Age-related decline in retinal function in marmosets

Abstract Vision deterioration caused by natural aging have a detrimental impact on an individual’s quality of life, which has become a serious problem as the world’s population is aging rapidly. Rodents are the commonly used animal species to investigate the physiological aging process or to identif...

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Main Authors: Takahiko Noro, Xiaoli Guo, Rika Kikuchi, Kenya Sato, Kazuhiko Namekata, Youichi Shinozaki, Chikako Harada, Terumi Yurimoto, Nanako Hashimoto, Keiko Moriya-Ito, Tadashi Nakano, Erika Sasaki, Takayuki Harada
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-07-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-05262-z
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author Takahiko Noro
Xiaoli Guo
Rika Kikuchi
Kenya Sato
Kazuhiko Namekata
Youichi Shinozaki
Chikako Harada
Terumi Yurimoto
Nanako Hashimoto
Keiko Moriya-Ito
Tadashi Nakano
Erika Sasaki
Takayuki Harada
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Xiaoli Guo
Rika Kikuchi
Kenya Sato
Kazuhiko Namekata
Youichi Shinozaki
Chikako Harada
Terumi Yurimoto
Nanako Hashimoto
Keiko Moriya-Ito
Tadashi Nakano
Erika Sasaki
Takayuki Harada
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description Abstract Vision deterioration caused by natural aging have a detrimental impact on an individual’s quality of life, which has become a serious problem as the world’s population is aging rapidly. Rodents are the commonly used animal species to investigate the physiological aging process or to identify possible therapeutic targets. However, due to anatomical differences and their genetic distance to humans, translation of findings is sometimes complicated. In the present study, as a step toward aging study in vision using non-human primate marmosets, we examined the eyes of aged marmosets non-invasively. We found that the retinal response deteriorated along with the retinal structure in aged marmosets and the retinal peripheral region was more susceptible to aging. Moreover, the expression of the oxidative stress biomarker 4-HNE was increased in the serum of aged marmosets although no significant correlation was found between 4-HNE levels and the retinal thickness. Our study demonstrated that marmosets offer a promising translational model for the research of age-related vision declination.
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spelling doaj-art-6a898f425f02435d991a92b35c6168042025-08-20T03:45:28ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222025-07-011511910.1038/s41598-025-05262-zAge-related decline in retinal function in marmosetsTakahiko Noro0Xiaoli Guo1Rika Kikuchi2Kenya Sato3Kazuhiko Namekata4Youichi Shinozaki5Chikako Harada6Terumi Yurimoto7Nanako Hashimoto8Keiko Moriya-Ito9Tadashi Nakano10Erika Sasaki11Takayuki Harada12Visual Research Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical ScienceVisual Research Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical ScienceCentral Institute for Experimental Medicine and Life ScienceCentral Institute for Experimental Medicine and Life ScienceVisual Research Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical ScienceVisual Research Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical ScienceVisual Research Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical ScienceCentral Institute for Experimental Medicine and Life ScienceCenter for Basic Technology Research, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical ScienceDevelopmental Neuroscience Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical ScienceDepartment of Ophthalmology, The Jikei University School of MedicineCentral Institute for Experimental Medicine and Life ScienceVisual Research Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical ScienceAbstract Vision deterioration caused by natural aging have a detrimental impact on an individual’s quality of life, which has become a serious problem as the world’s population is aging rapidly. Rodents are the commonly used animal species to investigate the physiological aging process or to identify possible therapeutic targets. However, due to anatomical differences and their genetic distance to humans, translation of findings is sometimes complicated. In the present study, as a step toward aging study in vision using non-human primate marmosets, we examined the eyes of aged marmosets non-invasively. We found that the retinal response deteriorated along with the retinal structure in aged marmosets and the retinal peripheral region was more susceptible to aging. Moreover, the expression of the oxidative stress biomarker 4-HNE was increased in the serum of aged marmosets although no significant correlation was found between 4-HNE levels and the retinal thickness. Our study demonstrated that marmosets offer a promising translational model for the research of age-related vision declination.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-05262-zAge-related retinal degenerationOxidative stressMarmosets
spellingShingle Takahiko Noro
Xiaoli Guo
Rika Kikuchi
Kenya Sato
Kazuhiko Namekata
Youichi Shinozaki
Chikako Harada
Terumi Yurimoto
Nanako Hashimoto
Keiko Moriya-Ito
Tadashi Nakano
Erika Sasaki
Takayuki Harada
Age-related decline in retinal function in marmosets
Scientific Reports
Age-related retinal degeneration
Oxidative stress
Marmosets
title Age-related decline in retinal function in marmosets
title_full Age-related decline in retinal function in marmosets
title_fullStr Age-related decline in retinal function in marmosets
title_full_unstemmed Age-related decline in retinal function in marmosets
title_short Age-related decline in retinal function in marmosets
title_sort age related decline in retinal function in marmosets
topic Age-related retinal degeneration
Oxidative stress
Marmosets
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-05262-z
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