Lens hydration in transgenic mice containing HIV-1 protease linked to the lens alpha A-crystallin promoter
| Autor: | Fei-Fei Zeng, Frederick A. Bettelheim, Ying Bia, Santa J. Tumminia, Paul Russell |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
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Genetically modified mouse
Heterozygote medicine.medical_treatment Proteolysis Recombinant Fusion Proteins Biophysics Gene Expression Mice Transgenic Biochemistry Cataract Mice HIV-1 protease HIV Protease Crystallin Lens Crystalline medicine Bound water Animals Promoter Regions Genetic Molecular Biology Protease Syneresis biology medicine.diagnostic_test Calorimetry Differential Scanning Chemistry Homozygote Water Molecular biology Crystallins In utero biology.protein |
| Zdroj: | Archives of biochemistry and biophysics. 324(2) |
| ISSN: | 0003-9861 |
| Popis: | Two constructs of transgenic mice, TG 61 and TG 72 , containing HIV-1 protease linked to lens αA-crystallin promoter develop cataract. The TG 61 construct exhibits cataractogenesis in utero, while in the TG 72 construct frank opacities appear 24 days (homozygotes) and 26 days (hemizygotes) after birth. Differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetric analysis studies indicate that the hydration of lenses is strongly correlated with cataractogenesis. In all clear lenses (normal and precataractous) the total water content was the same, 68%, and increased upon opacification. The bound water, measured as percentage nonfreezable water of the total water, decreased upon cataract formation, indicating a syneretic process. On the other hand, the bound water expressed as grams of nonfreezable water per gram dry weight increases upon opacification. This implies that proteolysis and subsequent enhanced hydration is the primary supramolecular event in cataractogenesis and that syneresis in the lens of transgenic mice is of secondary importance. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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