Nerate novel regenerative therapies, hopefully reducing the need for corneal transplantation.Telomerase-Immortalized Human Corneal EndotheliumMaterials and Methods Ethics StatementThis study was approved by the institutional review board of Schepens Eye Research Institute. Donor AZP-531 site corneas were obtained from the eye bank National Disease Research Interchange (NDRI; Philadelphia, PA).Cell CultureDonor corneas were obtained according to the exclusion criteria reported previously [44] and were maintained in corneal storage medium (OptisolTM; Chiron Ophthalmics, Inc.; Irvine, CA) at 4uC until immediately before isolation of corneal endothelial cells. Primary cells were cultured according to previously published methods [49] with minor modifications. Briefly, after dissection of Descemets membrane with intact endothelium and overnight stabilization in complete medium (OptiMEM-IH; Invitrogen; Carlsbad, CA), 8 FBS (Hyclone Laboratories, Inc.; Logan UT), EGF 5 ng/mL (Millipore; Billerica, MA), pituitary extract 100 mg/mL (Hyclone Laboratories), calcium chloride 200 mg/L, 0.08 chondroitin sulfate (Sigma-Aldrich; St. Louis, MA), gentamicin 50 mg/mL, and antibiotic/antimycotic solution diluted 1:100 (Invitrogen), the strips were incubated in 0.02 EDTA solution (Sigma-Aldrich) at 37uC for 1 hr and mechanically disrupted by trituration. Cell suspensions were plated in 12-well tissue culture AZP-531 site plates precoated with undiluted FNC Coating MixH (AthenaES; Baltimore MD). Subculturing of corneal endothelial cell cultures was done using 0.05 trypsin (Invitrogen) for 5 min at 37uC. Phase-contrast microscopy was employed to detect cell morphologic changes over time using a Nikon Eclipse TS100 microscope with a Diagnostic Instruments 11.2 Color Magic digital camera (Nikon; Tokyo, Japan).Retroviral Transduction of HCEnCs293GPG cells [50] were grown on 15-cm culture dishes in DMEM growth medium (Invitrogen) (10 heat-inactivated FBS (Hyclone Laboratories), 50 U/mL penicillin-streptomycin (Invitrogen), 1 mg/mL tetracycline, 2 mg/mL puromycin (SigmaAldrich), and 0.3 mg/mL Geneticin G418H (Sigma-Aldrich) and transfected with pBABE-puro-hTERT (plasmid 1771, Addgene; http://www.addgene.org/) using LipofectamineH 2000 (Invitrogen) at 80 confluence. Reduced growth medium without tetracycline, puromycin, and Geneticin was added after 18 hr, and virus-containing supernatant was collected from days 2 to 6. Concentrated virus particles were stored as single-use aliquots at 80uC in sterile TNE buffer (50 mM Tris (pH 7.8), 130 mM NaCl, and 1 mM EDTA (Sigma-Aldrich)). Primary cells were plated in 6-well plates or T75 culture flasks and grown to 60 confluence. Fresh medium containing 8 mg/ mL polybrene (Millipore), as well as either 50 ml (6-well) or 150 ml (T75) concentrated virus suspension, was added to the cells every 24 hr for 5 consecutive days. Cells were then selected against 1 mg/mL puromycin (Sigma-Aldrich) for 7 days, and resistant cells were expanded and subcultured in normal growth medium.Figure 6. HCEnC-21 and HCEnC-21T retain typical corneal endothelial barrier integrity and pump function. (A) Cells were plated in 12-well transwell inserts (0.4 mm) at a density of 100,000 cells per transwell and transendothelial resistance (TER) was measured every 2 or 4 days over the course of 4.5 wk. Note that earlier (32?9) and later (58?7) passages of both HCEnC-21 and HCEnC-21T established a typical corneal endothelial barrier of 15 V*cm2 after about 2 wk and maintained t.Nerate novel regenerative therapies, hopefully reducing the need for corneal transplantation.Telomerase-Immortalized Human Corneal EndotheliumMaterials and Methods Ethics StatementThis study was approved by the institutional review board of Schepens Eye Research Institute. Donor corneas were obtained from the eye bank National Disease Research Interchange (NDRI; Philadelphia, PA).Cell CultureDonor corneas were obtained according to the exclusion criteria reported previously [44] and were maintained in corneal storage medium (OptisolTM; Chiron Ophthalmics, Inc.; Irvine, CA) at 4uC until immediately before isolation of corneal endothelial cells. Primary cells were cultured according to previously published methods [49] with minor modifications. Briefly, after dissection of Descemets membrane with intact endothelium and overnight stabilization in complete medium (OptiMEM-IH; Invitrogen; Carlsbad, CA), 8 FBS (Hyclone Laboratories, Inc.; Logan UT), EGF 5 ng/mL (Millipore; Billerica, MA), pituitary extract 100 mg/mL (Hyclone Laboratories), calcium chloride 200 mg/L, 0.08 chondroitin sulfate (Sigma-Aldrich; St. Louis, MA), gentamicin 50 mg/mL, and antibiotic/antimycotic solution diluted 1:100 (Invitrogen), the strips were incubated in 0.02 EDTA solution (Sigma-Aldrich) at 37uC for 1 hr and mechanically disrupted by trituration. Cell suspensions were plated in 12-well tissue culture plates precoated with undiluted FNC Coating MixH (AthenaES; Baltimore MD). Subculturing of corneal endothelial cell cultures was done using 0.05 trypsin (Invitrogen) for 5 min at 37uC. Phase-contrast microscopy was employed to detect cell morphologic changes over time using a Nikon Eclipse TS100 microscope with a Diagnostic Instruments 11.2 Color Magic digital camera (Nikon; Tokyo, Japan).Retroviral Transduction of HCEnCs293GPG cells [50] were grown on 15-cm culture dishes in DMEM growth medium (Invitrogen) (10 heat-inactivated FBS (Hyclone Laboratories), 50 U/mL penicillin-streptomycin (Invitrogen), 1 mg/mL tetracycline, 2 mg/mL puromycin (SigmaAldrich), and 0.3 mg/mL Geneticin G418H (Sigma-Aldrich) and transfected with pBABE-puro-hTERT (plasmid 1771, Addgene; http://www.addgene.org/) using LipofectamineH 2000 (Invitrogen) at 80 confluence. Reduced growth medium without tetracycline, puromycin, and Geneticin was added after 18 hr, and virus-containing supernatant was collected from days 2 to 6. Concentrated virus particles were stored as single-use aliquots at 80uC in sterile TNE buffer (50 mM Tris (pH 7.8), 130 mM NaCl, and 1 mM EDTA (Sigma-Aldrich)). Primary cells were plated in 6-well plates or T75 culture flasks and grown to 60 confluence. Fresh medium containing 8 mg/ mL polybrene (Millipore), as well as either 50 ml (6-well) or 150 ml (T75) concentrated virus suspension, was added to the cells every 24 hr for 5 consecutive days. Cells were then selected against 1 mg/mL puromycin (Sigma-Aldrich) for 7 days, and resistant cells were expanded and subcultured in normal growth medium.Figure 6. HCEnC-21 and HCEnC-21T retain typical corneal endothelial barrier integrity and pump function. (A) Cells were plated in 12-well transwell inserts (0.4 mm) at a density of 100,000 cells per transwell and transendothelial resistance (TER) was measured every 2 or 4 days over the course of 4.5 wk. Note that earlier (32?9) and later (58?7) passages of both HCEnC-21 and HCEnC-21T established a typical corneal endothelial barrier of 15 V*cm2 after about 2 wk and maintained t.
