAMPKJunctional complexesEnzymatic activityCell sortingExpression of metallothioneinProteasome inhibitors
2015
Human Adult Retinal Pigment Epithelial Stem Cell–Derived RPE Monolayers Exhibit Key Physiological Characteristics of Native TissuePhysiology of Cultured Adult Human RPE
Blenkinsop TA, Saini JS, Maminishkis A, Bharti K, Wan Q, Banzon T, Lotfi M, Davis J, Singh D, Rizzolo LJ, Miller S, Temple S, Stern JH. Human Adult Retinal Pigment Epithelial Stem Cell–Derived RPE Monolayers Exhibit Key Physiological Characteristics of Native TissuePhysiology of Cultured Adult Human RPE. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 2015, 56: 7085-7099. PMID: 26540654, PMCID: PMC4640474, DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-16246.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTRP Channels Localize to Subdomains of the Apical Plasma Membrane in Human Fetal Retinal Pigment EpitheliumTRP Channels of Human Fetal RPE
Zhao PY, Gan G, Peng S, Wang SB, Chen B, Adelman RA, Rizzolo LJ. TRP Channels Localize to Subdomains of the Apical Plasma Membrane in Human Fetal Retinal Pigment EpitheliumTRP Channels of Human Fetal RPE. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 2015, 56: 1916-1923. PMID: 25736794, PMCID: PMC4364639, DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-15738.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman fetal RPETRP channelsApical membraneFetal RPEApical plasma membraneCell-cell contactTransepithelial electrical resistanceTransient receptor potential channelsTight junctionsSubcellular localizationInhibitor of calpainPrimary ciliaRT-PCRPlasma membraneBasal channel activityQuantitative RT-PCRApical tight junctionsExpression of TRPC4Ion channelsBasolateral surfaceApical microvilliApical surfaceChannel activityConfocal microscopyTRPM3
2006
Effects of Culture Conditions on Heterogeneity and the Apical Junctional Complex of the ARPE-19 Cell Line
Luo Y, Zhuo Y, Fukuhara M, Rizzolo LJ. Effects of Culture Conditions on Heterogeneity and the Apical Junctional Complex of the ARPE-19 Cell Line. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 2006, 47: 3644-3655. PMID: 16877439, DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-0166.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCell Culture TechniquesCell Membrane PermeabilityCytoskeletal ProteinsElectric ConductivityElectric ImpedanceElectrophysiologyHorseradish PeroxidaseHumansImmunoblottingImmunohistochemistryMembrane ProteinsMicroscopy, FluorescenceOccludinPigment Epithelium of EyeReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionTight Junctions
1993
Apical Orientation of the Microtubule Organizing Center and Associated γ-Tubulin during the Polarization of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium in Vivo
Rizzolo L, Joshi H. Apical Orientation of the Microtubule Organizing Center and Associated γ-Tubulin during the Polarization of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium in Vivo. Developmental Biology 1993, 157: 147-156. PMID: 8482407, DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1993.1119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMicrotubule arraysCell polarityEmbryonic day 3Apical membraneGamma-tubulin fociJunctional complexesSimple epithelial cellsMicrotubule organizing centerDevelopment of epitheliaCentrosomal proteinsJuxtanuclear regionΓ-tubulinUnique reorganizationBasal axisGamma-tubulinCell-basement membrane interactionsFunctional polarityMicrotubule growthMembrane interactionsOrganizing centerPrimary cell culturesCultured cellsEpithelial cellsRetinal pigment epitheliumCell cultures