A model for familial exudative vitreoretinopathy caused by LPR5 mutations
| Autor: | Debra Cheung, Xiaohua Gong, Haiquan Liu, Chun Hong Xia, Bruce Beutler, Catherine Cheng, Bo Chang, Xin Du, Min Wang |
|---|---|
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
| Předmět: |
Male
FZD4 Mutant Molecular Sequence Data Biology Frameshift mutation chemistry.chemical_compound Mice Retinal Diseases Genetics medicine Animals Amino Acid Sequence Frameshift Mutation Molecular Biology Genetics (clinical) LDL-Receptor Related Proteins Mice Knockout Retina Homozygote Wnt signaling pathway Retinal Vessels LRP5 Retinal General Medicine Articles Exons medicine.disease Cell biology Capillaries Protein Structure Tertiary Disease Models Animal Mutagenesis Insertional medicine.anatomical_structure Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-5 chemistry Amino Acid Substitution Mutagenesis Ethylnitrosourea Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy |
| Popis: | We have identified a mouse recessive mutation that leads to attenuated and hyperpermeable retinal vessels, recapitulating some pathological features of familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR) in human patients. DNA sequencing reveals a single nucleotide insertion in the gene encoding the low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5 (LRP5), causing a frame shift and resulting in the replacement of the C-terminal 39 amino acid residues by 20 new amino acids. This change eliminates the last three PPP(S/T)P repeats in the LRP5 cytoplasmic domain that are important for mediating Wnt/beta-catenin signaling. Thus, mutant LRP5 protein is probably unable to mediate its downstream signaling. Immunostaining and three-dimensional reconstructions of retinal vasculature confirm attenuated retinal vessels. Ultrastructural data further reveal that some capillaries lack lumen structure in the mutant retina. We have also verified that LRP5 null mice develop similar alterations in the retinal vasculature. This study provides direct evidence that LRP5 is essential for the development of retinal vasculature, and suggests a novel role played by LRP5 in capillary maturation. LRP5 mutant mice can be a useful model to explore the clinical manifestations of FEVR. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|