Modeling autosomal recessive cutis laxa type 1C in mice reveals distinct functions for Ltbp-4 isoforms.

Autor:	Bultmann-Mellin I; Center for Experimental Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany., Conradi A; Center for Experimental Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany., Maul AC; Center for Experimental Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany., Dinger K; Center for Experimental Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany. Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany., Wempe F; Department of Molecular Hematology, University of Frankfurt Medical School, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany., Wohl AP; Center for Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany., Imhof T; Center for Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany. Institute for Dental Research and Oral Musculoskeletal Biology, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany., Wunderlich FT; Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany. Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, 50931 Cologne, Germany. Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany., Bunck AC; Department of Radiology, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany., Nakamura T; Department of Pharmacology, Kansai Medical University, Osaka 570-8506, Japan., Koli K; Research Programs Unit and Transplantation Laboratory, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland., Bloch W; Institute of Cardiology and Sports Medicine, German Sport University Cologne, 50933 Cologne, Germany., Ghanem A; Department of Medicine/Cardiology, University of Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany., Heinz A; Institute of Pharmacy, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany., von Melchner H; Department of Molecular Hematology, University of Frankfurt Medical School, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany., Sengle G; Center for Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany. Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany., Sterner-Kock A; Center for Experimental Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany. anja.sterner-kock@uk-koeln.de.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Disease models & mechanisms [Dis Model Mech] 2015 Apr; Vol. 8 (4), pp. 403-15. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Feb 20.
DOI:	10.1242/dmm.018960
Abstrakt:	Recent studies have revealed an important role for LTBP-4 in elastogenesis. Its mutational inactivation in humans causes autosomal recessive cutis laxa type 1C (ARCL1C), which is a severe disorder caused by defects of the elastic fiber network. Although the human gene involved in ARCL1C has been discovered based on similar elastic fiber abnormalities exhibited by mice lacking the short Ltbp-4 isoform (Ltbp4S(-/-)), the murine phenotype does not replicate ARCL1C. We therefore inactivated both Ltbp-4 isoforms in the mouse germline to model ARCL1C. Comparative analysis of Ltbp4S(-/-) and Ltbp4-null (Ltbp4(-/-)) mice identified Ltbp-4L as an important factor for elastogenesis and postnatal survival, and showed that it has distinct tissue expression patterns and specific molecular functions. We identified fibulin-4 as a previously unknown interaction partner of both Ltbp-4 isoforms and demonstrated that at least Ltbp-4L expression is essential for incorporation of fibulin-4 into the extracellular matrix (ECM). Overall, our results contribute to the current understanding of elastogenesis and provide an animal model of ARCL1C. (© 2015. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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