Premature thymic involution, observed at the ultrastructural level, in two lineages of human-SOD-1 transgenic mice
| Autor: | I. Ceballos, E. Paly, K. Toyoma, J. London, M. Casanova, Daniel Paris, B. Nabarra |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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Genetically modified mouse
Premature aging Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Thymic involution Aging Superoxide Dismutase Transgene Mice Inbred Strains Mice Transgenic Thymus Gland Biology Gene dosage Molecular biology Superoxide dismutase Mice medicine Extracellular biology.protein Animals Humans Involution (medicine) Developmental Biology |
| Zdroj: | Mechanisms of ageing and development. 96(1-3) |
| ISSN: | 0047-6374 |
| Popis: | The human Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (hSOD-1) gene, catalyses the dismutation of O2 to H2O2 and O2. It is located on chromosome 21 in q22.1 and is overexpressed in Down's syndrome (DS) patients. These patients present various abnormalities including mental retardation, congenital heart disease, immunological deficits and premature aging. In order to explore the potential role of SOD-1 overexpression in DS, we have generated two lineages of transgenic mice for the hSOD-1 gene and studied, at the ultrastructural level, the effect of hSOD-1 overexpression on the thymic microenvironment. Modification of the cellular architecture and morphology associated with a lipidic invasion, signs of a premature involution of the thymus, were observed in both lineages. A rupture of the filamentous network in the extracellular and probably also in the intracellular matrix was first observed. These results correlate the thymic alterations visualized in light microscopy, on the thymus from DS patients, and raise the question of the relationship between the SOD-1 overexpression and the different morphological alterations associated with the premature thymic involution observed in SOD-1 transgenic mice. They suggest that thymic and immunological impairments present in DS patients may be related to the SOD-1 gene dosage effect. |
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