A new mouse model for retinal degeneration due to Fam161a deficiency.

Autor: Beryozkin A; Department of Ophthalmology, Hadassah Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91120, Jerusalem, Israel., Matsevich C; Department of Ophthalmology, Hadassah Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91120, Jerusalem, Israel., Obolensky A; Department of Ophthalmology, Hadassah Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91120, Jerusalem, Israel., Kostic C; Department of Ophthalmology, Jules-Gonin Eye Hospital, University of Lausanne, 1004, Lausanne, Switzerland., Arsenijevic Y; Department of Ophthalmology, Jules-Gonin Eye Hospital, University of Lausanne, 1004, Lausanne, Switzerland., Wolfrum U; Institute for Molecular Physiology, Johannes Gutenberg University, 55128, Mainz, Germany., Banin E; Department of Ophthalmology, Hadassah Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91120, Jerusalem, Israel. banine@cc.huji.ac.il., Sharon D; Department of Ophthalmology, Hadassah Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91120, Jerusalem, Israel. dror.sharon1@mail.huji.ac.il.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Scientific reports [Sci Rep] 2021 Jan 21; Vol. 11 (1), pp. 2030. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jan 21.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-81414-1
Abstrakt: FAM161A mutations are the most common cause of inherited retinal degenerations in Israel. We generated a knockout (KO) mouse model, Fam161a tm1b/tm1b , lacking the major exon #3 which was replaced by a construct that include LacZ under the expression of the Fam161a promoter. LacZ staining was evident in ganglion cells, inner and outer nuclear layers and inner and outer-segments of photoreceptors in KO mice. No immunofluorescence staining of Fam161a was evident in the KO retina. Visual acuity and electroretinographic (ERG) responses showed a gradual decrease between the ages of 1 and 8 months. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) showed thinning of the whole retina. Hypoautofluorescence and hyperautofluorescence pigments was observed in retinas of older mice. Histological analysis revealed a progressive degeneration of photoreceptors along time and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis showed that photoreceptor outer segment disks were disorganized in a perpendicular orientation and outer segment base was wider and shorter than in WT mice. Molecular degenerative markers, such as microglia and CALPAIN-2, appear already in a 1-month old KO retina. These results indicate that a homozygous Fam161a frameshift mutation affects retinal function and causes retinal degeneration. This model will be used for gene therapy treatment in the future.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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